Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare) - Year A
1st book of Samuel 16:1b.6-7.10-13a.
The LORD said to Samuel: "How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons."
As they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is here before …Altro
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare) - Year A
1st book of Samuel 16:1b.6-7.10-13a.
The LORD said to Samuel: "How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons."
As they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is here before him."
But the LORD said to Samuel: "Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart."
In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen any one of these."
Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" Jesse replied, "There is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here."
Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them. He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold and making a splendid appearance. The LORD said, "There-anoint him, for this is he!"
Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David. When Samuel took his leave, he went to Ramah.
Psalms 23(22):1-3a.3b.3c.4.5.6.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
He refreshes my soul.
He guides me in right paths
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-14.
Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,
for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 9:1-41.
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.
We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes,
and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, "Isn't this the one who used to sit and beg?"
Some said, "It is," but others said, "No, he just looks like him." He said, "I am."
So they said to him, "(So) how were your eyes opened?"
He replied, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went there and washed and was able to see."
And they said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.
Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath.
So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see."
So some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath." (But) others said, "How can a sinful man do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
So they said to the blind man again, "What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
Now the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight.
They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?"
His parents answered and said, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for him self."
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Messiah, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; question him."
So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner."
He replied, "If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see."
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?"
They ridiculed him and said, "You are that man's disciple; we are disciples of Moses!
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from."
The man answered and said to them, "This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him.
It is unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born blind.
If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything."
They answered and said to him, "You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?" Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
He answered and said, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he."
He said, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped him.
Then Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind."
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not also blind, are we?"
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, 'We see,' so your sin remains.
Commentary of the day : A homily written in North Africa in the 5th or 6th centuries
« We are the clay and you the potter ; we are all the work of your hands » (Is 64,7)
dailygospel.org/main.php
1st book of Samuel 16:1b.6-7.10-13a.
The LORD said to Samuel: "How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons."
As they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is here before him."
But the LORD said to Samuel: "Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart."
In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen any one of these."
Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" Jesse replied, "There is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here."
Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them. He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold and making a splendid appearance. The LORD said, "There-anoint him, for this is he!"
Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David. When Samuel took his leave, he went to Ramah.
Psalms 23(22):1-3a.3b.3c.4.5.6.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
He refreshes my soul.
He guides me in right paths
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-14.
Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,
for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light."
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 9:1-41.
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.
We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes,
and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, "Isn't this the one who used to sit and beg?"
Some said, "It is," but others said, "No, he just looks like him." He said, "I am."
So they said to him, "(So) how were your eyes opened?"
He replied, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went there and washed and was able to see."
And they said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.
Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath.
So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see."
So some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath." (But) others said, "How can a sinful man do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
So they said to the blind man again, "What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
Now the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight.
They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?"
His parents answered and said, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for him self."
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Messiah, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; question him."
So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner."
He replied, "If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see."
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?"
They ridiculed him and said, "You are that man's disciple; we are disciples of Moses!
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from."
The man answered and said to them, "This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him.
It is unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born blind.
If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything."
They answered and said to him, "You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?" Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
He answered and said, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he."
He said, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped him.
Then Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind."
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not also blind, are we?"
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, 'We see,' so your sin remains.
Commentary of the day : A homily written in North Africa in the 5th or 6th centuries
« We are the clay and you the potter ; we are all the work of your hands » (Is 64,7)
dailygospel.org/main.php
San Giovanni Climaco Abate
30 marzo
In greco, “climaco” significa “quello della scala”. Così è soprannominato Giovanni, monaco e abate, perché ha scritto una famosissima guida spirituale in greco: Klimax tou Paradeisou, ossia “Scala del Paradiso”. Ma di lui abbiamo scarse notizie: incerte le date di nascita e di morte, sconosciuta la famiglia (sappiamo però di un fratello, Giorgio, anche lui …Altro
San Giovanni Climaco Abate
30 marzo
In greco, “climaco” significa “quello della scala”. Così è soprannominato Giovanni, monaco e abate, perché ha scritto una famosissima guida spirituale in greco: Klimax tou Paradeisou, ossia “Scala del Paradiso”. Ma di lui abbiamo scarse notizie: incerte le date di nascita e di morte, sconosciuta la famiglia (sappiamo però di un fratello, Giorgio, anche lui monaco).Giovanni vive nel tempo in cui l’Italia è spartita tra Longobardi e Impero d’Oriente; i rissosi discendenti di Clodoveo sono padroni dell’antica Gallia, che ormai è terra dei Franchi, Francia; i re visigoti governano la Spagna. E questo è anche il tempo in cui dall’Arabia profonda emerge la figura di Maometto (570/8-632).Giovanni, eccolo: lo troviamo nella penisola del Sinai, monaco a vent’anni, tra molti altri, chi legato a un centro di vita comune, chi invece isolato in preghiera solitaria. Lui sperimenta entrambe le forme di vita, e poi si fissa nel monastero di Raithu, nel sud-ovest della regione. Ma verso i 60 anni lo chiamano a guidare come abate un altro grande e più famoso cenobio: quello del Monte Sinai. E lì, stimolato dall’abate di Raithu, porta a termine la “Scala”, che diventerà popolarissima, tradotta in latino, siriaco, armeno, arabo, slavo.Giovanni non si muove dal monastero, e la sua fama corre invece per il mondo cristiano, grazie al libro con i suoi insegnamenti, che non cercano davvero la popolarità facile, e non fanno sconti. Se qualcuno crede che fare il monaco sia un devoto passatempo, Giovanni lo raddrizza bruscamente: la vita del monaco, scrive, dev’essere "una costrizione incessante sulla natura e una costante influenza sui sensi". Ma suscita pure grandiose speranze quando afferma che le lacrime del pentimento hanno il valore quasi di un nuovo battesimo. Alla “Scala” egli aggiunge poi un breve testo-guida per i superiori, forse ispirato a un’opera simile: la Regula pastoralis di papa Gregorio Magno, tradotta in greco ad Antiochia. Papa Gregorio fa in tempo a conoscere Giovanni da lontano: gli scrive una lettera di elogio, e lo aiuta a ingrandire un suo ospizio per pellegrini, mandandogli il denaro necessario per quindici nuovi letti, e fornendo direttamente le coperte.Giovanni Climaco insegna nel suo monastero a viva voce. Ma attraverso il libro raggiunge sempre nuovi e sconosciuti discepoli, in Oriente e Occidente. La “Scala” è cercata e studiata per l’efficace chiarezza della sintesi dottrinale e per il valore delle esperienze di Giovanni in prima persona. Secondo studi recenti, egli sarebbe morto nel 649, anche se non tutto è certo. Certo e stimolante, invece, è un fatto: su di lui i cristiani d’Oriente e d’Occidente sono stati sempre concordi: ancora oggi celebrano la sua festa nello stesso giorno.
Autore: Domenico Agasso
30 marzo
In greco, “climaco” significa “quello della scala”. Così è soprannominato Giovanni, monaco e abate, perché ha scritto una famosissima guida spirituale in greco: Klimax tou Paradeisou, ossia “Scala del Paradiso”. Ma di lui abbiamo scarse notizie: incerte le date di nascita e di morte, sconosciuta la famiglia (sappiamo però di un fratello, Giorgio, anche lui monaco).Giovanni vive nel tempo in cui l’Italia è spartita tra Longobardi e Impero d’Oriente; i rissosi discendenti di Clodoveo sono padroni dell’antica Gallia, che ormai è terra dei Franchi, Francia; i re visigoti governano la Spagna. E questo è anche il tempo in cui dall’Arabia profonda emerge la figura di Maometto (570/8-632).Giovanni, eccolo: lo troviamo nella penisola del Sinai, monaco a vent’anni, tra molti altri, chi legato a un centro di vita comune, chi invece isolato in preghiera solitaria. Lui sperimenta entrambe le forme di vita, e poi si fissa nel monastero di Raithu, nel sud-ovest della regione. Ma verso i 60 anni lo chiamano a guidare come abate un altro grande e più famoso cenobio: quello del Monte Sinai. E lì, stimolato dall’abate di Raithu, porta a termine la “Scala”, che diventerà popolarissima, tradotta in latino, siriaco, armeno, arabo, slavo.Giovanni non si muove dal monastero, e la sua fama corre invece per il mondo cristiano, grazie al libro con i suoi insegnamenti, che non cercano davvero la popolarità facile, e non fanno sconti. Se qualcuno crede che fare il monaco sia un devoto passatempo, Giovanni lo raddrizza bruscamente: la vita del monaco, scrive, dev’essere "una costrizione incessante sulla natura e una costante influenza sui sensi". Ma suscita pure grandiose speranze quando afferma che le lacrime del pentimento hanno il valore quasi di un nuovo battesimo. Alla “Scala” egli aggiunge poi un breve testo-guida per i superiori, forse ispirato a un’opera simile: la Regula pastoralis di papa Gregorio Magno, tradotta in greco ad Antiochia. Papa Gregorio fa in tempo a conoscere Giovanni da lontano: gli scrive una lettera di elogio, e lo aiuta a ingrandire un suo ospizio per pellegrini, mandandogli il denaro necessario per quindici nuovi letti, e fornendo direttamente le coperte.Giovanni Climaco insegna nel suo monastero a viva voce. Ma attraverso il libro raggiunge sempre nuovi e sconosciuti discepoli, in Oriente e Occidente. La “Scala” è cercata e studiata per l’efficace chiarezza della sintesi dottrinale e per il valore delle esperienze di Giovanni in prima persona. Secondo studi recenti, egli sarebbe morto nel 649, anche se non tutto è certo. Certo e stimolante, invece, è un fatto: su di lui i cristiani d’Oriente e d’Occidente sono stati sempre concordi: ancora oggi celebrano la sua festa nello stesso giorno.
Autore: Domenico Agasso
Altri 4 commenti da Irapuato
30 Mars Saint Jean Climaque Abbé, Père de l'Église (525-605)
Le nom de ce Saint lui vient du beau livre qu'il composa sous le titre grec de Climax ou Échelle du Ciel. La Palestine fut son premier séjour. A seize ans, il quitta le monde pour se donner entièrement à Dieu dans un monastère du mont Sinaï. A dix-neuf ans, le jeune moine, sous la conduite d'un saint religieux nommé Martyrius, …Altro
30 Mars Saint Jean Climaque Abbé, Père de l'Église (525-605)
Le nom de ce Saint lui vient du beau livre qu'il composa sous le titre grec de Climax ou Échelle du Ciel. La Palestine fut son premier séjour. A seize ans, il quitta le monde pour se donner entièrement à Dieu dans un monastère du mont Sinaï. A dix-neuf ans, le jeune moine, sous la conduite d'un saint religieux nommé Martyrius, travailla sans relâche à sa perfection et y fit des progrès si rapides qu'ils étonnaient son maître lui-même.
A la mort de son maître, Jean se retira dans une solitude profonde, afin d'y mener une vie plus parfaite encore. Une croix de bois, une table formée de quatre planches grossières et le livre des Saintes Écritures, avec quelques ouvrages des saints Pères, en faisaient tout l'ameublement. C'est là qu'il vécut quarante ans, de la vie d'un ange plutôt que de la vie d'un homme.
Détaché du monde, affranchi pour ainsi dire du corps par la mortification, il s'élevait librement jusqu'à Dieu, s'abîmait en des contemplations sublimes et s'entretenant suavement avec les anges des mystères de la foi. Ses deux yeux étaient deux fontaines de douces larmes qu'il versait dans le secret de la solitude. Il eût voulu noyer dans ses pleurs tous les crimes de la terre; il gémissait aussi sur son trop long exil et soupirait après la Patrie céleste; mais le plus souvent ses larmes étaient des larmes de joie, d'admiration et de débordant amour, excitées par la contemplation des merveilles divines qui lui étaient révélées.
Est-il étonnant que, nouveau Jean-Baptiste, il vît les foules accourir à lui pour recevoir les leçons de la pénitence et de la vie chrétienne? A chacun il traçait des règles salutaires; sa bénédiction guérissait les malades, fortifiait les faibles, consolait les affligés, touchait les obstinés et les convertissait plus que les raisonnements de la science.
Grande était la puissance de Jean Climaque contre le démon; il sut le vaincre et le décourager dans les combats qu'il eut à subir de sa part; il fut terrible aussi à l'ennemi du salut en le chassant de l'âme de ses frères. Un solitaire nommé Isaac, vint se jeter à ses pieds, le suppliant de le délivrer des obsessions impures dont le démon le pressait sans relâche:
"La paix soit avec vous, mon frère!" dit le Saint. A ces mots, il se mit avec lui en prière. Le visage du Saint devint resplendissant d'une clarté céleste qui se répandait dans la grotte, et le démon poussait d'affreux rugissements. La prière terminée, Isaac se releva paisible et délivré pour toujours.
Jean Climaque fut élu, à soixante-quinze ans, abbé du Sinaï, et devint de plus en plus l'ange et l'oracle du désert jusqu'à sa mort.
Abbé L. Jaud, Vie des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, Tours, Mame, 1950
Le nom de ce Saint lui vient du beau livre qu'il composa sous le titre grec de Climax ou Échelle du Ciel. La Palestine fut son premier séjour. A seize ans, il quitta le monde pour se donner entièrement à Dieu dans un monastère du mont Sinaï. A dix-neuf ans, le jeune moine, sous la conduite d'un saint religieux nommé Martyrius, travailla sans relâche à sa perfection et y fit des progrès si rapides qu'ils étonnaient son maître lui-même.
A la mort de son maître, Jean se retira dans une solitude profonde, afin d'y mener une vie plus parfaite encore. Une croix de bois, une table formée de quatre planches grossières et le livre des Saintes Écritures, avec quelques ouvrages des saints Pères, en faisaient tout l'ameublement. C'est là qu'il vécut quarante ans, de la vie d'un ange plutôt que de la vie d'un homme.
Détaché du monde, affranchi pour ainsi dire du corps par la mortification, il s'élevait librement jusqu'à Dieu, s'abîmait en des contemplations sublimes et s'entretenant suavement avec les anges des mystères de la foi. Ses deux yeux étaient deux fontaines de douces larmes qu'il versait dans le secret de la solitude. Il eût voulu noyer dans ses pleurs tous les crimes de la terre; il gémissait aussi sur son trop long exil et soupirait après la Patrie céleste; mais le plus souvent ses larmes étaient des larmes de joie, d'admiration et de débordant amour, excitées par la contemplation des merveilles divines qui lui étaient révélées.
Est-il étonnant que, nouveau Jean-Baptiste, il vît les foules accourir à lui pour recevoir les leçons de la pénitence et de la vie chrétienne? A chacun il traçait des règles salutaires; sa bénédiction guérissait les malades, fortifiait les faibles, consolait les affligés, touchait les obstinés et les convertissait plus que les raisonnements de la science.
Grande était la puissance de Jean Climaque contre le démon; il sut le vaincre et le décourager dans les combats qu'il eut à subir de sa part; il fut terrible aussi à l'ennemi du salut en le chassant de l'âme de ses frères. Un solitaire nommé Isaac, vint se jeter à ses pieds, le suppliant de le délivrer des obsessions impures dont le démon le pressait sans relâche:
"La paix soit avec vous, mon frère!" dit le Saint. A ces mots, il se mit avec lui en prière. Le visage du Saint devint resplendissant d'une clarté céleste qui se répandait dans la grotte, et le démon poussait d'affreux rugissements. La prière terminée, Isaac se releva paisible et délivré pour toujours.
Jean Climaque fut élu, à soixante-quinze ans, abbé du Sinaï, et devint de plus en plus l'ange et l'oracle du désert jusqu'à sa mort.
Abbé L. Jaud, Vie des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, Tours, Mame, 1950
Heiliger Johannes Klimakos
auch: Johannes Climax, Johannes Scholastikus, Johannes Sinaites
Gedenktag katholisch: 30. März
Gedenktag orthodox: 30. März, vierter Sonntag der Fastenzeit
Gedenktag syrisch-orthodox: 30. März
Name bedeutet: Gott ist gnädig (hebr.)
Abt des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Sinai, Einsiedler
* um 570 / 579 in Palästina (?)
† um 650 auf dem Sinai in Ägypten
Russische Ikone, …Altro
Heiliger Johannes Klimakos
auch: Johannes Climax, Johannes Scholastikus, Johannes Sinaites
Gedenktag katholisch: 30. März
Gedenktag orthodox: 30. März, vierter Sonntag der Fastenzeit
Gedenktag syrisch-orthodox: 30. März
Name bedeutet: Gott ist gnädig (hebr.)
Abt des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Sinai, Einsiedler
* um 570 / 579 in Palästina (?)
† um 650 auf dem Sinai in Ägypten
Russische Ikone, Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts: Johannes Klimakos, Georg und Blasius
Johannes lebte ab dem 16. Lebensjahr mit einer Gruppe von Einsiedlern auf dem Berg Horeb / Sinai, später als Einsiedler 40 Jahre lang in einer einsamen Höhle. Viele Mönche schlossen sich ihm an, Papst Gregor der Große erbat sein fürbittendes Gebet. Um 638 wurde er Abt des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Sinai und Führer aller Einsiedler in Palästina, nach vier Jahren gab er die Leitung des Klosters an seinen Bruder ab, um wieder als Einsiedler zu leben.
In seinem berühmten Werk Klimax tou Paradeisou, die Leiter zum Paradies, beschrieb Johannes in 30 Sprossen, d. h. Kapiteln - entsprechend den 30 Lebensjahren Christi - den Erwerb von Tugenden und die Bekämpfung der Laster als Weg zum Paradies und zur Freiheit von Leiden; das Werk, als Anleitung für Mönche geschrieben, steht in der Tradition der Lehren von Barsanuphios und == Dorotheus von Gaza; in der erstmaligen Erwähnung der Atemtechnik beim Jesusgebet bereitete er schon den Hesychasmus vor. Diese Schrift gab ihm seinen Beinamen.
Ikone: die Himmelsleiter nach Johannes
Johannes' Scala sowie weitere Schriften von Johannes und seine Lebensgeschichte gibt es online zu lesen in den Documenta Catholica Omnia.
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Johannes_Klimak…
auch: Johannes Climax, Johannes Scholastikus, Johannes Sinaites
Gedenktag katholisch: 30. März
Gedenktag orthodox: 30. März, vierter Sonntag der Fastenzeit
Gedenktag syrisch-orthodox: 30. März
Name bedeutet: Gott ist gnädig (hebr.)
Abt des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Sinai, Einsiedler
* um 570 / 579 in Palästina (?)
† um 650 auf dem Sinai in Ägypten
Russische Ikone, Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts: Johannes Klimakos, Georg und Blasius
Johannes lebte ab dem 16. Lebensjahr mit einer Gruppe von Einsiedlern auf dem Berg Horeb / Sinai, später als Einsiedler 40 Jahre lang in einer einsamen Höhle. Viele Mönche schlossen sich ihm an, Papst Gregor der Große erbat sein fürbittendes Gebet. Um 638 wurde er Abt des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Sinai und Führer aller Einsiedler in Palästina, nach vier Jahren gab er die Leitung des Klosters an seinen Bruder ab, um wieder als Einsiedler zu leben.
In seinem berühmten Werk Klimax tou Paradeisou, die Leiter zum Paradies, beschrieb Johannes in 30 Sprossen, d. h. Kapiteln - entsprechend den 30 Lebensjahren Christi - den Erwerb von Tugenden und die Bekämpfung der Laster als Weg zum Paradies und zur Freiheit von Leiden; das Werk, als Anleitung für Mönche geschrieben, steht in der Tradition der Lehren von Barsanuphios und == Dorotheus von Gaza; in der erstmaligen Erwähnung der Atemtechnik beim Jesusgebet bereitete er schon den Hesychasmus vor. Diese Schrift gab ihm seinen Beinamen.
Ikone: die Himmelsleiter nach Johannes
Johannes' Scala sowie weitere Schriften von Johannes und seine Lebensgeschichte gibt es online zu lesen in den Documenta Catholica Omnia.
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Johannes_Klimak…
Other Saints of the Day: Amadeus of Savoy
Clinius of Pontecorvo
Cronan Mochua
Fergus of Downpatrick
Irene of Rome
Joachim of Fiore
John Climacus
Julio Álvarez Mendoza
Leonard Murialdo
Mamertinus of Auxerre
Maria Restituta Kafka
Osburga of Coventry
Pastor of Orléans
Patto of Werden
Quirinus the Jailer
Regulus of Scotland
Regulus of Senlis
Tola
Zozimus of Syracuse
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Martyrs of Constantinople …Altro
Other Saints of the Day: Amadeus of Savoy
Clinius of Pontecorvo
Cronan Mochua
Fergus of Downpatrick
Irene of Rome
Joachim of Fiore
John Climacus
Julio Álvarez Mendoza
Leonard Murialdo
Mamertinus of Auxerre
Maria Restituta Kafka
Osburga of Coventry
Pastor of Orléans
Patto of Werden
Quirinus the Jailer
Regulus of Scotland
Regulus of Senlis
Tola
Zozimus of Syracuse
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Martyrs of Constantinople
Martyrs of Thessalonica - 5 Saints
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March 30 Saint John Climacus Abbot (525-605)
Saint John, whose national origin remains unknown, was called Climacus because of a treatise he wrote called The Ladder (Climax) of Paradise. He made such progress in learning as a disciple of Saint Gregory Nazianzen that while still young, he was called the Scholastic. At the age of sixteen he turned from the brilliant future which lay before him, and …Altro
March 30 Saint John Climacus Abbot (525-605)
Saint John, whose national origin remains unknown, was called Climacus because of a treatise he wrote called The Ladder (Climax) of Paradise. He made such progress in learning as a disciple of Saint Gregory Nazianzen that while still young, he was called the Scholastic. At the age of sixteen he turned from the brilliant future which lay before him, and retired to Mount Sinai, where he was placed under the direction of a holy monk named Martyrius. Once that religious journeyed to Antioch and took the young John with him; they visited Saint Anastasius, a future Patriarch of Antioch, and the Saint asked Martyrius who it was who had given the habit to this novice? Hearing that it was Martyrius himself, he replied, And who would have said that you gave the habit to an Abbot of Mount Sinai? Another religious, a solitary, made the same prediction on a similar visit, and washed the feet of the one who would some day be Abbot of Mount Sinai.
Never was there a novice more fervent, more unrelenting in his efforts for self-mastery. On the death of his director, when John was about thirty-five years old, he withdrew into a deeper solitude, where he studied the lives and writings of the Saints and was raised to an unusual height of contemplation. There he remained for forty years, making, however, a visit to the solitaries of Egypt for his instruction and inspiration. The fame of his holiness and practical wisdom drew crowds around him for advice and consolation.
In the year 600, when he had reached the age of seventy-five, he was chosen as Abbot of Mount Sinai by a unanimous vote of the Sinai religious, who said they had placed the light upon its lampstand. On the day of his installation, six hundred pilgrims came to Saint Catherine's Monastery, and he performed all the offices of an excellent hotel-master; but at the hour of dinner, he could not be found to share the meal with them. For four years, said his biographer, a monk of the monastery of Raithe, he dwelt on the mountain of God, and drew from the splendid treasure of his heart priceless riches of doctrine which he poured forth with wondrous abundance and benediction. He was induced by a brother abbot to write the rules by which he had guided his life; and the book which he had already begun, The Ladder, detailing thirty degrees of advancement in the pursuit of perfection, has been prized in all ages for its wisdom, clearness, and unction.
At the end of that time, he retired again to his solitude, where he died the following year, as he had foretold.
Reflection. Cast not from thee, my brother, says the Imitation of Christ, the assured hope of attaining to the spiritual life; thou hast still the time and the means.
Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 4
Saint John, whose national origin remains unknown, was called Climacus because of a treatise he wrote called The Ladder (Climax) of Paradise. He made such progress in learning as a disciple of Saint Gregory Nazianzen that while still young, he was called the Scholastic. At the age of sixteen he turned from the brilliant future which lay before him, and retired to Mount Sinai, where he was placed under the direction of a holy monk named Martyrius. Once that religious journeyed to Antioch and took the young John with him; they visited Saint Anastasius, a future Patriarch of Antioch, and the Saint asked Martyrius who it was who had given the habit to this novice? Hearing that it was Martyrius himself, he replied, And who would have said that you gave the habit to an Abbot of Mount Sinai? Another religious, a solitary, made the same prediction on a similar visit, and washed the feet of the one who would some day be Abbot of Mount Sinai.
Never was there a novice more fervent, more unrelenting in his efforts for self-mastery. On the death of his director, when John was about thirty-five years old, he withdrew into a deeper solitude, where he studied the lives and writings of the Saints and was raised to an unusual height of contemplation. There he remained for forty years, making, however, a visit to the solitaries of Egypt for his instruction and inspiration. The fame of his holiness and practical wisdom drew crowds around him for advice and consolation.
In the year 600, when he had reached the age of seventy-five, he was chosen as Abbot of Mount Sinai by a unanimous vote of the Sinai religious, who said they had placed the light upon its lampstand. On the day of his installation, six hundred pilgrims came to Saint Catherine's Monastery, and he performed all the offices of an excellent hotel-master; but at the hour of dinner, he could not be found to share the meal with them. For four years, said his biographer, a monk of the monastery of Raithe, he dwelt on the mountain of God, and drew from the splendid treasure of his heart priceless riches of doctrine which he poured forth with wondrous abundance and benediction. He was induced by a brother abbot to write the rules by which he had guided his life; and the book which he had already begun, The Ladder, detailing thirty degrees of advancement in the pursuit of perfection, has been prized in all ages for its wisdom, clearness, and unction.
At the end of that time, he retired again to his solitude, where he died the following year, as he had foretold.
Reflection. Cast not from thee, my brother, says the Imitation of Christ, the assured hope of attaining to the spiritual life; thou hast still the time and the means.
Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 4