FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH

I WROTE ON 12TH OCTOBER 2010

MARTYRDOM

IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THE EXTREMELY WICKED AND DIABOLICAL VALUE THAT COMES FROM THE FEELING OF SELF-PITY WHEN IT GRIPS THE HUMAN BEING. IN FACT, SELFISHNESS, MATERIALISM, THIRST FOR POSSESSION AND ALSO DECEIT HIDE BEHIND SELF-PITY.
SUFFERING IS OVERCOME BY FAITH, INNER STRENGTH AND IT MUST BE FACED WITH HONOUR AND DIGNITY BY OFFERING IT TO CHRIST.
MARTYRDOM LEADS TO ISOLATION, APATHY, INDIFFERENCE AND MAKES PEOPLE UNEMOTIONAL. JESUS SAID: “THE LUKEWARM ONES, I WILL SPIT THEM OUT OF MY MOUTH", BECAUSE WHILE A SINNER WHO REPENTS CAN REDEEM AND SAVE HIMSELF, THE PERSON WHO WINDS UP HIMSELF TO THE FRUSTRATION OF HIS SELF-PITY, WHO COMPLAINS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE, ACCUSING THE OTHERS FOR HIS DISCOMFORT, IT IS A PERSON IN THE HANDS OF THE EVIL, BOTH IN THE CASE THAT THE PERSON REALLY SUFFERS AND WHEN HE USES THIS SYSTEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS NEIGHBOUR.
FLOGGING, SELF-INJURY CANCEL AND CONCEAL THE LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT. ONE BECOMES EASILY PREY OF THE NEGATIVE FORCES THAT HAVE THE TASK TO LET AS MANY SOULS AS POSSIBLE FALL IN THE DARKNESS OF THE SPIRIT.
THE SELF-PITY IS A TEMPTATION THAT LEADS TO THE SELF-DESTRUCTION. IT IS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS AND IT CAN'T BE TOLERATED.
IN THE SUFFERING MUST PREVAIL A SINGLE FEELING: SUPPORTING, COMFORTING, GIVING A SMILE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER LIKE US OR MORE. DOING SO, THE SUFFERING TURNS IN MISSION AND LEADS US TO THE LIGHT OF CHRIST.

GIORGIO BONGIOVANNI
STIGMATIST

SANT’ELPIDIO A MARE, (ITALY)
12TH OCTOBER 2010