an angel appeared in front of him dressed as a monk. As soon as he saw him, the saint
repented to him, but the angel also said to Saint Anthony, bless you
, holy father, thinking that his saint had something to do with a certain monk. suggested
that they walk together for a while the monk accepted and as they walked
Saint Anthony said to him who had understood that the visitor was not a simple old monk
my brother I admire your beauty and youth you have such beauty I have never
seen before in a human being so I am thinking that you are not a simple person in the name of
God so I want you to tell me the truth angel then he says to the holy father,
saint, I am really not a man but an angel of God who came to teach you
the mysteries of God, those which you do not know and which you wish to know
you know then the saint knelt down saying thank you my god because you sent me
a guide to reveal to me hidden mysteries that I wanted to know and
I begged you so ask me what you want me to tell you says the angel the saint
already had the question ready tell me please in that eternal world
do dead people know each other the angel immediately answered and said
to the saint as you see in this here world people sleep at
night and in the morning when it dawns they meet each other greet each other
and talk like friends the same happens in that world
and they know each other and talk but even when a person
does not know the other he learns who he is but but only the righteous
know each other, the sinners
no, Saint Anthony asks again, tell me this too, please, when
the soul leaves the human body, what happens and the memorial services, why
do we do them, what benefit the dead have of these, the angel answers, listen, holy father
, after the soul leaves the body, the angels receive it and take it to
heaven to worship our Lord Jesus Christ, but something else also happens
from heaven to earth, there are orders of demons which they are called aerial
tolls of souls and those wicked spirits demand the soul have certain
scriptures in which are written the people's sins and they show them
to the angels telling them that on such and such a day of the month he committed
some sin, i.e. here he stole there on sight
in such and such a place he lied and elsewhere he committed some other sin and again
the angels also have their own stories with which also show
how many good deeds he did in his life, i.e. almsgiving, liturgy, fasting, prayer or
other good virtues and if more good deeds are found the angels seize
the soul and take it up to the second step there they find another
order of demons stronger who gnash their teeth like wild beasts and curse
the soul while they strive to seize it from the hands of the angels there is a
great battle and great noise so that the angels to free
that soul from the hands of demons and if it is freed it goes up to the third
step there is another order of demons stronger and more ferocious and there is
a great struggle from the angels to succeed in taking the soul from the
hands of the myroni and if it is freed from them also
they go to the upper step until it reaches the do and there is another order of
demons where it is called fornication and if the afflicted soul happens to
be a monk then there is even greater noise and they say to that
merciful soul who has sin where are you going who when you worshiped and defiled the angelic
shape turn back and go to the dark and filthy place of hell
then woe to this soul and what language can tell the punishment
where the demons do to that soul I honor you father I am an angel again,
how much more so that that soul does not tremble at all these tortures that it will
suffer if the soul is found clean of sins the angels seize and
ascend joyfully to Christ then you see the dances of the angels of the
holy apostles that excellent splendor and hear the angels'
melody and all that beauty the
infinite Saint Anthony asked again and the memorial services are held
the angel says at three o'clock days are happening because I told you that in three days
the soul comes and worships our lord jesus christ after the worship
the angels take her again and show her the places where
she walked with the body and remind her of the deeds where she did there they tell her here
you stole there while you were there he murdered there eulabium all the sins he committed
throughout his life, on the other hand, they are also shown as well as the good he did, i.e. here
you gave alms, there fasting, here liturgy, there repentance, here prayer,
there vigil here, prayer and all the other good things she did in all the days of her life, on the
day of the year she again comes to worship and for this they do the memorial services and
services for the benefit of the soul because it is necessary that the
memorial services be held then the angels take the soul and the they go to paradise there
they are shown the bosom of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob the rest of the
righteous and after seeing the dwellings those beautiful and admirers
she begs the angels to stay there in those goods of the righteous but the
angels take her again from there they take her to hell and show her how
the sinners are collaged saying to her this is the river of fire pointing
to the places then they show all the hells of sinners and when
the 40 days are over, the soul goes again and worships our Lord Jesus
Christ for this again the memorial services are held because a soul is waiting to make the
decision that the philanthropic god is about to order it to dwell until the
day of
judgment then Saint Anthony sighed and with tears in his eyes said woe to
man the sinner who was born it was better for him not to have blessed be he born
, but when that righteous man was born, then the saint says
to the angel, tell me, please, and this is hell of sinners has an end
the angel said neither the kingdom of heaven has an end but neither does
hell for sinners have an end hell is for sinners and the
eternal kingdom
THE GREAT WAGER: A Spiritual Warning from Fotis Kontoglou. A couple of days ago, I was reading an old book by Fotis Kontoglou, the great G...
