F<\/span><\/strong>.W.\u00a0Faber wrote: \u201cGoodness is catchy.\u00a0He has the right to fertility.\u00a0A good deed leads to more good deeds.\u00a0A single act of kindness sends out roots in all directions, from which new shoots sprout and new trees grow.\u00a0This fertility is not limited only to ourselves… This is how benevolence spreads in all directions.\u00a0An act of benevolence may never die but spreads the invisible waves of its ebb and flow throughout the centuries.\u201d On the way to mastering the benevolence of life, we must recognize the dangers that can stop us. It is primarily pride.\u00a0A proud man is seldom kind.\u00a0Pride spoils our spiritual endeavor and turns it into a mockery.\u00a0A particular writer must have met many Christians infected with this spiritual disease when he wrote this sentence: “Religious people are the most unloving of all people.<\/p>\n Many religious people neglect the cultivation of benevolence because they do not care about its price.\u00a0Many are charitable but not benevolent. They mortify themselves, but they do not know how to be hospitable. They pray a lot, but they are not very generous. They are also merciful but without benevolence. A reasonable person does not look in the other person’s face to see what is wrong but acts almost spontaneously. This is precisely the nature of this virtue: to do good as soon as the opportunity presents itself or the moment’s necessity requires it without expecting any recompense. We should practice kindness every day.\u00a0Parents should lead their children to benevolence with all seriousness by their example because they give them a precious gift in life. Perhaps this story will encourage us to cultivate kindness: A 70-year-old ship captain died. His life was fused with the plague.\u00a0A lamp was burning by his bed.\u00a0He slept little at night during his illness.\u00a0He fell asleep now.\u00a0He had a beautiful dream, manifested externally by the brightness on his face.<\/p>\n In their<\/b> dreams, he sees the sea in front of him. His ship rested in the harbor Awaiting the captain’s order to set sail and ply the ocean. When the captain got on the boat, it seemed to him that many acquaintances were traveling with him. They all surround him and say, “Today, we will go with you.” In the back are several girls whom he snatched from the claws of the soul sellers. The girls shouted, “We’re going with you today.” There were dozens of guys he secured jobs for.\u00a0They also called, “Today , we will go with you.” Many people came who were helped in some way by him. Everyone shouts, “We’ll go with you today!” The ship moves, and the captain wakes up from his dream. Sitting next to him is a friend who has come to visit him.\u00a0She tells him about her dream. Then he smiled briefly, bowed his head, and died.\u00a0His ship landed on the other shore of life.\u00a0He had with him intercessors whom he helped in life.\u00a0(Franti\u0161ek Danc\u00e1k gave us an example, 14ththe\u00a0 amendment, Kru\u017elov 1996, p. 90.) Well, let’s decide to cultivate kindness and ask St.\u00a0Nicholas to accompany us on this journey with his intercession with the heavenly Father.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This holiday is close to each of us.\u00a0Children are happy. They get sweets, and pa; rents are so glad because their children are happy. The atmosphere of St.\u00a0Nicholas is imbued with benevolence.\u00a0It is almost impossible to resist this atmosphere because … Continue reading