Patriarch Daniel: Only Christ saves the praying Church in the middle of the turbulent sea of historytranslated

"Only Christ saves the praying Church when she is in the middle of the turbulent sea of history and in the darkness of the times against the light of the Gospel of salvation," Patriarch Daniel emphasized on Sunday, in the teaching word on the Gospel of Calming the Storm.

"No matter how many worthy servants the Church has, they alone cannot save the Church of Christ in its fight against the sin of human nature, against evil spirits, against the storms of persecution and heresy, against the waves of unbelief, secularization or spiritual indifference, but only with the help of Christ requested by the Church", said the Patriarch of Romania.

The Gospel read on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost is one "of trial and struggle, but also of encouragement and victory. It actually shows us that getting out of very difficult situations is not due to our own actions, but primarily to God's help."

"The main lesson or holy wisdom that Christ the Teacher imparts to His disciples, and through them to us all, using the ship as a pulpit of salvation theology, is this: All the trials and tribulations we encounter in life can be profitably overcome...