‘’don’t curse anyone’’!

[Mary Naeem]

Elder Efraim of Arizona ‘’don’t curse anyone’’!

You write, my child, about someone who kept grieving you, and you cursed him, etc. No, my child, do not curse anyone, no matter how much he has harmed you. Our Christ tells us to love our enemies, so how can we speak evil? Seek forgiveness from God, and henceforth love him as your brother, regardless of whether or not you agree with him. Didn’t Christ on the Cross forgive his crucifiers? Then how can we do otherwise? Yes, my child, we must love everyone, regardless of whether they love us or not—that is their business.

subm. no. 8

paragraphs: 6, 8, 9, 10 from pages 244-246

From the book

Councels from the Holy mountain

Selected from the letters and homilies of Elder Efraim of Arizon