8/13/2019 St. Nikolai from Zicha about Today and Tomorrow

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VoL 3 l.io. I Strembr 2003About today's day and tomorrow's daySaint Nikolai of Ochrid and Zica ''Bmst not of tomorrow, for you htow not what any dcy msy brilgforth" @roverbs 27:1)

Bren, let us not boast of that which is not in our power. The Lord has placed the times and the yearsHis power md He disposes of them. Only God Himself alone knows whether tomorrods day will number us athrc living u the dead. Some have died on the eve of their marriage; again, others have descended into the grathe we of their coronation with a royal diadem. Therefore, let no one say that tomorrow will be for me the-hapday ofmy life; tomorrow, I enter into marriage Or, tomorrow I will be ciowned with a royal diadem Or, tomoram going to a great feast Or, tomQrrow a greaf gain is coming to me O, let no one speak of the happiness of toP-d" d"V- Behol4 yet this night your soul may depart your body and tornorrow you will find yoorr"if ,.r11o*deblack de'mons in the tollhouses And yet, even this night, a man can be separated from his relatives and friends,wefth and honour, from the sun and the stars and find himself in a totallyunknown company , h nunseen placat an rmexpected judgment.

Instead of boasting_of tomorrow's dayo it would be better to pray to God to "Give us this day our daily brPerhaps today's day may be our last day on earth. That is why it ii Uitter to spend this day in replntance for apast days on earth rather than vainly fantasizing about tomorrods day, aboutthe day which p".6upr will notfor us. Vain fantasizing about tomorrods day cannot bring us any good, but repentance for one day with tearsave us from eternal fire.O righteous Lord, burn up the insane vanrfy thatis in us.To Thee be glory and thanks always. Amen. from The Prologue From Oc