order to return to the kingdom of the Lord, where happiness, knowledge and eternal life reign.
Logos 71
The truth is that one man’s misconduct affects his entire family. It is for this reason that a worthy man wishes to undergo his punishment alone.
Not wanting a calamity to fall on him and his people, he wants to bear the brunt of his fault alone, without any detours. He expects that his personal sufferings will lead him to refrain in the future from any new nonsense, and that the fault of which he was guilty will be redeemed so that his descendants do not have to suffer from it.
This is how a responsible saint thinks. In return, the members of his family also share in the fruits of the service he offers to the Lord. In fact, the greatest blessing, or blessing, that the Lord can bestow on a family is to give birth to a saint.
Logos 72
No one can approach God unless he renounces materialism and the material universe. The Supreme Lord shows such kindness to his pure devotees that in due time He calls them back to Himself, creating for this a combination of favorable and auspicious circumstances for the pure soul.
We must abandon any attachment or bond that holds us back to matter before we can return to God, to our original home. This is why even if a holy being is deeply absorbed in the affairs of this world, the Lord will create a situation that promotes total detachment in his devotee. The Supreme Lord never forgets his pure devotee, even if the latter finds himself engaged in apparently material activities, and that is why it sometimes happens that He creates a mysterious situation where the holy being is forced to give up things of this world. While some see it as a source of frustration, and ascribe it a negative influence, he can grasp a signal from the Lord. The merciful Lord sometimes confronts his pure devotee with such circumstances, in order to snatch him from the muddy ocean of material existence, and to bring him back to Himself, even if it seems outwardly that the pure soul is in prey to some frustrations.