A fost odat<\/b>\u0103 ca niciodat\u0103 un preot.<\/b> El st\u0103tea \u00een cap\u0103tul satului pe care \u00eel p\u0103storea, iar \u00een drumul spre biseric\u0103 trecea pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 casele \u0219i gr\u0103dinile enoria\u0219ilor s\u0103i \u0219i se bucura nevoie mare c\u00e2nd acestea erau temeinic lucrate, aveau c\u00e2mpuri verzi, holde aurii sau poame bogate.<\/p>\n
Din acest punct de vedere, un singur lucru \u00eel nemul\u021bumea pe b\u0103tr\u00e2nul paroh<\/b>. Chiar l\u00e2ng\u0103 biseric\u0103 era o tarla mare cu teren uscat \u0219i bolov\u0103nos, de nu cre\u0219tea nimic pe el (\u00een afara unor scaie\u021bi \u0219i urzici) oric\u00e2t de mult se osteneau s\u0103tenii s\u0103 planteze ceva roditor.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o zi se mut\u0103 \u00een sat un fost pu\u0219c\u0103ria\u0219.<\/b> Ne\u0219tiind legenda acelui lot \u0219i primind exact acea tarla, omul nostru \u00eencepu a-\u0219i construi casa chiar pe terenul uscat, bolov\u0103nos \u0219i neroditor.<\/p>\n
Zi de zi, var\u0103 de iarn\u0103, muncind de diminea\u021b\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 seara, s\u00e2mbetele, duminicile \u0219i \u00een toate s\u0103rb\u0103torile legale \u0219i ilegale, c\u0103r\u00e2nd, s\u0103p\u00e2nd, t\u0103ind, ud\u00e2nd, pl\u00e2ng\u00e2nd, lu\u00e2nd totul de la cap\u0103t de unul singur, suduind \u0219i asud\u00e2nd<\/b>, reu\u0219i \u00een timp s\u0103 dea o alt\u0103 perspectiv\u0103 locului neprimitor \u0219i sterp.<\/p>\n
\u00cen drumul lui spre slujba zilnic\u0103, preotul, care nu prea \u00eel avea la suflet pe proscrisul ce nu respecta s\u0103rb\u0103torile Domnului, \u00a0dar care cu credin\u021b\u0103, bl\u00e2nde\u021be \u0219i \u00een\u021belepciune p\u0103storea ob\u0219tea, \u00eei spunea astfel:<\/p>\n
\u201dFrumoas\u0103 este gr\u0103dina lui Dumnezeu.\u201d<\/b>, <\/b>c\u00e2nd trecea pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 terenul s\u0103u.<\/p>\n
\u201dFrumoas\u0103 este gr\u0103dina lui Dumnezeu \u0219i a mea\u201d<\/b>, spunea omul.<\/p>\n
V\u0103z\u00e2nd c\u0103 gr\u0103dina devenea cea mai \u00eembul\u0219ugat\u0103 dintre toate \u0219i cum se afl\u0103 chiar l\u00e2ng\u0103 biseric\u0103, preotul se opri de c\u00e2teva ori s\u0103 \u00eel felicite pe incomodul vecin.<\/p>\n
De fiecare dat\u0103 aceea\u0219i remarc\u0103 din partea lui:\u00a0\u201d<\/span>Frumoas\u0103 este gr\u0103dina lui Dumnezeu.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Iar r\u0103spunsul omului venea invariabil:\u00a0<\/span>\u201dFrumoas\u0103 este gr\u0103dina lui Dumnezeu \u0219i a mea\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n Uneori mai auzea bolboroseli \u0219optite din partea omului: \u201dCredincio\u0219ii matale sunt \u00een inim\u0103 cu Domnul sau \u00een minte cu somnul ?\u201d<\/b>, \u201d… vise \u0219i abisuri \u00eentr-o nou\u0103 perspectiv\u0103 …\u201d<\/b>, \u201dLa marginea religiei este o speran\u021b\u0103, probabil de circumstan\u021b\u0103 …\u201d<\/b>, \u00a0<\/b>dar era <\/b>un adev\u0103rat p\u0103rinte spiritual \u0219i nu \u00eel sup\u0103rau astfel de r\u0103bufniri \u0219i r\u0103t\u0103ciri.<\/p>\n …<\/b><\/p>\n La un praznic \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103tesc, de Rusalii<\/b> parc\u0103, slujba a fost oficiat\u0103 de un sobor format din mai mul\u021bi preo\u021bi, printre care \u0219i episcopul zonei. Acesta avea obiceiul, ca dup\u0103 slujb\u0103, s\u0103 se plimbe prin parohia unde era invitat.<\/p>\n Ie\u0219ind din curtea bisericii \u0219i f\u0103c\u00e2nd c\u00e2\u021biva pa\u0219i, auzi un cioc\u0103nit. Contrariat, se \u00eendrept\u0103 spre locul de unde se auzea zgomotul \u0219i v\u0103zu un om cu lacrimi \u00een ochi care b\u0103tea ni\u0219te \u021b\u0103ru\u0219i \u00een jurul unor pomi\u0219ori de-abia planta\u021bi. R\u0103mas mut la vederea frumuse\u021bilor din gr\u0103din\u0103,\u00a0 episcopul \u00eei spune: \u201dFrumoas\u0103 este gr\u0103dina lui Dumnezeu \u0219i a ta.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Omul nostru replic\u0103 z\u00e2mbind: \u201dS\u0103 fi v\u0103zut cum ar\u0103ta c\u00e2nd era doar a lui Dumnezeu<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n La plecare, episcopului i se p\u0103ru c\u0103 \u00eel aude pe omul nostru <\/b>\u0219optind: <\/b><\/p>\n \u201dDoamne, iart\u0103-m\u0103, lumineaz\u0103-m\u0103 \u0219i \u00eenal\u021b\u0103-m\u0103.\u201d<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fost odat\u0103 ca niciodat\u0103 un preot. El st\u0103tea \u00een cap\u0103tul satului pe care \u00eel p\u0103storea, iar \u00een drumul spre biseric\u0103 trecea pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 casele \u0219i gr\u0103dinile enoria\u0219ilor s\u0103i \u0219i se bucura nevoie mare c\u00e2nd acestea erau temeinic lucrate, aveau c\u00e2mpuri verzi, holde aurii sau poame bogate. Din acest punct de vedere, un singur lucru […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[700,701,886,942,1081,1163,2081,2141,2212,2278,2317,2371,2733,2784],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ganduri","tag-credinciosi","tag-credinta","tag-dumnezeu","tag-episcop","tag-frumoasa","tag-gradina","tag-preot","tag-puscarias","tag-religie","tag-rusalii","tag-scaieti","tag-sergiu-motreanu","tag-urzici","tag-vise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sergiumotreanu.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}