{"id":141,"date":"2018-10-18T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.smallpage.online\/2018\/10\/18\/parable-of-day-court-attendants-of-lord\/"},"modified":"2019-02-19T06:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:47:36","slug":"parable-of-day-court-attendants-of-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/parable-of-day-court-attendants-of-lord","title":{"rendered":"Parable of the Day: The Court Attendants of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured_img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"382\" data-original-width=\"680\" \/>At that time, Father Nazarius from Valaam Monastery arrived in St Petersburg. He knew the poor nobleman and came to comfort him. The nobleman\u2019s wife fell on her knees and implored Father Nazarius to pray for the positive outcome of her husband\u2019s case. The elder replied, \u201cOf course, we should pray to the Lord; but we have to ask the King\u2019s court for intercession, too. Give me some money, I\u2019ll ask them for you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They gave the elder some gold coins. \u201cNo,\u201d he said. \u201cThese coins don\u2019t suit me. Do you have copper or silver coins?\u201d They gave him the less valuable coins. Father Nazarius took the money and left. Late that night, he returned to the nobleman\u2019s house and said calmly, \u201cAll the King\u2019s attendants promised to petition the King for you; keep calm and wait for happy news.\u201d Indeed, the elder was still sitting by the sick nobleman\u2019s bed when the latter received a notice that his case ended up well. The happy news had a beneficial effect on the sick official. He thanked the elder and wanted to know who had showed the most sympathy with his plight, for whom he was to praise God and whom he was to thank. It turned out that Father Nazarius hadn\u2019t met anyone from the Tsar\u2019s court. Instead, he spent the whole day strolling through the city streets and giving the nobleman\u2019s money to the poor. \u201cSo thank the Lord,\u201d the elder concluded. \u201cIt was Him, the Merciful One, who listened to the prayers of the poor and convinced the good Tsar to look into your case one more time. Remember your benefactors\u2014the Lord\u2019s court attendants\u2014that is, the poor and miserable ones. Their prayers can reach God\u2019s Throne more easily!\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\" align=\"right\"><em>Translated by The Catalog of Good Deeds<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At that time, Father Nazarius from Valaam Monastery arrived in St Petersburg. He knew the poor nobleman and came to comfort him. 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