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A priest was walking down the street and met a five- or six-year-old boy. The boy was barefoot with soiled legs, disheveled hair, and dirty face. The priest asked the boy:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Where are you from, kid?<\/p>\n
\u2013 I\u2019m from hell.<\/p>\n
The priest was surprised:<\/p>\n
\u2013 What\u2019s your father\u2019s name?<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Satan!<\/p>\n
\u2013 What\u2019s your mother\u2019s name, then?<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Satan\u2019s Wing!<\/p>\n
\u2013 Do you have brothers or sisters?<\/p>\n
\u2013 Yes, I do.<\/p>\n
\u2013 So what are they called?<\/p>\n
\u2013 Demons.<\/p>\n
The priest kept asking the child:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Where do you live, my boy?<\/p>\n
\u2013 Let\u2019s go, I\u2019ll show you.<\/p>\n
The boy led the priest to an old and ramshackle house with a dilapidated fence. The priest took the boy by the hand and entered the yard. He heard the boy\u2019s mother and father quarreling inside the house.<\/p>\n
The husband was cursing the wife, and she responded:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Go away, Satan!<\/p>\n
The man retorted:<\/p>\n
\u2013 You\u2019re Satan\u2019s wing, then!<\/p>\n
The boy\u2019s siblings went past them, and he shouted:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Get outta here, you demon!<\/p>\n
His wife yelled:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Woe to me, this house is hell!<\/p>\n
The priest heard their words and understood why the boy had told him that he was from hell. He didn\u2019t know any other words. He heard from his mother that there was hell in their house, that his father\u2019s name was Satan, his mother\u2019s name was the Satan\u2019s Wing, and his siblings\u2019 names were demons. He heard all that at home.<\/p>\n
Do you know how a house can turn into hell? Where there is no fasting, no morning and evening prayers; where there is no chastity; where people don\u2019t go to church; where they drink, smoke, and swear instead \u2013 their home really turns into hell. The devil enters it and woe to those people in all their days! Curses, fights, and torture all day long: the devil lives there, you know! The devil incites hatred, quarrels, anger, rage, swearing, curses, foul language, beating, murder, alcoholism, and fornication. Wherever he comes, he destroys everything. That\u2019s how a house can turn into hell.<\/p>\n
Where people get up early in the morning and praise God, and then proceed to work with prayer in their souls; where people fast on designated days and give alms and read holy books and endure all sorrows and misfortunes with joy \u2013 that\u2019s where God\u2019s blessing and his mercy manage everything for the benefit of their souls and for their salvation.<\/p>\n
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