{"id":720,"date":"2013-08-06T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxviews.com\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2013-08-06T11:06:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:06:21","slug":"saint-john-jacob-the-chozebite-july-23-august-5-1960-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"Saint John Jacob the Chozebite (Jul 23 \/ Aug 5 1960) &#8211; Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\">(translation from Romanian)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orthodoxviews.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/stjohnjacob1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2086\" alt=\"StJohnJacob\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxviews.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/stjohnjacob1.jpg?w=198\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">The Apocalyptic Beast<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And now when surging malice grows<br \/>\nThe Antichrist opens his school<br \/>\nTo teaching many people, shows,<br \/>\nThe atheist language is \u2018cool\u2019!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Because the ugly \u2018thoughtful beast\u2019<br \/>\nIt moves its ugly heads in hew:<br \/>\nThe Free-mason, the communist<br \/>\nAnd the mutinous, rebel Jew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The popes and likes from Rome<br \/>\nWith the pagans from Agar<br \/>\nStart throwing from high dome<br \/>\nThe arrows of Veliar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">From all seven heads of the beast,<br \/>\nAppeared were just five in pus,<br \/>\nWhen other two will be released,<br \/>\nThe end is very near to us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Another beast will get out, seen,<br \/>\nWith two lamb horns like in a knit<br \/>\nWith dragon voice of halloween,<br \/>\nAs it has power just from it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The beast has ten more horns like spins<br \/>\nWith of the lucifer\u2019s well known signs,<br \/>\nWhich are the wicked harmful sins<br \/>\nWhich cry to Heavens, from lower than mines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">That\u2019s just the awful ugliness<br \/>\nBe sitting on the Holy Throne<br \/>\nDemonic power with wordless<br \/>\nOn earth, the master as its own!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">The Lucifers of Science<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The learners who today are striving hard,<br \/>\nOn and on, a work in vain,<br \/>\nTo fully do the prove of random card,<br \/>\nThat there is no God to Reign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">With the progress of the science,<br \/>\nLike a Lucifer swollen with pride,<br \/>\nThey go higher, in defiance,<br \/>\nHigher than the Heavens, sliding glide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Just two doors stand up in front,<br \/>\nFaithless stays astonished dumb,<br \/>\nAs in front of a new gate<br \/>\nAn ox stays beating the drum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">One of them \u2013 entrance of life,<br \/>\nThat is closed for them right now,<br \/>\nThe other, of falling \u2013 rife,<br \/>\nWhich is widely open \u2013 bow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">As much as a head can do,<br \/>\nThey will rush to do invention,<br \/>\nFor to make and produce \u2018life\u2019<br \/>\nAnd to stop the death, they mention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Unbeliever, in your schemes,<br \/>\nLife you try to fabricate\u2026<br \/>\nWin the clash with death? \u2013 just dreams,<br \/>\nNo success at this high gate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Everything of the inventions,<br \/>\nWhen your near grave will seize,<br \/>\nHas no value: husk \u2013 dimensions,<br \/>\nWhich gets spreading in the breeze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">If you do not know in life<br \/>\nYour Redeemer, personally,<br \/>\nYou will find after your death,<br \/>\nEvil one\u2019s, that\u2019s tyranny.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">The Sign of the Holy Cross<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The sign of the Cross to us<br \/>\nThe salvific shield it is,<br \/>\nWhich makes the evil to depart<br \/>\nGives us so much strength from His!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">So let\u2019s make it as perfectly today<br \/>\nThis Christian sign of ours stood,<br \/>\nBecause the enemies will run away,<br \/>\nAs from His Holy Precious Wood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And those who \u2018play\u2019 it like guitar<br \/>\nAnd the Cross they mock \u201cunplanned\u201d,<br \/>\nThey have the seed of faith afar<br \/>\nWith the evil seal on hand!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">They have no piety up in the soul,<br \/>\nNeither shame shown on their cheeks.<br \/>\nDown bowing \u2013 they can not be in control,<br \/>\n\u2018Cause a \u201cboss\u201d on neck does tricks!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The Lord of Heavens bows<br \/>\nHis Being for the human race<br \/>\nBut to Him the \u201cChristian\u201d shows,<br \/>\nThat does not bow his head \u2013 disgrace!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">He has stretched high on the Cross<br \/>\nHis Godly hands Divine,<br \/>\nAnd you, man, don\u2019t strive but loss,<br \/>\nTo make at least this Sign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">O, Christian you, He saves us,<br \/>\nBy His death on the Wood,<br \/>\nBut you see the shame and fuss<br \/>\nIn crossing yourself good!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">The wind of desolation<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And again on battlefields, blood again,<br \/>\nAgain the noise, of the wars<br \/>\nOnce more unending, storm of tears.<br \/>\nThe tide is high, the need \u2013 it soars!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">When poor world wept<br \/>\nOn cheeks its tears,<br \/>\nAnother sudden tide<br \/>\nOf sorrows, the world is pierced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Again the widows will be crying<br \/>\nAlong with old men \u2013 poor,<br \/>\nAnd children will be left alone,<br \/>\nIn thousands orphans score.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Cities will be emptied<br \/>\nAnd so many will be slaves,<br \/>\nIn that place of worldly songs<br \/>\nBullets will go hit in waves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">And instead of spoiling<br \/>\nAnd of luxury astray,<br \/>\nFight will reign from now, on earth,<br \/>\nAnd the quake will be gun play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">That the ones of bustling habits,<br \/>\nWalking naked with no shame,<br \/>\nWill be forced to walk uncovered,<br \/>\nAs we\u2019re poor, they will exclaim!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">When the malice keeps on growing,<br \/>\nGod is sickened, one can say.<br \/>\nThat is why the world is cracking<br \/>\nAnd the wars don\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(translation from Romanian) The Apocalyptic Beast And now when surging malice grows The Antichrist opens his school To teaching many people, shows, The atheist language is \u2018cool\u2019! Because the ugly \u2018thoughtful beast\u2019 It moves its ugly heads in hew: The Free-mason, the communist And the mutinous, rebel Jew. The popes and likes from Rome With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}