A very important event from Elder Evmenios’ life that I recall, is a Prayer that he had coined:
“Lord Jesus Christ, I want You to save all people. And God was pleased. And then I said: Lord Jesus Christ, I want You to save all the Catholics. And all the Protestants, my Christ, I want You to save them. And God was pleased. I also want You to save the Muslims and all those who belong to all the religions; I want You to save even the atheists. And God was very pleased. And I told him: My Christ, I want you to save all those who have fallen asleep, from the time of Adam until now. And God was very pleased. And I told him: My God, I want you to save Judas also. And finally I added: I want you to save the devil also. And God was saddened.” I asked him: “Why was God sad?” “Because God wants to, but they don’t (want to be saved),” he replied; “there is not a trace of good will for salvation in the devil.” “Hold on,” I told him, “how did you know when God was pleased and when He was sad?” And he said to me: “If your heart becomes one with Christ’s heart, you feel what He feels.”
So, can you perceive the breadth of this man’s heart? This was one of the most powerful things I have ever heard; and I have never heard something like it by anyone else. And he perceived those things from the intensity of Grace. Depending on the degree of Grace, he was able to perceive His sadness or His pleasure, to whatever he said or did. – by Metropolitan Neophytos Morphou
