How to Live and Die with Christ (Retreat in Loveland, CO)
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St Theresa of Calcutta was often criticized for leaving the poor unattended while she prayed. But she said If you don't go to the well to fill your glass you cant give someone a glass of water to drink. It was a good answer.
Very very good
The wisdom and advice you give always seems to come at such appropriate times. What you explained here is so timely for me, Father.
Thank you.
I am sure that will be the same for others who hear this.
I thank God for sending you into the world father Seraphim to bless us with your loving kindness by which you teach and help us to get in greater oneness with God our one Holy trinity....And - forgive me for what i am going to write now- in my heart i feel that keeping you amongst people is what protects you from getting inprisoned in
the depressions you often suffer( as i understand from what you share with us on yt..That is how Christ our Lord protects you, imho...Be blessed father
Fr. Seraphim, I recently found you/Mull Monastery here on UA-cam and I'm extremely grateful to have learned some valuable lessons taught by you. That parable you mentioned about the man who needs to be with his new wife and the man who has a new field to plow, etc I've heard that before from 2 other priests as well saying these are "good things" and yet those people did not choose the best of all (Christ), and how that should "alarm" or warn us but it seems so ambiguous about what that actually means in real life. I listened to this tonight and thought that perhaps that parable is talking about people whose hearts aren't really in it. They sound like excuses, but good excuses. Kind of like excuses I may give to myself when I don't want to go to church. And they also sound like they are important reasons, but not urgent reasons, (why does the guy really need to be with his wife and furthermore why doesn't he just bring his wife?? Does the field really need to be plowed at that very moment?) Whatever keeps me from taking the Holy Mysteries should be a matter of urgency (I'm at the hospital with a sick child) and not just simply importance (I really have to finish this paper for school). It's a matter of our hearts I think. Lord have mercy on me and my divided heart at times.
But we can hear You Father, Thanks GOD for this for giving us life to hear this ❤️🙏
🎉Upon a dark night, with yearnings of love inflamed. Oh happy venture, I went forth without being noticed, my voice being now becalmed. Oh, night that guided me, oh night more beautiful than the first pure light. Beloved ( Can't remember the rest. Written by St. John of the cross. )
31:15: "Orthodoxy itself can become an idol." Exactly that is what drives certain Orthodox believers to often self-righteously criticize and condemn dear Father Seraphim. May God bless Father Seraphim for his love, kindness, wisdom, and warmth.
Father, I am happy you've returned to us. I've always found your profound humbleness strike a particular chord with me. I look at your spiritual maturity and see a possible future me. I can see you're also laden with sin, and this is what makes you a realistic role model.
Please pray for me, (My initial is T) I need a spiritual father desperately. I am without a solid connection to the church due to my location. I haven't even become a catechumen yet, even after a year or so. I wish you were near me, I ressonate with most of all of what you say, I hope God will give me a spiritual father who I share a similar connection with, or perhaps He will give me a spiritual father with a new way of thinking which would be more beneficial to me. Sincerely, peace from Australia.
What a wonderful blessing to receive your word Fr. Seraphim. Blessings to this monastery and to Mother Casiana.
Father Seraphim has a truly remarkable, clear grasp of the Word and it is a privilege to get to hear his sermons and commentaries via this channel. They are another aid in navigating through this increasingly darkening world as Christians.
Thank you for sharing this Fr. Seraphim. I'm sorry I missed your visit to Loveland.
Great to see you, father! Your blessing!
Dearest Father Seraphim, bless! ☦️ A blessed Feast of Theophany to you and my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ on Mull and Iona! 🏴
Thanks be God for bringing you to the states to deliver this urgent and essential message, and with such honesty and clarity. I know I’m going to be replaying it over and over in my heart in the coming days, contemplating all the things I need to reveal to my spiritual father.
May God bless and keep you, and may your winter in the Hebrides be peace-filled and restorative. I miss all of you so very much! ♥️
Fr. Seraphim raised very important points that are overlooked by Christians. Putting Christ at the centre of our life is critical to our faith, regardless of our situation. That, and actually following Christ are both very difficult to do so. A very good talk. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦.
powerful sharing on the issue of the 'why' .. 'letting go from safety of our understanding'!! 🙏Amen..
Doamne,câtă bucurie, câtă binecuvântare!
Să vă auzim!..
Mulțumim Părinte pentru tot efortul pe care -l faceți pentru noi !
Cat va iubim Părinte!
In rugăciunile noastre smerite sunteți Părinte?
Doamne, ajută!
Thank you, Fr. Seraphim, you are a beloved brother in Christ to me, though I do not know you concretely. I pray for you that you will be enriched spiritually and day by day increase in His love. Oh how wonderful is our Lord!
Thank you Father Aldea and God Bless you.
Mulțumesc! M-a ajutat cuvântul sfinției voastre să primesc un răspuns la o problemă ce mă măcina de ceva timp.
This has truly been a blessing, thank you father. Peace be with you.
Very important words for American Christians who have tied their faith to political parties ❤
Dearest Father what a true blessing your visit and words are. Thank you. God bless your ministry as you are a tremendous vessel. So timely for me personally; I will be listening on repeat mode.
You are a humble man.. Thankyou… please pray for me..
Thank you.
Thank you for this Father, it has given me a lot to think about in the coming days before I see you again.
Thank you. ❤️❤️
Welcome to the United States Fr Seraphim. Hopefully I will visit Iona again. Peace and Grace.
thankyou.. 🙏
I cannot wait to watch this!!! You are one my favourite and i am.in Australia, so Happy Orthodox Christmas tomorrow 7th January,,!!!🙏🙏❤❤
I didn't know that. Thanks. My birthday. I was 60 on 7.1.64.
Thank you Father...Will you be at any other places speaking in Colorado?...my husband and I are in a rural area in Colorado with no Orthodox church for 3 hours each way..we would journey to hear you if we knew where you would be...your videos are sometimes all we have...prayers🙏...
Amen.
Oh I wish I’d known you were visiting a place so close to where I live! I’m from Scotland, am a regular listener to you, and located in Boulder CO. Do you return to this Church sometimes? Will you be there again?
oh my goodness you guys are in my state! are visitations open and could i request prayer for this state and country?
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I really hope we all may heed your words, Father. I wonder if your audience there in Colorado understood the radicalness of your statement that one can make an idol of one’s own virtues. We truly live in idolatrous times. As James Joyce wrote in FW, “the war is in words and the wood is the world.”
A bit more close ups would be nice ,just a thought ❤
Thank you.