Have prayed the akathist to the Theotokos, "Softener of Evil Hearts", before realizing I was really praying for my own evil heart to be softened - such as you also pray for. May Christ rescue us all from this evil generation 🙏 ☦️☦️☦️ thank you Fr. Seraphim and monastics for your prayers
I like recording for this channel, it is much smaller and it feels more intimate. Thank you for your prayers and may God multiply your blessings in your own life.
What a beautiful Saint. I met someone when I was traveling over the summer that struck me because they had an unusual amount of love for everyone they encountered and it was natural and genuine not just kindness. I thought it was so lovely and I realized I didn’t have that. I am failing in this.I have been carrying that around since the summer...trying to change that part of me. I very much liked what you said…may we all try our very best to have a heart like that. To love everyone without even hearing them say a word and to love our enemies who speak words against us.
I know what you mean, dear one. On at least two occasions I have been in the presence of people who must have been so raptured by inner prayer that my heart could not stop praying when I was around them. It had nothing to do with my desire to pray. In fact, in at least one of the two occasions I fought against it, because we were in public and the proximity of this person made me cry and I could not control my crying. It is as if one enters a spiritual shield coming emanating from these people and their inner state becomes your own while you are around them.
Most of our icons on Iona are painted on glass, in the peasant style of Northern Romania. They have a childish innocence and immediacy which often is lost in more professional-looking iconography, and they grab my heart better.
@@ionamonasteryIs this the style of the icon I got from you that I use in my profile picture, Father? I often wondered about where this style comes from because I have never seen it elsewhere.
Glad to hear you feel at home on Iona, the spirits of the Celtic saints have welcomed you. I sometimes pine for Ireland where most of my ancestors came from to America. I was able to visit it unlike my father who wished but never did. We are all exiles in this world before passing to a better place. I am glad you found it there.
+++ Thank you Father Seraphim for all the efforts you go to, to keep in touch with all of us in the world outside the monasteries on Iona and Mull. Father, could you please post a video tour of the monastery and surrounds on Iona. I am sure everyone would greatly appreciate seeing it through your eyes. +++
Thanku as always 🙏🏽 …… I love how you talk of trusting the natural flow of your sharings , without the challange of all the techie editing - I am sure none of us seek any professionalism - the essence of your words , I feel are god blessed - and we wouldn’t even notice if you didn’t edit 🤔because the sacred deeper message and teaching, is received within us at a heart and cellular level 🙏🏽🙏🏽🕯️thankuuu
I know the 'techie editing' :) is not necessary, dear one. I want it for the main channel because it takes away part of the pressure for me. For some reason, if my brain focuses on the editing, I now longer collapse under the pressure of having to record something. It's like when you have a pain and you willingly create another pain in your body - for a brief while, you no longer feel the main pain. I know it's silly, but I need to do these things to keep going.
God bless, Fr.Seraphim! Abbot Hieromonk Evstatije - Monastery of our Saint Father Nikolas the Wonderworker - Serb Orthodox Church in Montenegro
Your blessing, dear Father. Please remember us in your prayers.
Brothers in Christ, greetings from Serbia.
Thank you, Father.
Love never ends.
Bless Father , Unedited is fine by me - things do not need to be refined to be presentable! Kissing your right hand in Christ , Mark ( from Romania )
Have prayed the akathist to the Theotokos, "Softener of Evil Hearts", before realizing I was really praying for my own evil heart to be softened - such as you also pray for. May Christ rescue us all from this evil generation 🙏 ☦️☦️☦️ thank you Fr. Seraphim and monastics for your prayers
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This is a really lovely and powerful message, thank you Fr Seraphim. I keep you all in my prayer, may God grant your heart’s desire ❤
I like recording for this channel, it is much smaller and it feels more intimate. Thank you for your prayers and may God multiply your blessings in your own life.
It does feel more intimate here, a bit like sharing a living space together. Glory be to God 😊
a xx 😅😅@@ionamonastery
Amen 🙏 ⚘ 🙏 🎉🙏
Thank you Father Seraphim.
What blessing to be in the chapel with you!
It's the same chapel where you are with us, in our prayer, during the Divine Liturgy, dear Aidan. My love in Christ to your entire family, dear one
Multumim Parinte, Sf.Haralambie sa va ocroteasca!
E un minunat, ca un munte de iubire.
What a beautiful Saint. I met someone when I was traveling over the summer that struck me because they had an unusual amount of love for everyone they encountered and it was natural and genuine not just kindness. I thought it was so lovely and I realized I didn’t have that. I am failing in this.I have been carrying that around since the summer...trying to change that part of me. I very much liked what you said…may we all try our very best to have a heart like that. To love everyone without even hearing them say a word and to love our enemies who speak words against us.
I know what you mean, dear one. On at least two occasions I have been in the presence of people who must have been so raptured by inner prayer that my heart could not stop praying when I was around them. It had nothing to do with my desire to pray. In fact, in at least one of the two occasions I fought against it, because we were in public and the proximity of this person made me cry and I could not control my crying. It is as if one enters a spiritual shield coming emanating from these people and their inner state becomes your own while you are around them.
Loving Their murderers!It blows my mind!Very dear the Icon!I love It!😮😔💔🙏
Most of our icons on Iona are painted on glass, in the peasant style of Northern Romania. They have a childish innocence and immediacy which often is lost in more professional-looking iconography, and they grab my heart better.
@@ionamonasteryIs this the style of the icon I got from you that I use in my profile picture, Father? I often wondered about where this style comes from because I have never seen it elsewhere.
Glad to hear you feel at home on Iona, the spirits of the Celtic saints have welcomed you. I sometimes pine for Ireland where most of my ancestors came from to America. I was able to visit it unlike my father who wished but never did. We are all exiles in this world before passing to a better place. I am glad you found it there.
+++ Thank you Father Seraphim for all the efforts you go to, to keep in touch with all of us in the world outside the monasteries on Iona and Mull. Father, could you please post a video tour of the monastery and surrounds on Iona. I am sure everyone would greatly appreciate seeing it through your eyes. +++
Thanku as always 🙏🏽 …… I love how you talk of trusting the natural flow of your sharings , without the challange of all the techie editing - I am sure none of us seek any professionalism - the essence of your words , I feel are god blessed - and we wouldn’t even notice if you didn’t edit 🤔because the sacred deeper message and teaching, is received within us at a heart and cellular level 🙏🏽🙏🏽🕯️thankuuu
I know the 'techie editing' :) is not necessary, dear one. I want it for the main channel because it takes away part of the pressure for me. For some reason, if my brain focuses on the editing, I now longer collapse under the pressure of having to record something. It's like when you have a pain and you willingly create another pain in your body - for a brief while, you no longer feel the main pain. I know it's silly, but I need to do these things to keep going.
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In these time i come to accept that i may most likely wont die of natural causes. Lord have mercy on us all.
God bless, Fr.Seraphim! Abbot Hieromonk Evstatije - Monastery of our Saint Father Nikolas the Wonderworker - Serb Orthodox Church in Montenegro