A Reflection on The Monastic Life
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Fr. Justin Havens is the pastor of St. Xenia Orthodox Church in Payson, Utah.
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I feel led to monasticism, my priest says to take it slow and see how i feel when i get more involved in the church. I actually felt like becoming a monastic before i even knew about monastic life, i used to just call it live like john the baptist. Lord guide me and keep me, as well all who read this
You're not alone. I have this feeling call to me for years now. As I grow in my faith and realize how much the world has lied to me, I feel like a stranger to family/friends.
@ its been a tough walk for me, my family doesnt take faith as seriously as i would hope, Lord guide us both and make a way if we are truly called to monasticism
Selam beloved brother 🙏
As an idea before you join a monastery God willing dedicate at least 10years first studying theology then going out and being a preacher and preach the word of God to the masses then after go join the monastery and keep learning and keep serving our Lord and God Jesus Christ of Nazareth ✝️🙏❤️🛐
@ thank you, I just know all I want to do in life is serve God to the best of my ability, I trust in my parish to guide me throughout my journey also. May God continue to use you for encouragement and His Kingdom ☦️
@@dolphinitely_bro3944 okay beloved brother Selam(peace) be upon you, from your Ethiopian Orthodox brother 🙏
Remember me in your prayers as I will be doing and may our Good Shepherd guide you to His eternal kingdom and our holy Mother Virgin Mary protect you and guide you to the final eternal light her Son ✝️🙏❤️🛐
I was at the Monastery last month when Father's family was there. I had to ask the age of one of his daughters who was so eager to help the sisters, so prayerful and always so full of joy. I thought she was a teenager but she's only 11...such maturity. Glory to God ! She was an inspiration to this old lady. St. Joseph the Hesychast pray for us!
ايها الرب يسوع المسيح يا ابن الله الوحيد أحرس كنيستك الأرثوذكسية وشعبك في امريكا امين ☦️☦️☦️
His voice is so relaxing...
Thank you brother. I will never believe that my down falls are only mine 😊
Thank you, Father Justin.
So much truth & wisdom in so much of what Father Havens said in this video. I thank God for this gift. It will likely be a decisive factor in my decision to step onto the path of becoming an Orthodox monk after learning much about the faith in the last couple of years.
Love you Father...thank you for always sharing your wisdom.
This was so beautiful to listen to.
St John Klimicus says (paraphrasing) “if everyone knew the trials of monasticism, no one would become a monk. If everyone knew the joys of monasticism, everyone would become a monk.” One can peak about, read about …but one never understands it until he/she has tasted that life.
I totally agree. I'm sad that I wasn't blessed enough to partake in a monks life. Yet, I have a love for them.
I left Monastic life because I realized I was brainwashed. Religion teaches you to believe in things with out evidence. No god would want you to do that.
@@bonster101 is there evidence for the origin of logic? or perhaps where math came form? any evidence for where absolute morality came from? or why we think stealing or k&lling others is bad? where did that come from, where did the hydrogen particles and light photons come from at the start of the universe? (if ur a big bang believer). if u think everything needs a scientific approach than u are in a categorical error. come to the Orthodoxy faith and see what the love of God is. without God we cannot rationalize anything for ourselves, for our own understanding is flawed and altered by a sinful nature.
God bless you!!
I was a Benedictine monk for several years,then one day i thought, What good am i doing here? Living in a cold draughty monastery,we pray for peace in the world but peace never comes,i never had a decent night's sleep or even a proper conversation with the brothers.So after a serious discussion with the abbot i decided to leave. Once i had left i trained to be a paramedic and i also became a lay preacher,so now i can really help the sick and injured and also spread the gospel to more people.
i have a few mentions to make:
1. catholic monks do not experience the true faith that is in Orthodoxy, come to this first and see.
2. u say "really" help the sick, as if the physical matters more than the spiritual. what good is it that someone's body is treated with medicine and is now made healthy, yet the spirit is tainted with many diseases that u cannot heal with Tylenol or Advil or any physical medication? does not the spirit that will soon be eternal, matter more than a temporary body that will wither away?
God bless you, may u come to Orthodoxy and experience the true faith.
Thank you 🙏. I truly feel in power to keep on the track I have been on. 😊
It is difficult to imagine, but it is absolutely true. There is a pleasure bigger. Monastics experience it, but I wonder if there is a way through regular living.
10:09 I’ve read a few of Hierotheos Vlachos’s books. He really helped me understand the orthodox way.
Thank you
“Life is too short to not follow Christ”
I left Monastic life because I realized I was brainwashed. Religion teaches you to believe in things with out evidence. No god would want you to do that.
Wow i was just shocked to see an ad from a company called Peachloft here that used every 4 letter word under the sun Why does youtube not vette these ads
There’s at least a 50% chance someone at TH-cam did that on purpose.
Huh they allowed their atheist friends to reign. Free.
I won’t be surprised when TH-cam decides not to air Christian teaching anymore
@@tobyfiver4117 That won't happen but creators might choose not to put anymore content on it.
Lots of people in my life said i should become a priest(an actual priest ascwell).
I wanted to become a monk(hermit) but the head monk of the mount athos monastery that i was said that i have to be in a monastery for some years in order to be allowed to be a hermit in mount athos.
Its the only place i feel home. Its hard live but its amazimg.
Glory to Jesus Christ
Many Orthodox Churches relax ascetic discipline because they think that people won’t come. The danger of the desire to have a full Church. Check out Wednesday or Saturday Vespers less than 1/2 the Church is there usually a 1/4 of the people than on Sunday.
I know it’s hard sometimes because many people drive far but the need to move closer to Church. The Life of the Orthodox Christian requires total commitment to the Church the life of the Church is not secondary to secular life
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St. Basilius the Great said it somewhere If you want to live 100% spiritual life, you have to withdraw from the word with its distractions. I also beleieve you have to be called and the natural blessing to live this way. Even monastic live has its grades: There are the communities who live in monasteries and the absolute ascets who live in caves and nobody hear about them. The bottom line is to find your own right path and don't look what others do. There people who have 1 talent others have 10 talents.
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The auto-generated subtitles at the beginning start off with:
"this reminds me of uh Satan nation of Antioch..."
I do not know if its okay if to ask for prayer here but I have lost my connection with God and but my name is Hector if you guys don't mind praying for me
God bless you Hector. Hope things have gotten better. May grace flourish in your life!
How are you now? God bless Hector!
🙏
go to an eastern orthodox church this will help immensely, speak with the priest there and he will guide u.
Do monks and nuns still use technology like smart phones? If it wasn’t for technology I would would’ve never been introduced to the fathers and different literature and have the means to study it.
you can with a blessing
The monks i know use old phones but they avoid using tv and the internet if not absolutely needed. When i asked why they said it's not because they think technology is evil. It's because it's a distraction and can lead to sin. Much like a knife. You use it in the kitchen but it can also be used to kill. I dont know about the monks in the US thou. Im told they have more relaxed rules
Christos anesti!!!!☦️☦️☦️
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Can you be a monk later in life?
Many saints did.
Yes.
he keeps saying sadist when he means masochist
I’ve had enough of you. We get it, you think the channel isn’t credible. Watch another, then, unsubscribe, stop spreading your negativity please. The rest of us are here to learn, not insistently correct or criticize priests. You might learn more if you don’t assume you know more than everyone else.
@JC_lowkey nobody cares what you've had enough of, boss. what do you think you are, the internet police? go find a safespace 😂
@@ChristopherAnderson-e5o
Roots of Orthodoxy is a safeplace for many. Kind of my point, you’re ruining that for others. If you don’t like the channel, why are you watching? Go find some humility.
@@JC_lowkey God sent me to test your patience
No, satan did. And you did excellent! Now go and pray so you’re not miserable.
Why be a nun? Can you be a nun after marriage or becoming a widow? After children?
It is possible
Yes, I was married and had 8 children and am now becoming a nun.
@@eh3345 Lord bless you
Of course you can
@@eh3345 How about the divorced? My wife wants to leave me. I've thought about monasticism for years.
Would I be disqualified?
🙏 I wish I was a man so I could be a priest 💜☦️
Do not be discouraged because of that, dear sister. Some of the great teachings I remember from the Desert Fathers come from the sayings or, which is even better, from the examples of holy women that dedicated their lives to our Lord.
Cut off age for being a monk?
Non really.
Is monasticism a biblical call or instruction for the Christian, if so, what book chapter and verse?
Matthew 19:9-12
Mark 10:17-21
Mark 10:28-31
Matthew 22:30
Revelation 14:4
[for the two above, Monasticism is shown as way of fully living the heavenly life now]
1 Corinthians 7:7 [When St. Paul says he wishes all were as he is, he means choosing to remain celibate & unmarried]
1 Corinthians 7:25-40
Also, read about Elijah, John the Baptist, and the other prophets. The monastic life is the emulation of the lives they lived.
Also, in the Old Testament, there was a sort of prefigurement to this in the Nazirite vow in:
Numbers 6:1-21
Hope these insights help! Most importantly, the Church approves of it as a way of life leading to salvation - and the Church was given all authority.
@Jeff.jdrjr013 thank you
Best biblical answers I have recieved
@@anthonydunn8199 glad it helped. May God bless you abundantly!
I that not a necessary aspect of being a monk. Wish to die for christ. Giving up their life for God only.
You make it sound like a frat house for the church 😂
I left Monastic life because I realized I was brainwashed. Religion teaches you to believe in things with out evidence. No god would want you to do that.