WHY DO I ALWAYS SIN and WILL I EVER STOP? Will I ever be FREE of my sin?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2020
- Why can't I stop sinning and will I ever stop? We are a generation of sinners, and continuous sin has become our new normality. We need to be forgiven, we need to repent, but we lack the strength of real faith to even start repenting.
Fr Seraphim from the Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, talks about his own experience fighting with his sinfulness, and shares that healing has not begun through anything he read or anything he was told to do - healing began through being loved by a spiritual person, and learning to see himself and the world through the eyes of his spiritual father.
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St Bede the Venerable pray for us!
For four years I have lived and studied in Durham, a few metres away from the Cathedral where the holy relics of St Bede, St Cuthbert and St Oswald are kept to this day. It was during this time that God gave me the obedience of the Monastery on Mull, and I know that received this blessing through the intercessions of these wonderful Saints.
I agree.. a very beautiful heart.
Did you guys ever get the women's monastery fully built over there yet?
My toddler has got so used to hearing you that he now attempts to delay bedtime by asking for "Sermph? Sermph??!" which is his way of saying "Seraphim". Thank you for making these talks for us. They mean a lot.
Dear me, what have I done? The poor child, he needs to hear much more pleasant voices than mine. He will grow up loving the sound of the wind and wild birds, and he will have no idea why. Thank you, dear Alexandra; this is a beautiful message and it made everyone at the monastery very happy. May you, your. toddler and your entire family be blessed. and protected by Christ's Love.
You have stumbled across something that is very interesting about small children. They are especially attracted to male voices that they can trust. Peace to you and to Fr Seraphim and Mull Monastery. God grant you many blessed years! :)
Father please pray for my son Jacob he is a drunken person and he is having lukodarmia please pray for his cure and salvation
@@rosammachandy5374 I send to God my prayers for your son. 🙏🏻
5 Paths to Sin:
1) Weakness;
2) Ignorance;
3) Suffering;
4) Influence;
5) Fear
I am Roman Catholic but Your videos have given me spiritual wisdom. Thank you
Me, too!
same and I was so ignorant i thought he is catholic father but still very great videos
I am Catholic too, he is Orthodox. He is the other half lung that we are missing. I feel Breathing so much better after hearing his talks.
I spoke with a friend recently in a time of repentance. I had sinned, and told them I was grievously sorry. And she said this. "Show yourself mercy, dont beat yourself up. If mercy is good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for you". That is not to say that we should feel our sin is permitted, but when we sin we have an advocate in the father, and we should be as loving and forgiving to ourselves as god is to us - to the best of our ability
Dear Father, I am a Benedictine monk and I suffer very much. But I love Our Lord. I look forward to your talks in the evening-a light shining in the darkness. You help me make sense of what I’m experiencing and you are leading me to deeper trust. This morning I read from St. Augustine: “For as love grows stronger we feel more secure, and when our feeling of security is complete fear vanishes.” God bless you.
I am a husband and father. I also suffer very much but Father Seraphim is taking us deeper. I know he despise my praise, but God is using him to help a lot of failed sinners rejoice and go deeper in the Love of God.
I have felt this way for years, that God doesn't Love me for all the sins that I have committed through out my lifetime. But your words has finally given me the chance to have God back in my life and the He does Love me and I can Love Him in a new way. Thank you
God bless you and God bless this channel and God the Mull Monastery.
Truly He is Risen 👍
We shall miss this joy of Pascha after the Feast of Ascension. I always feel a drop more lonely after the Feast, although I know I shouldn't and that Christ is with us always. Be blessed, dear one.
Jesus, I trust in Your Mercy.
This is so relevant with the onslaught of technology and how everything is at the tip of our fingertips...to fulfill the passions... it honestly makes me sick and can plunge me into despair especially that for my 14 yr old. Lord have mercy on me a sinner and Lord have mercy on my son, Joseph.
But...
So encouraging that Gods love for us does not change 😭and Hes willing to go the extra mile for us ☦❤
Beautiful story about your spiritual Father, thank you for sharing
May God take our dust and redeem it.
God bless you
My dear one, may God bless and protect you and your son, Joseph. I fully understand your worry, but TRUST God and trust that His Love for mankind will reach out to your son and his generation, the same way He reached out to us and every generation from Adam onwards. Salvation - especially for us, more unworthy than another generation - is impossible for us, but what is impossible for us is possible for God. Have faith, dear one. Christ loves your son more than you do - think of that, and pray with that in mind.
@@mullmonastery so beautiful and encouraging. Thank you so much.
@@mannss42884 I know, right? I was just thinking about how all the electronics we have are such a detriment to our soul.
I am an Indian Catholic and want to convert to Orthodoxy!
May God help you remove all of Satan’s obstacles in your journey. Come back home to the mother church.
I’m just finding this channel and it has already blessed me exceedingly. I have been dealing with the battle between grace and despondency. Be blessed. Thank you.
What a wonderful teaching, God bless you abundantly Father Seraphim.
Wow!!! Did I need to hear this today. Please pray for me father. I am in an addiction and I am trying to make war against this addiction. I am a true little poodle and not a spiritual lion. I am a full kilometer from the shore. Bless you father.
Think of struggle as a burning fire(Gods word). We are a steel cold rod that does not bend (turn away from sin) very easily. Put the rod into the fire long enough and it starts to soften (turn away from sin) until it eventually will turn into a molten state (turning away from sin) if the heat is hot enough.
Your words are a blessing to my ears and to my heart. Thank you.
Glory be to God, dear one. If we have managed to help you in some small way, your growth will help us grow in return. May we all be blessed and protected, dear one. Do keep us in your prayers.
The man with clay wings sounds just like me! Man, oh, man. The addictive, electronic age is the main issue. Mankind no longer really lives simplicity anymore.
It's amazing how the Catholic faith continues to this very day. I mean, just think about that for a second: so many things come and go in this world, but God's church has never, and will never, die out.
That kind-of just hit me like a ton of bricks. :) Amazing.
Father you give me hoppe, God is beyond our miniseries. Thank you, in all my heart, thank you very much
I converted some 5 years ago to katholicism, but still feels like I need to find my way in prayer, confession, the spiritual life. Your video here helped me understand similar problems with confession as you had, and why I'm still having old sins still may need confession. Thank you!
God bless you, Father Seraphim
As it was in the beginning, is now and always shall be, world without end. Dear Brother in faith, do not lose courage. We are not further from GOD than at any other time in history. GOD is always right here. It is something of vanity to think we have a special place in history and that our spiritual struggles are harder than the desert fathers even. Temptation has always been here. The deceiver has always been here on earth. In Roman or Egyptian times the temptations were all around. Women went bare breasted, Greek men fornicated with each other, Romans had entire festivals dedicated to sin, just like our mardi gras. Our time is not special in sin. We are not less well equipped to deal with it. GOD is here always. Jesus stretches out his hand to us every day. Take it.
It’s hard to outline why i like Fr Seraphim..... but as a mexican-American here in california ... when Fr said “we are like chihuahuas..” i could not stop laughing.
7:44 “We are like chihuahuas” 😂😂
We will always sin, all we can do is try to do our best and stay focused with God, This is why we have repentance, Only Jesus Christ was without sin, God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God,
Wow, he's so sympathetic! That's why I love monks! You can see the peace in their eyes and face. It's amazing. It's a proof of their true faith.
I have not been to Confession in such a long time due to the pandemic. I have a good year or more of sin built up in me. Yuck. Was living with this girl outside of marriage that's not Orthodox. She probably is a better person then me, But I still would rather a Orthodox girl. We went to Vegas about 3 weeks ago. And that was the straw that broke the donkeys back. Amazing how God will use anything to keep things moving forward. I am 35 converted to Orthodoxy at 27. Was kicked out of a few churches cause I was getting jealous and building resentments. Then had to go to Jail La county ( not very fun at all would strongly recommend not visiting) long story longer did a 6 months stay at a rehab. And then learned alot about being a addict and attended AA did alot of meetings, recovered a bit and healed. Was able to mend alot of the baggage. And now would like to say I am in good standing with all Orthodox people and Churches. We are all human. Forgive me little testimony. If you ever wanna make a non Orthodox girl move out. Just turn those Orthodox chants up they wont last more then two days! 😆😆🤣☦
It is quite common to see new converts to the orthodox faith to experience spiritual warfare that they are unprepared for. Any new converts in our church I sit down with them and explain how their choice to become orthodox will not sit well with the devil. He will attack them on many fronts, internally (making the liturgy seem boring, repetitive, not entertaining enough), through friends questioning your choices, etc, the devil knows if he is to pull you away from church it will be in the early stages. Sadly we do lose people who come to orthodoxy but then a few weeks or months later never show up again for whatever reason. But I do my best to pray for them and give them the heads up on what to expect.
God gives us the grace to fall as many times as we have to.
It is so strange you talk about a drowning man arms reached up as he is sinking. This was the dream i had the very night before my baptism.
Father, thanks. I hope many are listening to this message, including non Orthodox like myself. For us, regarding a spiritual Father, what might you suggest? It seems very difficult to find people with spiritual wisdom whom can help and direct us.
Dear Larry, that is a difficult question. Sooner or later, I shall have to address it, I know, but I'd rather wait until I feel it is the right time (in me) to talk about it. The very simple answer, which is the only answer I have, is that one does not find a spiritual father, one makes one, one turns a simple confessor into a spiritual father by the way in which one relates to him. I'll pray and think about it, dear one, thank you for putting my heart to work.
Thank you, Fr Seraphim! Your message came at a perfect time- I was doubting my gifts because I am dust. I can never get it "right." But I can do His will because His Image in me is stronger than the dust! God's love is palpable through your beautiful videos. Prayers and much love to you and the Monastery. Truly He is Risen!
Thank you for your prayers, dear Rhonda Joy. We all need the prayers and support of our brothers and sisters. Never doubt your gifts, because they are given to you by Christ. You may doubt yourself, true, and the way we use His gifts, but not the gifts themselves. If you have them, He gave them to you and they are a sign of the trust and respect God Himself has for you. He would not have given you those gifts had He doubted that you have the ability to use them for your salvation and the salvation of others.
GOD 🙏 bless you for teaching us.persian from LA.happy new year, 🎉 God 🙏 free me from homesick ness and depression
Though we head into Advent past- I feel the joy of Saying Indeed He IS Risen. This was such a needed message for me in this perfect moment I received it. I ask God to bless and keep you, and all the Monastery, in his grace. Thank you.
Because we were born from sins, and we came into the world like siners because of Adam and Eve, and now we need to make an efort and change our ways.
There are people that cannot forgive themselves for their sins. Whatever you say, they keep on feeling sinful. They don't realize that God cannot use them for His plan if they keep on doing that, because you can't grow in the faith and teach others. By not forgiving ourselves, we offend Jesus, Who died for our sins. We MUST forgive ourselves. Thank you br. Seraphim for again a good and truthful lesson. God Bless you.
thank you Father..I am not Ortodox but I love to listen they way you explain spiritual matters.. I wish you could be closer tho. may God Almighty bless you
Thic channel quickly became my favorite.
Please pray for my country, for my people.
Blessings from Macedonia.
Thank you brother.
I was on your island once in 1977, Tobermory, right? There is a little bar there where the world's greatest accordion player played for us. He was very good. Good luck with your monastery. Good luck with the youtube thing. Oops, I look you guys up and you are on the other end of the island. Well good luck and remember, if things get bad, you can always move your monastery to Skellig Michael, I hear the place is available.
We are those monks of the last generation, we alway have to fight with even the most basic things of the daily life of monasticism and also we have to fight with our own misery. Thank you father Seraphim for this great videos that helps us too much. Blessings from your catholic monks brothers.
Amen 😇🙏❤️✝️
Thank you father, i felt some relief listening to this word. God Bless you!
Thank you🙏🏻🕊🔥
I keep my eyes on the Eyes of Jesus, my love wavers His Love never wavers, in Him I can put my trust over and over again. I pray to persevere to the end. The more I get to know Jesus and His Love the more I’m afraid to hurt Him, the more sorrow I have at my sins.
The weaker I am the more He loves me...such great Divine Love...therefore from Him and His sorrowful Passion I learn to cry from the bottom of my heart
“My Jesus I love You, I suffer gladly everything for You, even my own wretchedness!”
Thank you & may God forgive us all & bless us us all with His divine & unfailing LO❤E to chant praises with Him through eternity with All in the world we pray🙏🏻🌿🙏🏻💟⚘
I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday and owe and behold this video of your which says 4 months ago popped up.
I was thinking the very same this week ! ..and here I am also ! .....the good Lord works in mysterious ways
Bless you, Brother!! The Almighty, Creator the Alpha and the Omega the One above it al!! Our Heavenly Father, He is awesome!! You just do not know how bad I need to hear this, right now!! Thank you, Brother!
This is a spectacular talk. I ruminate and struggle to let go of my sin and felt devastated to watch my son fall into intergenerational sin.....though both now in repentance it is hard to trust mercy and forgiveness...we come out of the world and that is ok. Thanku .
Hang in there Mom. Idk how old your son is. But God is so Great and big
This truly has blessed this one. I prayed the other day I was tired of walking on eggshells and I heard "then learn to fly". This has helped make more sense to that. God bless you for sharing peaceful wisdoms to those in the hustle of distractions of modern society.
I am so grateful to God that He put your teachings into my life. I have sought spiritual direction over these many years but only now do I feel like I am receiving the direction that I have needed. Thank you for being obedient to God's call.
Wow! Thank You
Sin is caused by unbelief.
Thank you Fr. Seraphim.
God bless you too Father.
What a blessing to watch and listen to the Divine Liturgy at St. Oran’s Chapel on Iona. I was there about 30 years ago at this time of year. You are the answer to my prayers back then. Praise God!
This is golden. Thank you so much.
Glory be to God for all good things, dear Diann. May we all be blessed.
These videos appear to have largely surfaced during the pandemic. I remember seeing rare videos of talks you gave in people's living rooms during the time you were travelling the US speaking to small gatherings and slowly collecting funds for the monastery. It never occurred to me that at some point one would be able to hear these thoughts from you (or coming through you I guess) on a more regular basis. I realize this may/may not be short lived but of course I pray not. It feels like I have been waiting to hear these things for a long time and didn't really know how thirsty I was. Too much said and I am no wordsmith and thanks doesn't really do it justice but thank you.
Thank you, dear Brother+
Amen, Jesus we must trust in you ! And Our Hope is in God 🙏
You most certainly carry the light of Jesus to us. God has chosen you to bring His word, love and forgiveness to us. We tend to dwell on our sins but forget that He paid the price for them. Thank you so much for responding to His call and may you be blessed immensely.
Perfekt message once again. Absolute true. This is the way I raise my kids.. I tell them maybe whats not good, but I tell them whatever you do I love you endlessly.
This is great. Father Seraphim has been given wisdom by God, through suffering. His words really speak to me, and he had a great voice as well! God Bless Father Seraphim and those at Mull Monastery.
Thank you Fr. This is 'a' pearl of great price (not 'the' Pearl of great price, know what I mean?), invaluable edification. I'm truly 'stuck in my own mud'. Thank you for helping me to see the goal, God bless & keep His grace in you for His name's sake. Glory to You, O God, glory to You. Amen 🙏
Father. Thank you for reminding all of us the supremacy of Christ's love for humanity. In my faith upbringing, biblical theology and the proper understanding of it was touted as the most important. In hindsight I see how it had created a sense of intellectual pride in me. You remind me that I must always begin with Love and end with Love.
I am sure you know that Abba St Arsenios, who used to be the educator of the imperial family in Rome, once said that, despite all his high education, he did not even know the alphabet of one of the brothers in the desert, who was an uneducated Egyptian peasant. Or that beautiful story regarding St Siloaun the Athonite - one of the brothers could not understand why everyone sought his advice, when it was known that he 'read nothing'; to which the librarian of the monastery answered: 'we read everything and do nothing; Silouan reads nothing and does everything'.
Indeed He is Risen, thank you Father, from Germany. This has been a wonderful reminder of the love I have been missing from the monastery family of St. John's outside Essex. It is challenging to follow the walk out of our church communities and in a culture that is increasingly secular and separated from communion. Thank you for reminding us how we find the way to our truest identity through recognizing Christ's image in us and others, and reminding us to be determined and hopeful if we can be nothing else. It will help me struggle on with my clay wings to have this image in mind. Thank you.
May we all be blessed, dear Miriam, through the prayers of St Silouan and St Sophrony - we are all their children, weak and feeble as we are in our spiritual lives.
God bless you, Father Seraphim! Thank you for your precious words! 🌷🌷🌷
Dear Father, please pray for me. I struggle with the same exact things you discuss in this video. I hope to find a spiritual father who can build me and bring me to our Christ. Sadly, I had bad experiences in confession that stopped me from practicing this important sacrament. I want to take flight but I keep sinning over and over. I want to come back to his bosom, but my sins are standing in the way. Pray for my weakness, please.
The way you explained our sins, and how we can forgive ourselves and keep striving for our salvation is inspiring. Thank you!
Thank you father.....your words are healing words for our human bodies and souls.....thank you father. God bless 🙏
Amen!
Strikes me that it is always darkest before the dawn. Thanks for this.
Thank you father.
Hristos în mijlocul nostru!
Thank you, Father Seraphim, found your videos yesterday - your advice and experience is what I need in my personal struggles. Greetings from the country of Georgia. Christ Is Risen!
Perfect theology and a perfect summing up of our times. This video should be required teaching for all people.
Thank you. ✝️
powerful
Wonderful words, Father, I find in them the exhortation received by Saint Siluan "Keep your mind in hell and do not despair".Thank you father and pray for me the sinner!
My dear Marius, I feel this entire generation of ours, all of us, are spiritual children of St Silouan and St Sophrony. God spoke through them so clearly and taught us everything we need for our salvation. May we all be blessed and protected through their. prayers.
Thank you Father. Father, bless. This is most encouraging especially on days when I feel I even lack wings of clay. I just often think of the words of St.Silouan; Keep thy mind in hell and despair not.
Love listening to you 🌹
Thank you. God bless
This is some gold right here! Amen!
Great Stuff, thank you
really i thank you, needed to hear that
Wow !! ❤️ I can relate to my personal life with your examples. Thank you very much Father 🙏🏻 Thank you for your time, your videos and your spirituel strength for us ! Listening to your words heals some wounds in my life. May God bless you and bless your work ! Amen. 🌹
Excellent
I am glad to understand now that all of us are siners but also image of God... I feel peace
Thank you very much
Very well said.
Indeed He Is Risen!!!
I have just come across your videos! Thank you so much.
Glory to God!
father i seriously does not know what to do i just feel so bad for sinning hurting God over and over again yet can't do anything
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God bless YOU, brother, this is very helpful stuff
Thank you and God bless . Very helpful. Amen.
Thankyou..this is very comforting
Amen, Amen, Amen
Thank you for these videos. I truly appreciate you doing this.
I am so blessed to hear you Father.
This talk gave me a lot of hope to my life 🙏🏻
Wonderful talk Brother. God bless you
I very much enjoy your speaking.
Thank you for taking your time to make your videos, they are a blessing