I’m a U.S. citizen. Thank you SO much for this video. I feel I’ve been guided, recently, to get back to my foundational faith in order to get through the coming trials and tribulations that appear to be unfolding in this country, my town, and in the world, as I write this. Of course, my faith is always there, but something outside of myself seems to be urging me to pray more, and review the practices of the contemplatives of the eastern and western Christian traditions, in order to get through this unbelievable evil unfolding around me. Even though I’m a divinity school drop out, I’m glad my study, and experience in the church is with me at this time, and guiding me in such a way as I never believed I would need - frankly, I can see clearly exactly what you describe unfolding. I work in a traditional “healing” profession in the States. The paradox of my inner world vs. the abhorrence I see happening here reminds me that I am forced to confront this hypocrisy due to my work in the world. I guess I signed up for this when I committed myself to Christ - but I know I will be OK with that. Your words were very much needed today.
Glory be to God, my dear one. We can only hope that our words can help someone else get through a difficult day, and that we ourselves will find the words we need to survive our own difficult moments. If we carry each other this way, we have a good chance of surviving the darkness of this world.
Thank you father for saying it out loud ! Discernement and wisdom are the virtues of all virtues. May God grant us all in this confused world to be His sheep and always recognize His voice 🙏🙏✝️✝️
We need to be more proactive about praying for discernment, my dear one. We need to let it sink in our mind that without discernment we have no chance in the spiritual darkness of this world and we need to fight and struggle to obtain the grace of discernment. Please remember us in your prayers.
I would stay away from such words, my dear one. Of course I pray we ALL become the saints Christ created us to become, but I am also painfully aware that we can all collapse at the very last breath we take. I always look at Judah - how close he was with Christ, how intimate, now un-mediated his teaching and his access to the Lord and yet... at the very end, he fell. I always hold that before my eyes, and I pray that none of us goes through that hell. Let su pray for each other - the love of that prayer can carry us forward when we fall.
Thank you, Father. I needed to hear this so much. It has become more and more difficult to look around and not get depressed. I’m grateful for God’s Church and for your videos. They help me to hang on to the light. ❤️
The pure version of Christ is what we must fight for, nothing else. No nation state, or any other institution. Real Orthodoxy is beyond all that.. Thank you for this Fr Seraphim.
Dear Father, you are so right about this topic. The internet is full of Christians condemning everyone else. I am so glad that I follow you, archimandrite Philip of Lincoln and my Coptic church. Together you keep my feet on the ground. We are so swept away by all the terrible dangers around us. I am sure the Lord sends you for our sake into the world through internet. I love you in Christ my sweet father. God bless you. I will share this video🙏🌹
I don't know enough to pass that judgement, dear one. I purposely stay away from the internet and (paradoxically) I never listen to anyone else online. I read the Fathers and I trust them to be more than sufficient for my salvation. That being said, I know Fr Philip and I love him dearly. May we all be saved, my dear one.
As an Orthodox catechumin in America, i have been seeing what you're talking about. Thank you for putting it together for me. Things are starting to make sense.
Your channel is the only Good orthodox christian TH-cam channel. You don't punch down like others do. You don't attack the marginalized and I thank you for that.
Thank you for saying that, but I am certain that it is not true. There are many wonderful people who try their best to give witness to their faith by using some sort of social media. They may not be very well known and they may only reach a few people, but their work is essential. May God bless us all, and may we all grow together in Christ.
@@mullmonasterywe have no good clergy nearby. clerical abuse was frequently encountered. confidential confessions were disclosed and detrimentally used to threaten against us if we do not compromise ourselves. dumbing people down, tearing us down attempting to demoralize our will. encouraging us towards sinfulness. complete disregard for death, illness and salvation. only false reputation and profit by ridiculing, mocking and having fun on behalf of our suffering. not allowing honest discernment to distinguish what is accurate. anyone who after listening was not naively obedient is called mentally insane. constant peer pressure hauntingly chasing us from behind offering no time to think. no liberty of free choice, only a marginalized array of options which coincidentally happen to only be harmful. very much dishonesty and cunning hypocrisy. we are considered disposable. any sincere and pure virtue is suppressed to stop anything good from succeeding. thriving in prosperity is not even a dream when people hope to barely survive through the uncertainty of their future
Thank you Father, I was patiently waiting for your thoughts, as I knew that you would take time for prayer and telling us the truth about Christ. And that we do not need to be confused and afraid of what is going on in US. We learn to look to the salvific Christ with your help. Thank you for thinking of giving us the light for our minds and lead us how to look at Christ. I couldn´t be more thankful. I understand much better now when you mentioned spiritual psychosis. We need to pray for the lost and deluded. May God keep on blessing you!
That is an essential thing, my dear one: we all need to pray for the lost and deluded, because that prayer will keep us safe from being deluded ourselves. If we hate, if we coldly turn our backs to those fallen, Christ will allow us to fall in the same pits, so we may learn from painful experience the heaviness of their cross. We need to discern darkness from light, but we also need to protect our hearts from judgement and lack of love.
Thank you, Father, for teaching on this topic. I believe it is the most important question of our time and needs to be addressed by more men with wisdom and teachers.
As an evangelical protestant, it’s videos like this that draw me closer to orthodoxy. The disconnect I see in their minds between their faith and their behavior is a very serious issue. Their obsession with politics and nationalism would be fine if they honored Christ by selecting candidates that were at least not morally reprehensible. The evangelical vote is powerful enough to decide who ends up on the ballot, so there’s no excuse for the choice they made this time. All of them seared their consciences. All of them knowingly selected evil to run this country. All of them will be directly responsible for what comes next. As if we didn’t see what happens when such a man runs this country. Over 1 million people unnecessarily dead during a pandemic. Riots in the streets. Riots at the capital. The entire country during his presidency was a complete train wreck, and his entire (Republican) cabinet walked away saying he was “unfit to lead this country“. Christians are supposed to have the gift of discernment. That comes from the Holy Spirit. If evangelicals are that bad at discernment, it begs the question about which Jesus they follow, and whether the Holy Spirit is even in the picture for them.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! God save us from this blasphemy and false gospel of idolatry of a man, and an attitude of a theocracy which is so looming. As I have long said "If your religion leads you to hate or kill or do violence, then you need a new religion." God bless you.
Truth and well said Father. We had a storm where I live and they just turned back on my electricity last night. I am happy to be able to listen to you. I hope you are having a beautiful day and know how loved and appreciated you are ❤️.
Glory be to God that you are safe, my dear one. We are getting ready for a storm this weekend, but we should be alright, by the grace of God. May we all be saved.
See, I'D have thought one of the reasons one becomes a monk is to not have to know about the US elections. Or read TH-cam comments. God bless you Fr. Seraphim. Lord have mercy.
Appreciate you sharing truth regarding the evil one posing as our Lord and Savior. This reminds me of C.S. Lewis' book THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS. This book is an imaginary written discourse between an older demon, uncle Screwtape and his nephew, Wormwood - a young demon fresh out of school beginning his journey to corrupt humans. The letters are uncle Screwtape's responses to letters received from his nephew, Wormwood. Letter 9 is very interesting and supports Fr. Seraphim's words regarding the evil one masquerading as our Lord and Savior. Uncle Screwtape tells his nephew that attending church is actually helpful to corrupting humans, provided they attend the right types of churches AND/OR frequently attends different churches to find the 'right' church that comforts the human. Quoting C.S. Lewis from Letter #9, "A moderated religion is as good for us as NO religion at all---and more amusing." From Letter #23, we read Uncle Screwtape advising his nephew, "...We do want, and want very much, to make men treat Christianity as a means; preferably, of course, as a means to their own advancement, but, failing that, as a means to anything---even to social justice." A book well worth reading. C.S. Lewis stated he found this book the easiest to write AND simultaneously the most distressing. Easy because thinking like the evil one, devising schemes of corruption and enacting them was frighteningly easy. Distressing because how hurt his soul was at writing such material. "The Screwtape Letters Annotated Edition" by C.S. Lewis, 2013 and published by Harper Collins. Link to book - www.christianbook.com/the-screwtape-letters-annotated-edition/c-s-lewis/9780062023179/pd/023179?product_redirect=1&search_term=the%20screwtape%20letters%20annotated%20edition&Ntt=023179&item_code=&ps_exit=PRODUCT%7Clegacy&event=BRSRCP%7CPSEN
I only recently came across the Screwtape letters as a set in a thrift store. Amazing reading and funny at the same time. I want to give that one little old set to everyone for Christmas.
I love Father Seraphim and pray for him morning and night. This message is so powerful that I'm scared: of my own doubts and my own lack of discernment and my role in the world.
Thank you so much for speaking the truth and helping to bring clarity. You are so right and this needed to be said. I so appreciate you standing up for what is right. Prayers for you and all at the Mull and Iona monasteries.
I really appreciate a video like this Father. St John Chrysostom was a great saint who spoke loudly about greed and stood up for the purity of Christ's message as you have done so here Father. I hope in that spirit, those who are able, to go out and educate the world in their everyday life through word and deed and eradicate this confusion. Athanasios.
I feel and share your pain Father! I pray with tears for the forgiveness of all, and hold onto the faith that through God's immeasurable LOVE, he will find a way through this for all saints and sinners alike. Glory be to God for ALL things, amen
Thank you for words of clarity. I love my Lord with all my heart, but there is so much confusion! I often feel as though I am walking through a house of mirrors searching for our Lord Jesus only to find a false Christ. God bless you and your community, Father. I always find courage when I listen to you. Amen
I pretty much feel like no matter how much I seek Him and seek to die as a living sacrifice, the further I get. It’s like no matter what I do I’m doomed. And this just reinforces to me how far I really am. I believe He has healed me of MANY sins and sinful habits, but it doesn’t matter because my heart still sits in some weird space of evil. I can’t seem to fully give up my hatreds and bitterness to the world. He died for us, and I can’t understand it or reflect that love no matter what. I can’t give up my pursuit, even when I want to (which is a lot these days). But where I’m at right now leads me to believe that I am damned to the pit. Happy for those who truly walk with Him and experience Him daily and all. Anyway, a small confession into the void of the internet. Best to all.
I am happy that you took this stance and recorded this video! It gives me faith, especially since we're bombarded by all sorts of masquerades of what Christ is. Very well said about both the left and the right kinds of views. Christ isn't an alpha male in the gym competing for the alpha position. Christ is on the cross! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope that one day I will meet you so we could say a prayer together.
Dear holy Father Seraphim. Thank you for the words you shared with us. Emmanuel. God is with us. We are not abandoned. There is the God of Love, who has sacrificed everything for us. Despite us.
Thank you, brother, for your courage and insight. It's a tragedy that's happening in America. We call ourselves a Christian nation, but more schisms have happened here than anywhere. The demons are having a field day with us, which is why your prayers and guidance are so necessary. I'm also praying for you. I know you suffer personally, and yet gather the strength to minister to all of us. God bless and keep you always.
We need to pray for each other, all of us. We need to remember that all our 'successes' and 'failures' here are irrelevant in eternity, and we should do our absolute best to protect the one thing that matters: Christ - not as we build Him up to be, but as He Himself has revealed Himself to us. My love in Christ to you, dear one.
This kind of topic that puts Christ in the middle of a political messagge, as a way to gain the trust of the electors, Is now tò be seen in the elections in Romania too........thank you for the clarity !
Thank you Abouna for this video ! God bless you and reward you dear Father i really needed to listen to this. Keep me in your prayers. My name is Joseph ❤❤❤
This is why the Fathers write of discernment as the crown of ascetical virtues, the ultimate gift from Christ. Without discernment, not even love is safe, because there are good ways to love, which lead to Life, and bad ways to love, which lead to death. May we all be granted at least enough discernment to make it through the darkness of this world.
thanks for addressing the misuse of the word martyr.. In the Latin Church we have a lot of that coming from the political violence in France, Spain, and Mexico.. If the Church takes sides in a political war and some people get killed because of that, well, yes they may be heroic and admirable, or maybe not, but getting killed in a war, even a just war, doesn't make you a martyr for Christ.. Some may have been, God knows, but I really dislike people using the title of martyr for casualties of political violence.. The early martyrs died voluntarily and very specifically for the name of Christ, so obviously they're very high up in heaven.
Dear father. Thanks for having the courage to say the truth the world needs to hear. Please look after yourself. As we care about you.
Thank you for your care, my dear one. Please remember us in your prayers.
I’m a U.S. citizen. Thank you SO much for this video. I feel I’ve been guided, recently, to get back to my foundational faith in order to get through the coming trials and tribulations that appear to be unfolding in this country, my town, and in the world, as I write this. Of course, my faith is always there, but something outside of myself seems to be urging me to pray more, and review the practices of the contemplatives of the eastern and western Christian traditions, in order to get through this unbelievable evil unfolding around me. Even though I’m a divinity school drop out, I’m glad my study, and experience in the church is with me at this time, and guiding me in such a way as I never believed I would need - frankly, I can see clearly exactly what you describe unfolding. I work in a traditional “healing” profession in the States. The paradox of my inner world vs. the abhorrence I see happening here reminds me that I am forced to confront this hypocrisy due to my work in the world. I guess I signed up for this when I committed myself to Christ - but I know I will be OK with that. Your words were very much needed today.
Glory be to God, my dear one. We can only hope that our words can help someone else get through a difficult day, and that we ourselves will find the words we need to survive our own difficult moments. If we carry each other this way, we have a good chance of surviving the darkness of this world.
“Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.”
Proverbs 23:17 ❤
Glory to God!
My faith is in Jesus, not in politics or politicians. Jesus is my God.
Thank you father for saying it out loud ! Discernement and wisdom are the virtues of all virtues. May God grant us all in this confused world to be His sheep and always recognize His voice 🙏🙏✝️✝️
We need to be more proactive about praying for discernment, my dear one. We need to let it sink in our mind that without discernment we have no chance in the spiritual darkness of this world and we need to fight and struggle to obtain the grace of discernment. Please remember us in your prayers.
These are the words of a future saint. I can't express how grateful I am that I found your channel. God bless you dear father!
I would stay away from such words, my dear one. Of course I pray we ALL become the saints Christ created us to become, but I am also painfully aware that we can all collapse at the very last breath we take. I always look at Judah - how close he was with Christ, how intimate, now un-mediated his teaching and his access to the Lord and yet... at the very end, he fell. I always hold that before my eyes, and I pray that none of us goes through that hell. Let su pray for each other - the love of that prayer can carry us forward when we fall.
Thank you, Father. I needed to hear this so much. It has become more and more difficult to look around and not get depressed. I’m grateful for God’s Church and for your videos. They help me to hang on to the light. ❤️
I'm so grateful for you, Fr. Seraphim. Our interview together remains the most impactful for me of any I've done. Keep speaking the truth.
The pure version of Christ is what we must fight for, nothing else. No nation state, or any other institution. Real Orthodoxy is beyond all that.. Thank you for this Fr Seraphim.
Dear Father, you are so right about this topic. The internet is full of Christians condemning everyone else. I am so glad that I follow you, archimandrite Philip of Lincoln and my Coptic church. Together you keep my feet on the ground. We are so swept away by all the terrible dangers around us. I am sure the Lord sends you for our sake into the world through internet. I love you in Christ my sweet father. God bless you. I will share this video🙏🌹
I don't know enough to pass that judgement, dear one. I purposely stay away from the internet and (paradoxically) I never listen to anyone else online. I read the Fathers and I trust them to be more than sufficient for my salvation. That being said, I know Fr Philip and I love him dearly. May we all be saved, my dear one.
Yes, I've seen you on Ten at Ten with lovely Father Philip....I'm Penelope.
Amen! Thank you, Father Seraphim.. May Christ bless and protect you and yours there on Iona and Mull.
Thank you for these deep words of wisdom. This is exactly what the Americans and everyone else needs to hear. God bless you.
Thank you Seraphim, from a Roman Catholic. I pray for you
As an Orthodox catechumin in America, i have been seeing what you're talking about. Thank you for putting it together for me. Things are starting to make sense.
Thank you for this message, Father. I hope you have a sense of peace in your heart, and passion in your veins.
Your channel is the only Good orthodox christian TH-cam channel. You don't punch down like others do. You don't attack the marginalized and I thank you for that.
Thank you for saying that, but I am certain that it is not true. There are many wonderful people who try their best to give witness to their faith by using some sort of social media. They may not be very well known and they may only reach a few people, but their work is essential. May God bless us all, and may we all grow together in Christ.
@@mullmonasterywe have no good clergy nearby. clerical abuse was frequently encountered. confidential confessions were disclosed and detrimentally used to threaten against us if we do not compromise ourselves. dumbing people down, tearing us down attempting to demoralize our will. encouraging us towards sinfulness. complete disregard for death, illness and salvation. only false reputation and profit by ridiculing, mocking and having fun on behalf of our suffering. not allowing honest discernment to distinguish what is accurate. anyone who after listening was not naively obedient is called mentally insane. constant peer pressure hauntingly chasing us from behind offering no time to think. no liberty of free choice, only a marginalized array of options which coincidentally happen to only be harmful. very much dishonesty and cunning hypocrisy. we are considered disposable. any sincere and pure virtue is suppressed to stop anything good from succeeding. thriving in prosperity is not even a dream when people hope to barely survive through the uncertainty of their future
@@mullmonastery I keep forgetting about Father Spyridon. I like many of his homilies.
Thank you, Father, for this. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and comfort us all in the coming years and always 🙏🏾
Thank you Father, I was patiently waiting for your thoughts, as I knew that you would take time for prayer and telling us the truth about Christ. And that we do not need to be confused and afraid of what is going on in US. We learn to look to the salvific Christ with your help. Thank you for thinking of giving us the light for our minds and lead us how to look at Christ. I couldn´t be more thankful. I understand much better now when you mentioned spiritual psychosis. We need to pray for the lost and deluded. May God keep on blessing you!
That is an essential thing, my dear one: we all need to pray for the lost and deluded, because that prayer will keep us safe from being deluded ourselves. If we hate, if we coldly turn our backs to those fallen, Christ will allow us to fall in the same pits, so we may learn from painful experience the heaviness of their cross. We need to discern darkness from light, but we also need to protect our hearts from judgement and lack of love.
Thank you Father Seraphim for this message we all needed!
Please keep us in your prayers, we all need each other's support.
Thank you, Father, for teaching on this topic. I believe it is the most important question of our time and needs to be addressed by more men with wisdom and teachers.
Christ yesterday, today and forevermore!
Thank you for this. Much love in Christ to you, Father ❤️
As an evangelical protestant, it’s videos like this that draw me closer to orthodoxy. The disconnect I see in their minds between their faith and their behavior is a very serious issue. Their obsession with politics and nationalism would be fine if they honored Christ by selecting candidates that were at least not morally reprehensible. The evangelical vote is powerful enough to decide who ends up on the ballot, so there’s no excuse for the choice they made this time. All of them seared their consciences. All of them knowingly selected evil to run this country. All of them will be directly responsible for what comes next. As if we didn’t see what happens when such a man runs this country. Over 1 million people unnecessarily dead during a pandemic. Riots in the streets. Riots at the capital. The entire country during his presidency was a complete train wreck, and his entire (Republican) cabinet walked away saying he was “unfit to lead this country“. Christians are supposed to have the gift of discernment. That comes from the Holy Spirit. If evangelicals are that bad at discernment, it begs the question about which Jesus they follow, and whether the Holy Spirit is even in the picture for them.
Thankyou Fr. Seraphim
From an American, thank you Fr Seraphim.
Баш ми је драго што сте ви Праволавни Шкоти…слава Богу! Свако добро од Господа!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! God save us from this blasphemy and false gospel of idolatry of a man, and an attitude of a theocracy which is so looming. As I have long said "If your religion leads you to hate or kill or do violence, then you need a new religion." God bless you.
Thank you so much for this video Fr.
Amen! May you and the Mull Monastery continue to be blessed!
May Christ hear your blessing, my dear one. Thank you for your love and for your kindness.
Truth and well said Father.
We had a storm where I live and they just turned back on my electricity last night. I am happy to be able to listen to you. I hope you are having a beautiful day and know how loved and appreciated you are ❤️.
Glory be to God that you are safe, my dear one. We are getting ready for a storm this weekend, but we should be alright, by the grace of God. May we all be saved.
❤Hi father! I hope you are well! I am so happy to see you again ! God bless !❤
Thank you for the sermon fr please pray for us all unworthy servants
Thank you for this, Father!
Great message and discernment brother ❤
See, I'D have thought one of the reasons one becomes a monk is to not have to know about the US elections. Or read TH-cam comments. God bless you Fr. Seraphim. Lord have mercy.
The devil can use anything in this world to confuse us.
Appreciate you sharing truth regarding the evil one posing as our Lord and Savior. This reminds me of C.S. Lewis' book THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS. This book is an imaginary written discourse between an older demon, uncle Screwtape and his nephew, Wormwood - a young demon fresh out of school beginning his journey to corrupt humans. The letters are uncle Screwtape's responses to letters received from his nephew, Wormwood. Letter 9 is very interesting and supports Fr. Seraphim's words regarding the evil one masquerading as our Lord and Savior. Uncle Screwtape tells his nephew that attending church is actually helpful to corrupting humans, provided they attend the right types of churches AND/OR frequently attends different churches to find the 'right' church that comforts the human.
Quoting C.S. Lewis from Letter #9, "A moderated religion is as good for us as NO religion at all---and more amusing." From Letter #23, we read Uncle Screwtape advising his nephew, "...We do want, and want very much, to make men treat Christianity as a means; preferably, of course, as a means to their own advancement, but, failing that, as a means to anything---even to social justice."
A book well worth reading. C.S. Lewis stated he found this book the easiest to write AND simultaneously the most distressing. Easy because thinking like the evil one, devising schemes of corruption and enacting them was frighteningly easy. Distressing because how hurt his soul was at writing such material. "The Screwtape Letters Annotated Edition" by C.S. Lewis, 2013 and published by Harper Collins. Link to book - www.christianbook.com/the-screwtape-letters-annotated-edition/c-s-lewis/9780062023179/pd/023179?product_redirect=1&search_term=the%20screwtape%20letters%20annotated%20edition&Ntt=023179&item_code=&ps_exit=PRODUCT%7Clegacy&event=BRSRCP%7CPSEN
I only recently came across the Screwtape letters as a set in a thrift store. Amazing reading and funny at the same time. I want to give that one little old set to everyone for Christmas.
I love Father Seraphim and pray for him morning and night. This message is so powerful that I'm scared: of my own doubts and my own lack of discernment and my role in the world.
This was overwhelming in the best way. Pray for me Father ❤🙏 I will light a candle for you and the Monastary. For all of us in these dark times
Oh how much I appreciate you ! Thank you for this video I’m so grateful for you and our Lord working through you . ♥️🙏
Thank you so much for speaking the truth and helping to bring clarity. You are so right and this needed to be said. I so appreciate you standing up for what is right. Prayers for you and all at the Mull and Iona monasteries.
I really appreciate a video like this Father. St John Chrysostom was a great saint who spoke loudly about greed and stood up for the purity of Christ's message as you have done so here Father. I hope in that spirit, those who are able, to go out and educate the world in their everyday life through word and deed and eradicate this confusion. Athanasios.
Thank you Fr. Seraphim
Thank you!!!!!! ❤️ US gal here
I feel and share your pain Father! I pray with tears for the forgiveness of all, and hold onto the faith that through God's immeasurable LOVE, he will find a way through this for all saints and sinners alike. Glory be to God for ALL things, amen
Thank you for words of clarity. I love my Lord with all my heart, but there is so much confusion! I often feel as though I am walking through a house of mirrors searching for our Lord Jesus only to find a false Christ. God bless you and your community, Father. I always find courage when I listen to you. Amen
Thank you for speaking truth
Thank you! Thank you! Fr Seraphim Amen!
I pretty much feel like no matter how much I seek Him and seek to die as a living sacrifice, the further I get. It’s like no matter what I do I’m doomed. And this just reinforces to me how far I really am. I believe He has healed me of MANY sins and sinful habits, but it doesn’t matter because my heart still sits in some weird space of evil. I can’t seem to fully give up my hatreds and bitterness to the world. He died for us, and I can’t understand it or reflect that love no matter what. I can’t give up my pursuit, even when I want to (which is a lot these days). But where I’m at right now leads me to believe that I am damned to the pit. Happy for those who truly walk with Him and experience Him daily and all. Anyway, a small confession into the void of the internet. Best to all.
I am happy that you took this stance and recorded this video! It gives me faith, especially since we're bombarded by all sorts of masquerades of what Christ is. Very well said about both the left and the right kinds of views. Christ isn't an alpha male in the gym competing for the alpha position. Christ is on the cross!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope that one day I will meet you so we could say a prayer together.
God bless you for such honesty. I pray for you still, each day.
Thank you, Father Seraphim. I am very grateful for your much-needed message.
Amen. Thank you for your message of spiritual support. It is welcome during this time of confusion. May the Lord Jesus bless the entire human race!
Слава Господу и хвала на свему☦️☦️☦️
Dear holy Father Seraphim. Thank you for the words you shared with us. Emmanuel. God is with us. We are not abandoned. There is the God of Love, who has sacrificed everything for us. Despite us.
Thank you, brother, for your courage and insight. It's a tragedy that's happening in America. We call ourselves a Christian nation, but more schisms have happened here than anywhere. The demons are having a field day with us, which is why your prayers and guidance are so necessary. I'm also praying for you. I know you suffer personally, and yet gather the strength to minister to all of us. God bless and keep you always.
Pray for us and for our family for all you explained is true and just may young people listen too this explanation
Father, please, please pray for me to the Lord!
I want His will to be done in my life.
Please pray.
God bless.
May Christ hear your prayer and may His will be fulfilled in you, my dear one. May you grow into the saint He created you to be.
May Christ keep us on the narrow true path
Thank You Father 🙏🕊The devil is in charge here 🇺🇸God help us all🙏💠🛡⚔️🔱
God bless you abundantly in Jesus name Amen ❤️ much love from Ireland
thank you for your words, father seraphim!
That was an incredible video, extremely important to remember as we go forward now
We need to pray for each other, all of us. We need to remember that all our 'successes' and 'failures' here are irrelevant in eternity, and we should do our absolute best to protect the one thing that matters: Christ - not as we build Him up to be, but as He Himself has revealed Himself to us. My love in Christ to you, dear one.
Well said. You speak the truth.
Thank you so much for this powerful message! It goes straight into my heart ... God bless you!
Somebody had to say it! Thank you 🙏
Thank you Father Seraphim.
Thank you, Father Seraphim.
Please remember us in your prayers, dear one.
Amen, confusion is truly a nasty trick. Thank you.
Thank you Father, Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us. Lord help us all🥲🙏🥰
Thank you.
Dear Father, I am so glad to see you again, I really missed your teaching and I admit, I was slightly worried.
We are alright, my dear one, but I did need some time to pray and make sense of everything. By the grace of God, all is well inside, all is peaceful.
Amen!
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Thank You, Father. That is defiantly something people have hard time understanding
Amen
This kind of topic that puts Christ in the middle of a political messagge, as a way to gain the trust of the electors, Is now tò be seen in the elections in Romania too........thank you for the clarity !
Wowza ! Very good 👍🏼 message !!
Thanks .
This video is so useful we need the truth these days christians are in danger
Thank you for the truth. New subscriber. God bless you..❤️
Thank you Father!
Please keep us in your prayers, dear one.
God Bless you dearest Father and all of your brothers and sisters there with you. I send you love and may you be bathed in the light of Christ.
Thank you for your love and for your kindness. May Christ keep all of us safe in His Love, and may we all be One in Him one blessed day.
Amen Father. May God bless you.
May we all be blessed, dear one, and may we all (ALL) be One in His Kingdom.
God Bless You, Father.
Thank you
God bless you.
Thanks be to God for his witnesses. 🙏
Amen and Amen
Father stay safe 🙏
I may not agree with what he is alluding to politically, but I can agree on your words and thank you for your prayer, father. Lord, have mercy
I love your videos, happy to see you back! God bless ✨🙏
Glory be to God, dear one. Thank you for your kindness - may Christ bless all of us.
Thank you Abouna for this video ! God bless you and reward you dear Father i really needed to listen to this. Keep me in your prayers. My name is Joseph ❤❤❤
For all you Kamala supporters who think Father is backing you here...he's not.
Doamne ajută !
Lord Have Mercy ☦️🙏🕊❤️
Acquiring discernment is the hardest part.
This is why the Fathers write of discernment as the crown of ascetical virtues, the ultimate gift from Christ. Without discernment, not even love is safe, because there are good ways to love, which lead to Life, and bad ways to love, which lead to death. May we all be granted at least enough discernment to make it through the darkness of this world.
Bless you Father Seraphim, please pray for me, i desire to enter the Church in which I'm not near, God's Grace
thanks for addressing the misuse of the word martyr.. In the Latin Church we have a lot of that coming from the political violence in France, Spain, and Mexico.. If the Church takes sides in a political war and some people get killed because of that, well, yes they may be heroic and admirable, or maybe not, but getting killed in a war, even a just war, doesn't make you a martyr for Christ.. Some may have been, God knows, but I really dislike people using the title of martyr for casualties of political violence.. The early martyrs died voluntarily and very specifically for the name of Christ, so obviously they're very high up in heaven.
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Amen +3
Sorry for not asking something that is related to the video, but what is your advice for me who, God willing, is about to lead a monastic life?