Im a simple person with a simple faith, the prayer rope helps me to pray the "jesus prayer" until i go to sleep. I like big knots comfortable for arthritic hands. I love the massive 300 knot prayer rope! I have not stayed awake for all 300 knots. Thanks for this video!
I am not Orthodox (I think about it often, though). I use a prayer rope in my personal ascetic practice, on a daily basis. I have also read The Way of the Pilgrim. This video has been helpful for putting it in context. Thank you for sharing, Father.
Thanks for clarifying for us ignorant sinners, who know not what we do. I ran into an Orthodox video, it told a story about the prayer rope burning demons. It reminded me of when I was baptized at 7 yrs old, my grandma telling me not to play with that, that it was not a toy, or just a fashion statement, I thought she was just being polite, but it did have a certain energy, I kept brushing the priest on the face with it, it was as if she knew something I didn't, now I understand
0:37 Welcome to Tradition Today with Fr. David Smith 1:36 Spirituality is not bathing with scented candles, it is not philosophical speculation. 3:32 Spirituality speaks directly about The Holy Spirit. It is not something we make up in our heads. 4:22 Compared to China. 5:48 The Holy Spirit is a Person. Using The Prayer Rope helps us to Know The Holy Spirit, The Prayer Rope is like a vehicle, a school bus taking one to a place to learn about Reality. 6:59 Using a Prayer Rope - a Series of knots 9:23 The Mind becomes distracted! The rope is something to hold to help focus mind on prayer. 12:13 The Way of A Pilgrim. Pray Always! 14:45 The Mind and Body rebel against Praying. 15:43 Father Tom Zaferas 18:45 Keep Christ in Remembrance. Keep Christ On. Live The Faith. 20:22 Jesus Prayer, fuels, ingrains, mental prayer gets distracted. 22:13 The Jesus Prayer is different. It is a basic prayer. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on me a sinner. Lord Jesus Christ: He is The Master, We are His People Son of God: He is Divine. He was He is He always will be. 24:19 Have Mercy on Me: Defines our relationship to God. About The Truth. 25:14 I want him to forgive me of the manifold sins I create. God views all of us as Sinners. 26:00 Car Repair example. 26:40 We are focusing on our need as Sinners to be Forgiven 🙏🏼☦️ 26:53 My NEED to be Forgiven by God.
It's so nice to Learn the Prayer of the Lord. I can use my Rosary and carry it with me and recite it when I tempted to have an idle mind that wanders, precious prayer to stay close and safe in the Lord's Presence with the Holy Spirit 🙏 Thank You Father
I am a Messianic Rabbi and I have found great meaning and value in the prayer rope and the Jesus Prayer. Thank you for this video and teaching brother. Shalom.
Axios! I enjoyed Pascha very much! We now live in East Aurora, N.Y., serving a small country parish... So glad you made this video. Alleluia. Pray for me, Father. God bless!
Fr. David Smith Just came across this and heard you referring one of the HOLY TRINITY A person? To the God HOLY SPIRIT. AS i would not referr God the FATHER a person so why called The Holy Spirit that?
@@fr.davidsmith463 Please pray for me also. Have been thinking for a few years now I want to become Orthodox. Was confirmed as Roman Catholic and would like to convert over. Thank you.
the car analogy is really good ...all my.years of being a protestant has been focused on how once for all He paid the price,and that's that!!..nothing left to do..
You’re one of those people who has never had the baptism by fire yet walks around thinking the Holy Spirit has got your back and a son of man being tortured to death saves you and brings you to heaven. No Theosis = no Holy Spirit = no salvation… and THATS that. Jesus wasn’t here just to tell you he’s a sacrificial lamb and if he dies your saved. He was here to show you the way to theosis. I bet you think “the way the truth and the life” was just a cool catchphrase Jesus liked to say huh? No, it’s actually he showed you the truth so you would follow the life which is the way to theosis. If people don’t catch on to this Christianity is going to die a slow death and the Muslims who take their god way more serious than you take yours will be huffing and puffing to blow your house down.
A few years ago, maybe 3 or 4, on the Yom Kippur Holiday's last hours, I was asking apology to our LORD, God for I was not fasting and neither praying, the whole day, and I was also very tired such I couldn't do any prayer, BUT I just had ONE Question towards Him, to our Father in heavens: "WHY are we living THIS LIFE (with all the hardships, illnesses, etc...)?" The Answer - His Answer! - came SO QICK into my mind, as a thought, that I was astonished! Into an instant (!) I had: "We must LEARN TO LOVE." P.S. I was an Orthodox Christian myself as well till 7 years ago. When I gave myself (all my sins & my last passion) to the LORD, God, and I have received in return His Son. A Cosmical river of Light! He saved my life; He has given me a new Life, new eyes... His Son - that Light - is so Holy, Holy, Holy !!! !!! !!! I had - that time - no idea even of the Bible... :( But my faith in Him, in the LORD God, in His existence was there, in me, all the time, all of my life... :) Though, the PRAYER is essential ! SHALOM ba'Yeshua Mashiach!
I'm not sure of the origin of the rosary. And I don't understand Western rite Orthodoxy at all. I'm not familiar enough with it to know what to say.@@Death2Compromise
This is another great video in your series. I've learned so much in my faith of the Orthodox church. Thank you, and may the Lord continue to bless you, for making these videos and posting them for all to watch and learn.
Fr. David Smith, I was born with a genetic anomaly that affects my bones - and includes neurological issues affecting my brain. I've have two brain surgeries, and am awaiting a third procedure to correct some post-operative complications from the last one. During my medical odyssey toward healing, a Priest gave me what he called a Chotki and taught me the Jesus Prayer (we have a large Russian Orthodox population in my community, and I count them as friends). I have found that incorporating the Chatki and Jesus Prayer have been such a soothing comfort and blessing to my anxious mind and soul prior to the surgeries - and as a reminder to pray without ceasing. I'm a mainstream Protestant, a member of the Church of my beloved Grandfather. Honoring Litergical traditions in our services, my Pastor has recently lent me the book: Behold The Beauty Of The Lord, Praying With Icons, by Henri J.M. Nouwen. I have since been informed by some of the Orthodox Community that I shouldn't have/use a Chotki or the Jesus Prayer as I'm not of the Orthodox faith. Would you please share your thoughts on this?
The ones who tell you not to pray the Jesus Prayer are incorrect. It is a prayer for all Christians, and I hope will be a prayer that leads you into God's will and healing. Nouwen's book is great, right?
WL, there is nothing wrong with praying the rosary. I'm glad you're considering the Orthodox faith, and I hope that you are able to find a spiritual guide to help you in your journey. Our goal is communion with the divine through repentance and the pursuit of holiness. That journey is a little different for everyone. God bless you!
I know it’s a blessed tradition, but any thoughts on incorporating a prayer of thanksgiving that we have peace with God through Jesus joined with praying the Jesus prayer?
I would talk it over with a spiritual guide. Historically, the Jesus Prayer was not said only one way, like today. Different people used different words. I say different words on my third round each day, as taught by my spiritual father.
Is it bad or wrong to want to take some practices from both the Western and the Eastern Catholic churches? I am converting to Orthodox Christianity but I feel like there is nothing wrong with having both a Orthodox prayer rope and a Roman Catholic Rosary and praying with them both. I want to pray with both daily but I am asking what you think as a member of the Orthodox Clergy. It's very hard for me in same regards as you might be able to imagine. I am an Italian American. My mother's father was a Sicilian Roman Catholic and my father's father was a Piemontese Roman Catholic. My mother's mother was a Irish Roman Catholic and my father's mother was an Italian American Roman Catholic. I have come to believe that the Orthodox way is the correct path but it is a bit culturally different and something I struggle with just a bit. It might sound silly but like the art in the Churches is different. Since I was a child I would look up at the Beautiful Stained Glass and get spiritual inspiration from it. Even as I sang in church I was constantly looking at them trying to clearly picture who I was praying to and always being inspired by the colors in the light. Having the rosary reminds me of those nostalgic moments, and the moments i would pray with my now deceased Grandfather. In this context would you find it sinful in any way?
Count Asti, I encourage you to read the church fathers and to embrace your ancestry, to embrace the greatness of traditional Catholicism, as practiced for 2000yrs., If you are truely looking for the truth you will only find it in the Holy Roman and Apostolic Catholic Church, the church of your grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
That’s one of the great things about the relationship between the Catholic and Orthodox Church today, in short yes you can use both the rosary and the prayer rope, you can even accept the Eucharist at both Catholic and Orthodox churches
Aidan Burgess No so! Just because Roman Catholics allow Orthodox to commune doesn’t mean we allow it. Catholics can’t commune with us and we aren’t allowed to commune with them. We’re very different churches. Your ecumenism is heretical.
We are all sinners but I am not sure repeating the same thing over and over makes us believe it any more - unless we have actually just sinned. Its really hard to be truly contrite of heart for any sin which we definitely should be towards God. I feel we should work towards that by mediating on Gods goodness and our weakness and then asking God for mercy and forgiveness. Endless repetition has its flaws but can help brainwash us to a truth at times..in other times leads to a false belief that we are repentant...
Hi Father David, thank you for sharing this wisdom about time with God. I would like to use a prayer rope but I am Catholic. Can we also use prayer ropes?
You know, Fr. David, if you keep making videos like this, I'm gonna move to Syracuse. That's where my mother's folks are from. Confidentially, Father I'm getting sick of people referring to Pennsylvania as "the holy land." That's where my father's folks are from.
Not exactly, although they share some characteristics. The main difference is that the prayers said while using the prayer rope and the rosary are very different.
I hope that I'm not being irreverent, but something I've noticed is that Orthodox fathers tend to have beards more often than those in the Catholic or Protestant tradition, as well as (going by this video and others) longer hair. Father Tom has a full-on ponytail. Is cutting the hair prohibited, like a Leviticus 19:27 thing? Or is it just more of a cultural thing? Just curious.
It's not an irreverent question at all! Cutting the hair and beard was at times in history prohibited, but it's not now. It's more of a traditional expression of the faith than it is cultural. Most of us have beards, but not all, and some keep their beards and hair trimmed.
Is there anywhere online where I can find like a stream or podcast of daily worship and study? I'd like to see what Orthodoxy is all about. I've kinda bounced between Catholicism, non-denominational Protestantism, and Native American traditions. Unfortunately, the nearest Orthodox church is over 2 hours away.
Miguel Cuervo There are a number of options for you, one good one is : www.stspyridons.org/audiopodcasts/ Actually, if you go to www.goarch.org/multimedia/podcasts there are a number of good resources listed. God bless you in your search!
That's not cultural thing, Orthodox priests and monks want to leave their bodies like they were made by the God. I'm sorry for my English but i'm a Polish :)
hello; your observation is very clear indicating Levitical; keep in mind that sometimes extreme scripture is symbolic and tighten this topic or make a tail hair are two very different things read well? Shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. I hope you see the difference miguel cuervo an Orthodox Jew and if you try to talk about the hanging tail hair possible comfort is everything
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ... In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. Mathew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
The Jesus Prayer is the essence of repetition, but it's not vain. We say it over and over, but always with the purpose of the healing of the image of God in us.
Fr. David Smith On a number of occasions, I've suddenly realized I'm half way through either the Lord's Prayer, or the Jesus Prayer. I have no recollection of starting the prayer. I've also woken up, in the middle of saying one of these prayers. I'm concerned that this is vain repitition. More specifically, if it is vain repitition, how do I stop it?
biblestudysoftware Not the Father, but I would advise saying the prayer again, this time really think about each word of the prayer. Do it slowly. It may even take several minutes. Bit by the end you will have said a very wholesome prayer.
Im a simple person with a simple faith, the prayer rope helps me to pray the "jesus prayer" until i go to sleep. I like big knots comfortable for arthritic hands. I love the massive 300 knot prayer rope! I have not stayed awake for all 300 knots. Thanks for this video!
Lord Jesus Christ son of god , have mercy on me a sinner
Lord Jesus Christ,have mercy on me.
I love Lord Jesus
I am not Orthodox (I think about it often, though). I use a prayer rope in my personal ascetic practice, on a daily basis. I have also read The Way of the Pilgrim. This video has been helpful for putting it in context. Thank you for sharing, Father.
+Seth Adams i hope you have much blessings...
Have you yet found Christ? I pray you have.
@@pgroove163
I'm a Russian orthodox and love jesus
God bless and keep you, fellow Orthodox Christians!
Clear, sober, thank you for that. A french orthodox. Please continue.
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Thanks for clarifying for us ignorant sinners, who know not what we do. I ran into an Orthodox video, it told a story about the prayer rope burning demons. It reminded me of when I was baptized at 7 yrs old, my grandma telling me not to play with that, that it was not a toy, or just a fashion statement, I thought she was just being polite, but it did have a certain energy, I kept brushing the priest on the face with it, it was as if she knew something I didn't, now I understand
The tassels are actually meant for wiping tears!
0:37 Welcome to Tradition Today with Fr. David Smith
1:36 Spirituality is not bathing with scented candles, it is not philosophical speculation.
3:32 Spirituality speaks directly about The Holy Spirit. It is not something we make up in our heads.
4:22 Compared to China.
5:48 The Holy Spirit is a Person. Using The Prayer Rope helps us to Know The Holy Spirit,
The Prayer Rope is like a vehicle, a school bus taking one to a place to learn about Reality.
6:59 Using a Prayer Rope
- a Series of knots
9:23 The Mind becomes distracted! The rope is something to hold to help focus mind on prayer.
12:13 The Way of A Pilgrim.
Pray Always!
14:45 The Mind and Body rebel against Praying.
15:43 Father Tom Zaferas
18:45 Keep Christ in Remembrance. Keep Christ On. Live The Faith.
20:22 Jesus Prayer, fuels, ingrains, mental prayer gets distracted.
22:13 The Jesus Prayer is different. It is a basic prayer.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on me a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ: He is The Master, We are His People
Son of God: He is Divine. He was He is He always will be.
24:19 Have Mercy on Me: Defines our relationship to God. About The Truth.
25:14 I want him to forgive me of the manifold sins I create.
God views all of us as Sinners.
26:00 Car Repair example.
26:40 We are focusing on our need as Sinners to be Forgiven 🙏🏼☦️
26:53 My NEED to be Forgiven by God.
Excellent, thank you for the timestamps!
For some reason I really like the analogy of the Holy Spirit and China!
Thank you Father. Hristos Anesti!
But china is anti christian
It's so nice to Learn the Prayer of the Lord. I can use my Rosary and carry it with me and recite it when I tempted to have an idle mind that wanders, precious prayer to stay close and safe in the Lord's Presence with the Holy Spirit 🙏 Thank You Father
Being a Christian I had been looking for something like this. I ordered mine today and prayer book. Thank you for the info.
I also ordered Protestant prayer beads.I find a benefit in having something tangible to hold and use during prayer.
I am catholic Christian from Pakistan. Very informative.
God bless you. I'm glad you were helped by this video
Lord Jese christ. son of god ,have mercy on me a sinner. thans Father David for sharing with us. god bless you.
I am not Orthodox but appreciate the composition (scriptural and confessional) of the Jesus Prayer. Thank you for this informative teaching.
Hassan, I'm so glad you like the video!
Anyone can say the prayer, you don't have to be Orthodox.
Yes, certainly that's true. It's an Orthodox discipline, but valuable for everyone
I am a Messianic Rabbi and I have found great meaning and value in the prayer rope and the Jesus Prayer. Thank you for this video and teaching brother. Shalom.
Kristopher, I'm glad this video was spiritually beneficial for you. God bless.
@@fr.davidsmith463 .8am Catholic priest can I say yhisbrsyer without the rope?
How to get thisbprsyer rope in goa India
Certainly. It's the prayer that is important, the rope simply keeps track of how many times you say it. God bless you!
Thank you Fr. David Smith for this very interesting and informative video.
From Misión Cruz Hermitage in Somerset ,TEXAS. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Praise God!
Dakota, I serve in Syracuse, New York.
A blessed Pascha to all who enjoy the Tradition Today videos!
Axios! I enjoyed Pascha very much! We now live in East Aurora, N.Y., serving a small country parish... So glad you made this video. Alleluia. Pray for me, Father. God bless!
thanks! I'll certainly pray for you - and please pray for me.
thank you
Fr. David Smith
Just came across this and heard you referring one of the HOLY TRINITY A person? To the God HOLY SPIRIT. AS i would not referr God the FATHER a person so why called The Holy Spirit that?
@@fr.davidsmith463 Please pray for me also. Have been thinking for a few years now I want to become Orthodox. Was confirmed as Roman Catholic and would like to convert over. Thank you.
This is so concise ! Thank you for these words!
I'm glad you liked the video. God bless you!
the car analogy is really good ...all my.years of being a protestant has been focused on how once for all He paid the price,and that's that!!..nothing left to do..
You’re one of those people who has never had the baptism by fire yet walks around thinking the Holy Spirit has got your back and a son of man being tortured to death saves you and brings you to heaven. No Theosis = no Holy Spirit = no salvation… and THATS that. Jesus wasn’t here just to tell you he’s a sacrificial lamb and if he dies your saved. He was here to show you the way to theosis. I bet you think “the way the truth and the life” was just a cool catchphrase Jesus liked to say huh? No, it’s actually he showed you the truth so you would follow the life which is the way to theosis. If people don’t catch on to this Christianity is going to die a slow death and the Muslims who take their god way more serious than you take yours will be huffing and puffing to blow your house down.
Thank you, Father. You are very easy to learn from.
Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you benefitted from the video
Thank you for this beautiful knowledge.
In the baptism the Holy Spirit is given to us. The Holy Trinity dwells in our heart. So the Holy Spirit is i n us.
God bless you father. Keep this up!
A few years ago, maybe 3 or 4, on the Yom Kippur Holiday's last hours, I was asking apology to our LORD, God for I was not fasting and neither praying, the whole day, and I was also very tired such I couldn't do any prayer, BUT I just had ONE Question towards Him, to our Father in heavens:
"WHY are we living THIS LIFE (with all the hardships, illnesses, etc...)?"
The Answer - His Answer! - came SO QICK into my mind, as a thought, that I was astonished! Into an instant (!) I had:
"We must LEARN
TO LOVE."
P.S. I was an Orthodox Christian myself as well till 7 years ago. When I gave myself (all my sins & my last passion) to the LORD, God, and I have received in return His Son. A Cosmical river of Light! He saved my life; He has given me a new Life, new eyes...
His Son - that Light - is so Holy, Holy, Holy !!! !!! !!!
I had - that time - no idea even of the Bible... :( But my faith in Him, in the LORD God, in His existence was there, in me, all the time, all of my life... :)
Though, the PRAYER is essential !
SHALOM ba'Yeshua Mashiach!
I like this video, thank you for the posting it
Absolutely true thoughts. Thank you so much. God bless you.
Thank you Fr David for sharing, been wanting to buy one for a while now. I'm sure i'll be watching this episode again
Simply brilliant. Thank you!
Thank you Fr. David.
I"m glad you enjoyed the video. God bless you.
@@fr.davidsmith463 Thank you and God Bless you 🙏
Such great videos father! Praise Jesus for you!.
All well said my sweet brother. I lv this. Thanks alot. Lord bless u🤗
Good hearing you again.
Been a blessing seeing you here.
From years ago with you on Eagle Street.
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Thank you! Watching in Texas.
Thank you for sharing this video, Father.
I'm glad you liked it. God bless you!
I'm not sure of the origin of the rosary. And I don't understand Western rite Orthodoxy at all. I'm not familiar enough with it to know what to say.@@Death2Compromise
This is another great video in your series. I've learned so much in my faith of the Orthodox church. Thank you, and may the Lord continue to bless you, for making these videos and posting them for all to watch and learn.
Thank you so much.God bless you.Greetings from Greece.
Thank you very much for this explanation! May God bless you!
Fr. David Smith, I was born with a genetic anomaly that affects my bones - and includes neurological issues affecting my brain. I've have two brain surgeries, and am awaiting a third procedure to correct some post-operative complications from the last one. During my medical odyssey toward healing, a Priest gave me what he called a Chotki and taught me the Jesus Prayer (we have a large Russian Orthodox population in my community, and I count them as friends). I have found that incorporating the Chatki and Jesus Prayer have been such a soothing comfort and blessing to my anxious mind and soul prior to the surgeries - and as a reminder to pray without ceasing. I'm a mainstream Protestant, a member of the Church of my beloved Grandfather. Honoring Litergical traditions in our services, my Pastor has recently lent me the book: Behold The Beauty Of The Lord, Praying With Icons, by Henri J.M. Nouwen. I have since been informed by some of the Orthodox Community that I shouldn't have/use a Chotki or the Jesus Prayer as I'm not of the Orthodox faith. Would you please share your thoughts on this?
It's not true that you have to be Orthodox to use the Jesus Prayer. Continue to use your prayer rope to your benefit, and God will lead
Thank you and Bless you so much!
The ones who tell you not to pray the Jesus Prayer are incorrect. It is a prayer for all Christians, and I hope will be a prayer that leads you into God's will and healing. Nouwen's book is great, right?
Nouwen's book is beautiful and enlightening. But, I've always found Icons beautiful - even though it's not part of my spiritual upbringing.
Pls get a healing prayer and holy water.....you will be healed with out a surgery
Senhor Jesus Cristo, Filho de Deus, tende piedade de mim, pecador
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+vanezcha you are a blessed person to put that up...god will bless you for this because this saved my life..
Signore Gesù Cristo Abbi pietra di me peccatore
Beautiful faith. It's very enriching! Thank you
WL, there is nothing wrong with praying the rosary. I'm glad you're considering the Orthodox faith, and I hope that you are able to find a spiritual guide to help you in your journey. Our goal is communion with the divine through repentance and the pursuit of holiness. That journey is a little different for everyone. God bless you!
Exactly!
@Maria Villamil Please look into the Eastern Catholic Churches
I have that same journey ...
Thanks so much for this video! Wondered what the glass beads were used for!
jesus love me
I know it’s a blessed tradition, but any thoughts on incorporating a prayer of thanksgiving that we have peace with God through Jesus joined with praying the Jesus prayer?
I would talk it over with a spiritual guide. Historically, the Jesus Prayer was not said only one way, like today. Different people used different words. I say different words on my third round each day, as taught by my spiritual father.
thank you. god bless
Lord Jesus Christ , son of god have mercy on me a sinner .... Aamen ..
Is it bad or wrong to want to take some practices from both the Western and the Eastern Catholic churches? I am converting to Orthodox Christianity but I feel like there is nothing wrong with having both a Orthodox prayer rope and a Roman Catholic Rosary and praying with them both. I want to pray with both daily but I am asking what you think as a member of the Orthodox Clergy. It's very hard for me in same regards as you might be able to imagine. I am an Italian American. My mother's father was a Sicilian Roman Catholic and my father's father was a Piemontese Roman Catholic. My mother's mother was a Irish Roman Catholic and my father's mother was an Italian American Roman Catholic. I have come to believe that the Orthodox way is the correct path but it is a bit culturally different and something I struggle with just a bit. It might sound silly but like the art in the Churches is different. Since I was a child I would look up at the Beautiful Stained Glass and get spiritual inspiration from it. Even as I sang in church I was constantly looking at them trying to clearly picture who I was praying to and always being inspired by the colors in the light. Having the rosary reminds me of those nostalgic moments, and the moments i would pray with my now deceased Grandfather. In this context would you find it sinful in any way?
Count Asti, I encourage you to read the church fathers and to embrace your ancestry, to embrace the greatness of traditional Catholicism, as practiced for 2000yrs., If you are truely looking for the truth you will only find it in the Holy Roman and Apostolic Catholic Church, the church of your grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
That’s one of the great things about the relationship between the Catholic and Orthodox Church today, in short yes you can use both the rosary and the prayer rope, you can even accept the Eucharist at both Catholic and Orthodox churches
Aidan Burgess No so! Just because Roman Catholics allow Orthodox to commune doesn’t mean we allow it. Catholics can’t commune with us and we aren’t allowed to commune with them. We’re very different churches. Your ecumenism is heretical.
Yes if it aids in your prayer life, do so. The rosary is a tool of the Theotokos and the Hail Mary is a veneration of the Panagia.
Talk to your Priest or spiritual Father. Probably best to ignore any other advice from online or social media.
I want to know the holly spirt
Thank you
will subscribe when I am able
Yes God!
We are all sinners but I am not sure repeating the same thing over and over makes us believe it any more - unless we have actually just sinned. Its really hard to be truly contrite of heart for any sin which we definitely should be towards God. I feel we should work towards that by mediating on Gods goodness and our weakness and then asking God for mercy and forgiveness. Endless repetition has its flaws but can help brainwash us to a truth at times..in other times leads to a false belief that we are repentant...
LAST TRUMP saying those things repetitively transforms you in ways you won’t know until you do it.
Hi Father David, thank you for sharing this wisdom about time with God. I would like to use a prayer rope but I am Catholic. Can we also use prayer ropes?
certainly. the prayer rope is for everyone. It makes more sense in an Orthodox setting, but works for everyone who uses one in faith
where can I fine tradition today?
If you have a cross on your prayer should you recite the Nicean Creed before you begin?
You know, Fr. David, if you keep making videos like this, I'm gonna move to Syracuse. That's where my mother's folks are from. Confidentially, Father I'm getting sick of people referring to Pennsylvania as "the holy land." That's where my father's folks are from.
How do you do it like what do you say 🧐
Dear Father Smith.Is your prayer rope the equivalent to our Rosary in the Roman Catholic Church?
Not exactly, although they share some characteristics. The main difference is that the prayers said while using the prayer rope and the rosary are very different.
Fr. David, do you have any recommendations on where to purchase a good prayer rope?
Ebay
NICE LESSON
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I'm trying to find god
Keep going we all are.
He is trying to find you as well beloved ✝
Which jurisdiction are you with?
I hope that I'm not being irreverent, but something I've noticed is that Orthodox fathers tend to have beards more often than those in the Catholic or Protestant tradition, as well as (going by this video and others) longer hair. Father Tom has a full-on ponytail. Is cutting the hair prohibited, like a Leviticus 19:27 thing? Or is it just more of a cultural thing? Just curious.
It's not an irreverent question at all! Cutting the hair and beard was at times in history prohibited, but it's not now. It's more of a traditional expression of the faith than it is cultural. Most of us have beards, but not all, and some keep their beards and hair trimmed.
Is there anywhere online where I can find like a stream or podcast of daily worship and study? I'd like to see what Orthodoxy is all about. I've kinda bounced between Catholicism, non-denominational Protestantism, and Native American traditions. Unfortunately, the nearest Orthodox church is over 2 hours away.
Miguel Cuervo There are a number of options for you, one good one is : www.stspyridons.org/audiopodcasts/ Actually, if you go to www.goarch.org/multimedia/podcasts there are a number of good resources listed. God bless you in your search!
That's not cultural thing, Orthodox priests and monks want to leave their bodies like they were made by the God. I'm sorry for my English but i'm a Polish :)
hello; your observation is very clear indicating Levitical; keep in mind that sometimes extreme scripture is symbolic and tighten this topic or make a tail hair are two very different things read well? Shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. I hope you see the difference miguel cuervo an Orthodox Jew and if you try to talk about the hanging tail hair possible comfort is everything
Is there more content of this show, tradition today?.
I just noticed that i'm in the channel of the father,it's a honor!.
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Prayer Rope??? im at the end of my rope with these people I have to house with i hate shelters im ready to leave again.
What state are you in father David?
Dakota Neuman - New York State
Father: are you from Mt Athos?
No. Syracuse, New York.
Thanks Father. Having started praying Jesus Prayer I’ve found that to be a real blessing!
Becareful it's a counting device becareful this doesn't become an idol.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ... In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. Mathew 6:7
I think that some repetitions are not vain.
Matthew 6:7 [Jesus Words]"And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words."
am confused. they appear to be catholic priest. they dont have that truely deeply rooted orthodox faith. i felt very very uncomfortable watching it.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
The Jesus Prayer is the essence of repetition, but it's not vain. We say it over and over, but always with the purpose of the healing of the image of God in us.
Fr. David Smith On a number of occasions, I've suddenly realized I'm half way through either the Lord's Prayer, or the Jesus Prayer. I have no recollection of starting the prayer. I've also woken up, in the middle of saying one of these prayers. I'm concerned that this is vain repitition. More specifically, if it is vain repitition, how do I stop it?
thanks to God He knows all we need!
Then don't waste your time praying, Janah.
biblestudysoftware Not the Father, but I would advise saying the prayer again, this time really think about each word of the prayer. Do it slowly. It may even take several minutes. Bit by the end you will have said a very wholesome prayer.
am confused. they appear to be catholic priest. they dont have that truely deeply rooted orthodox faith. i felt very very uncomfortable watching it.