The Christian life, and salvation, is impossible without the Holy Spirit abiding in us. This is what we celebrate on Pentecost, and all of the readings for the feast teach us not only about the ministry of the Holy Spirit, but also how we must live. We do short survey of the readings from Vespers, Matins and the liturgy. 2019-06-16 Numbers 11:16-17,24-29 : Joel 2:23-32 : Ezekiel 36:24-28 : John 20:19-23 : Acts 2:1-11 : John 7:37-52:8:12 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKA4Go_gtEU
As told in the Gospels, the beheading of St. John the Baptist presents us a model of salvation in St. John, and several more models of damnation as represented in the other people involved. Father Seraphim teaches us how these events show us how to live.
1 Corinthians 16:13–24
Matthew 21:33–42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emJzd-Rnlcs
The services for the "Paralytic" (The man cured at the sheep's pool - we read the Gospel about this event on the 4th Sunday after Pascha) call him an "unburied corpse". Can this description be used for us as well? The advantages of Orthodox prayer and life in a Monastery.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzgmHORmDg
Questions and answers at UTD 2024-03-01
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/T7wU6RARqyw
AUDIO: http://www.orthodox.net/catechism/catechesis_2024-04-01+questions-and-answers.mp3
Questions and answers, after Compline at the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD). Compline is usually nightly, Mon-Fr, and Fr Seraphim sometimes serves. There are always questions after he serves.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wU6RARqyw
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. A short exegesis on the Parable of the Great Supper. What it means to act “quickly” as the Parable prescribes. The dangers of spiritual complacency.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jnCHUkLI78
What is glorying in the cross, and being crucified to the world? It is living as a new creature, and according to the only rule that brings us peace and grace.
The cross and baptism are linked. One cannot talk about one without the other. In the epistle today, the Apostle Paul shows this link. We also talk about what glorying in the cross is, and what he means when he says: "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" and "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus". All of us must also glory in the cross, and bear these marks, and the promise will apply to us: "as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXhxLnr3H6E
Which party best represents Christian interests? Is there a clear choice that will deliver us? Part 1 of my opinion on the upcoming election.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljfs2B5-ZNA