Such a great presentation. Even protestants (such as myself) should watch this to gain a better understanding of self and the advice for the pursuit of practical holiness/consecration in this modern evil world.
The doorbell at 25:49 had me thinking I was losing my mind for a few minutes. I paused the lesson to check my door, came back and replayed the last couple of minutes again only to pause at the doorbell again to check my door AGAIN before it occurred to me that maybe it was the recording and not actually my door 🤦♀. I hope you at least got a chuckle out of this story Fr. Charles!
This is an amazing lesson. I've sent it to a number of people of various belief systems, that I think could benefit from its perspectives... Now, to memorize it myself... 💭 🤔
Thank you very much Fr. for your presentations - they have been very helpful as a catechumen and now as newly baptized. I hope more people discover them. Also, I very much relate to Homer’s brain!
Eve was created after God pulled a rib from Adam’s body after He put him in a deep sleep. He created her from the rib, so that man would not be alone and have someone else like him and to help him
Asceticism: because Christ must not have done enough for you to pay for your sins and give you his righteousness, you must essentially torture yourself to prove how good you are.
This would be like saying, "Because Christ bore His Cross perfectly, I don't have to bear my daily cross". It's not about proving you're good enough; rather, it's as St Paul said "in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church". His perfect suffering must be made manifest in our suffering; our penance must be joined to his perfect penance. As George MacDonald once said, “The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His."
Such a great presentation. Even protestants (such as myself) should watch this to gain a better understanding of self and the advice for the pursuit of practical holiness/consecration in this modern evil world.
The doorbell at 25:49 had me thinking I was losing my mind for a few minutes. I paused the lesson to check my door, came back and replayed the last couple of minutes again only to pause at the doorbell again to check my door AGAIN before it occurred to me that maybe it was the recording and not actually my door 🤦♀.
I hope you at least got a chuckle out of this story Fr. Charles!
This is an amazing lesson. I've sent it to a number of people of various belief systems, that I think could benefit from its perspectives... Now, to memorize it myself... 💭 🤔
Thank you so much for this Presentation , it has been broken down & such a great way for anyone to understand.
Thank you, Father. I got great benefit from this.
Bless Father, I am in Catachumin classes. This talk is very helpful. Thank you for blessing a new comer. שלום
Thank you very much Fr. for your presentations - they have been very helpful as a catechumen and now as newly baptized. I hope more people discover them. Also, I very much relate to Homer’s brain!
So well explained !
Thank you
Thank you Father!
This was a terrific lesson! Thank you
Love this thank you
Thank you 🙏 great lecture
More please
According to Genesis Eve was created from a rib of Adam
I am very new to Orthodoxy and I am trying to understand. Did you just refer to Eve as a body part of Adam or did misunderstand you?
Eve was created after God pulled a rib from Adam’s body after He put him in a deep sleep. He created her from the rib, so that man would not be alone and have someone else like him and to help him
Asceticism: because Christ must not have done enough for you to pay for your sins and give you his righteousness, you must essentially torture yourself to prove how good you are.
You miss the point of asceticism totally.
@dave1370.... your statement seems to come out from a person which is not poor in spirit
If yiu love him you keep him commandments, simple
You orthodox now😮😮😮😮
This would be like saying, "Because Christ bore His Cross perfectly, I don't have to bear my daily cross". It's not about proving you're good enough; rather, it's as St Paul said "in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church". His perfect suffering must be made manifest in our suffering; our penance must be joined to his perfect penance. As George MacDonald once said, “The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His."