Why You Need A Prayer Rule And Spiritual Father
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2024
- Fr. James talks to us about the importance of having a prayer rule and a spiritual father as an Orthodox Christian.
Fr. James Coles is the pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Orthodox Church located in Mesa, Arizona.
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I desire Orthodoxy, but my wife wants nothing to do with Orthodoxy. Please pray for Cathy. I am old and have numerous medical issues. God bless you all.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. ☦🙏
Why do you have that symbol in your profile photo?
Hermano, use a Byzantine Flag 🗿
As a Protestant looking in I’m really seeing a focus of the priest caring for and mentoring their flock which I think is so beautiful and is a beautiful picture of what they’re striving towards together. I wish more Protestants saw it like that. If they did I don’t think they would be so stand offish.
Yeah, but things are not always as lean as they sound. A priest can have a pretty big parish and he may have his own weaknesses so he may not be always available or be too tough with you because of stuffs.
There is a reason why it is so important to have good, experienced spiritual fathers and why it is so hard to find them.
But yeah, having a good relationship with your spiritual father is great. And you, as his son, start to see him in a new light, a more loving light. I remember seeing my spiritual father doing the services and being so happy for just existing in his presence.
Holy mother THEOTOKOS SAVE US
Jesus saved you, He is saving you, He will save you. You can put your faith in this🕊❤
Amen! Praise Jesus! @@lekat525
GOD BLESS every one
Amen 🙏
Dear lord JESUS CHRIST Have mercy on us 🙏 all every one
Thank you father, I am a Catholic discerning Monastic vocation and love rule prayers. Even if I haven't been able to pray lately because of mental problems I always keep the Jesus Pray in me with my chotki
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May the Lord bless you ☦️
Have you tried to pray in your own words ?
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And we will all have to answer to a Holy God for all of our deeds. How will you do on judgement day ?
Great advice and guidance, Father.
On the topic of reading a novel, one which everyone should read is 'The Way of the Pilgrim'.
Thank you for explaining about why we should have a spiritual father. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.
thank you.
Thank you Fr. James, I attend Liturgy in Scottsdale but I hope to visit your beautiful parish soon.
I like him…. very genuine.
I think the closest Orthodox church is like 300+ miles and over 5 hours from me. Travel isn't exactly an easy thing to accomplish.
I can't deny how drawn i am to Orthodoxy. The inner drive to learn more is intense. Orthodoxy makes so much more sense with regard to so much that I've been 'told' to believe.
I have heard of ROCOR parishes accommodating Orthodox catechism by distance, look into it and ask questions. God bless.
move
pray and practice the faith at home and take uearly trips to church maybe 3 per year, but first go through process to convert
How long should my evening prayer take? Can anyone offer me some advice?
Does anyone else want to know what that novel was?! 😊
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How do I get a spiritual father ? I am interested in orthodox Christianity but I can’t find a Christian church I am not even baptized I grew up Protestant but have renounced it years ago
I'm just a voice on the interwebs, but try to obtain an Orthodox prayer book and prayer rope and start praying, everyday. Also visit local Orthodox Churches. May the Lord bless you and draw you to Himself ☦️
Find an Orthodox Church and Attend a Divine Liturgy. Talk with the priest.
You need to go visit a church, find a priest, ask them questions and form a relationship. If he is someone you like and trust ask if he will be your spiritual father. Also pray to the Lord to lead you to one. This is most important. He will help you.
Why have you renounced it ?
@@kilervgmmm I renounced Protestantism because it has connections to freemasonry which is demonic/satanic
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Would a woman have a spiritual mother?
No
Usually males and females have a spiritual Father. Sometimes an abess of a monastery can be a spiritual mother instead of having a spiritual Father, but of course, she cannot offer the absolution prayer at confession
I have a Spiritual Father, but I don't have a permission from my biological father to visit him.
Obey your parent, use your phone!
Matthew 23:9 “And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
Clueless quotmining protestant
Admittedly the Good News Bible renders the verse “you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father’”, as does The Living Bible and the New International Version. More accurate versions such as the King James, the RSV, and the New American Standard do not render it this way, since the Greek reads, πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς/ patera me kalesete umon epi tes ges. Note the boldface ὑμῶν, so that the verse is rendered more accurately as “call no man your father on the earth” (thus e.g. King James).
"What is the difference between “call no man ‘father’” and “call no man your father”?-the difference is the difference between a title or form of address and a relationship. It is the latter which Christ is describing and proscribing, not the former. The Bible never says, “call no man ‘father’”. Indeed, such a command would be bizarre in a Middle Eastern environment, where the term “father” was the usual honourific for a male person of age. That is why the term is on the lips even of the rich man in Christ’s parable: he calls the venerable patriarch “Father Abraham” when he calls out to him for help (Luke 16:24, 30)."
Or judaizer o both:
"One of the practices which Christ warned His disciples to avoid was the insistence upon public honour and loyalty. The Pharisees loved respectful greetings in public and being hailed with the term “Rabbi” (literally, “my master/ my great one”). (The term at that time was as an honourific, and did not denote a clerical office, as it does today.) The Rabbis would accumulate disciples, men whose task it was to memorize the views and words of their Rabbi and make them their own. Indeed, those teachers claimed a greater respect from their disciples than was given to one’s parents, since they reasoned that one’s parents gave only earthly life, while the Rabbinic teacher gave spiritual and eternal life. They functioned therefore as gurus for those followed them as their personal disciples.
Our Lord insisted that such total allegiance and such blind loyalty had no place among His followers in His Church. The leaders in His movement were never to function as such fathers, commanding personal allegiance and accumulating personal disciples. Such complete allegiance could only be given to God, their common Father in heaven. On earth the only Leader to whom such devotion should be given was Christ, the Messiah of all. His disciples were all brothers, and even the leaders among them looked to the same Leader and Lord, the Christ of God (Matthew 23:8-10)."
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Thank you for explaining, for me who knows little.
1 Corinthians 4:15 "Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel."
Don’t call anyone teacher then either.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Mathew 23:9
A spiritual father is not the same as a physical father and none should be called spiritual father but the Heavenly Father God
Commentary from the Orthodox Study Bible:
Christ's warning against calling hypocrites father and teacher is not an absolute prohibition against using these terms. These terms are applied to men many times in the NT, all of which usages are inspired by God. Teacher is used in Jn 3:10; Acts 13:1; 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11 and 2Ti 1:11. Father is used in Lk 16:24; 1Co 4:15; and Col 3:21. Since the very early days of the Church, bishops and presbyters have been called "father" not because they take the place of God, but because in their fatherly care for their flocks, they lead people to God, and they exercise fatherly authority within their community.
@@johnnyd2383 do Orthodox really need prayer books, prayer rule and a father for a simple prayer? It kinda sounds like Judaism with works-based salvation.
@@user-yq9im9dk9z None are required. However, when one approaches Orthodoxy as a way of life obvious advantages of having those are recognized. Fasting and prayers are seen as two wings uplifting soul to the highs towards God, and prayers w/o book and rule are a mess. We use both to get organized better in that sense. Spiritual guidance is also recommended so that we avoid fall into prelest. BTW: Philippians 2, 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
We dont need all this for a "simple prayer", but if u pray and go to church continuously, you may naturally start to develop a prayer rule (which in my case helped to stay consistent and disciplined), you may start to have more questions and a need for more guidance, so you find a spiritual father.. But you dont HAVE to have all these things, for example if you are more concentrated while praying with your own words, then you don't need a prayer book...hope this gives you a lil better understanding 😄@@user-yq9im9dk9z
If prayer worked every baby would be born healthy, every plane would land safely.
This is a very shallow explanation of the deep understanding of prayer abs is power. We must remember that Many times the Answer is no or there is a larger plan in play that you are too small in stature and too large in prode to see and understand. This is where faith and prayer will get you through the pain to bev closer to the Lord. Any good parent will say no when it is the best thing for the child, even if it hurts the child's pride or causes them to grieve.
That is funny, how you put the world's wellbeing on the shoulders of praying christians. If prayer worked... Well, yeah, if prayer worked as you think, it would be heaven on earth. But there are wicked people also. Who doesn't care about prayer, their own wellbeing, or wellbeing of others. If all maintanance workers would pour their souls into maintaining planes, or machinery, there will be no plane crashes or accidents on the factories. Imagine that holy world.
Those, who pray, trying to build their soul. Not to be wicked, or lazy, or undiscipline, or unreliable. And their souls and character are built good. Not to control the weather, but stand still and firm facing strongest of storms.
You imagined that prayer must be cheap and easy solution of world's problems. No, you are the solution, and prayer helps you to carry those problems. You can pray and push on through your struggle, or you can cry that prayer is not magic and you now weak and laying on your face
Call no man "Father" on earth in a spiritual divine context...There is but one Father...In Heaven.
I have pulled through the darkest times with Father Son and Holy Spirit.
Good Christians can be a blessing - true...but never rely on men but YHWH alone.
Commentary from the Orthodox Study Bible:
Christ's warning against calling hypocrites father and teacher is not an absolute prohibition against using these terms. These terms are applied to men many times in the NT, all of which usages are inspired by God. Teacher is used in Jn 3:10; Acts 13:1; 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11 and 2Ti 1:11. Father is used in Lk 16:24; 1Co 4:15; and Col 3:21. Since the very early days of the Church, bishops and presbyters have been called "father" not because they take the place of God, but because in their fatherly care for their flocks, they lead people to God, and they exercise fatherly authority within their community.
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And don’t forget learning about America’s founding fathers.
@@kti3cx2011 I don't need an "Orthodox" commentary to know what my Lord and God teaches.
Some passages you refer to as for example Colossians refers to earthly fathers and sons and their relationship. This is NOT what I was referring and I made that VERY clear by saying "in a divine context" as a spiritual leader and role model.
NO - says Lord God Yeshua...call NO MAN Father as a spiritual leader!!!!! Because there is ONE Father in Heaven to whom alone you entrust your soul as Father!
Abraham is called "Father" because he is a prophetic shadow of God the Father and the father of the nation of Israel and NOT because we adress him "father" as a spiritual leader.... If you love an elderly role model dearly you may say "He is LIKE a father unto me"
But adressing such as "father" in a religious way is a violation of the Lord Messiah's doctrine.
I don't follow any churches doctrine but only the doctrine of Lord Messiah and His Sacred Breath of Holiness.
I wanna help you to build Orthodox Temples, a lot of cities and towns do not have an Orthodox Temple , tell me how can i contact you, amen