The Forgotten Way

Elder Arsenie Episode 86 - Living a Christian Life part 11

What is the relation of our heart to those suffering around us? 

Elder Arsenie Episode 85 - Living a Christian Life part 10

Brother don't be upset; I don't have anything, but I give you a warm handshake. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 84 - Living a Christian Life part 9

I was looking at myself laid in the coffin, and when the coffin was lowered into the grave, I said, "It's so good to set something aside for your inner self, something that will testify for you."

Elder Arsenie Episode 83 - Living a Christian Life part 8

My heart aches for the poor. Doesn't your heart have any compunction for them at all?

Elder Arsenie Episode 82 - Living a Christian Life part 7

Do charity and give alms. My friend do not fear that you will become poor.

Elder Arsenie Episode 81 - Living a Christian Life part 6

God sustains the Earth due to the Divine Liturgy that is celebrated on it.

Elder Arsenie Episode 80 - Living a Christian Life part 5

Seek to be commemorated at the Divine Liturgy. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 79 - Living a Christian Life part 4

Confession is the sacrament that saves, not Holy Communion. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 78 - Living a Christian Life part 3

You grow to realize that confession is the mystery that saves us. The absolution of our sins is the greatest thing we have to present for ourselves at the Last Judgement. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 77 - Living a Christian Life part 2

Confession never ends, and you become attentive to all things. Carelessness is a grave fault that can cause a sin to be repeated. It's like washing under one armpit, which means you haven't paid heed to yourself. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 76 - Living a Christian Life part 1

If you consider that you must make a thorough confession, you'll control yourself in all you do, and this is a way of life. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 75- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 75

Meditate frequently on Christ, the Eternal truth, knocking gently at the door of your heart. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 74- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 74

One of the beatitudes says that you can see God. All of our desires are fulfilled in seeing Him, this is blessedness. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 73- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 73

The devil shows us who we truly are, and when we sin, he truly humbles us. Thus, the devil works indirectly towards man's salvation. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 72- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 72

God is the one who overcomes the devil, not you. It is a terrible mistake to engage in conversation with the devil.

Elder Arsenie Episode 71- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 71

The devil continually troubles you because he despises your relationship with God.

Elder Arsenie Episode 70- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 70

I say, " O, Lord! O Lord!" with every fiber of my being. There is no cheating.

Elder Arsenie Episode 69- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 69

Entire treatises have been written on the Jesus Prayer. The conclusion is: say it your own way.

Elder Arsenie Episode 68- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 68

It's a terrible mistake to say the Jesus prayer with agitation.

Elder Arsenie Episode 67- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 67

The Jesus Praper is a very important prayer. First, you have to say it. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 66- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 66

In order to change our life, we need a strong will and a great trust in the Mother of God's mercy and almighty help.

Elder Arsenie Episode 65- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 65

It has been said that the mother of God is displease with all those who never ask anything of her. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 64- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 64

How hard is it for each of us to ask God just a little, simply, and directly to help us in our trials and needs. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 63- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 63

You have the noble and great responsibility to pray.

Elder Arsenie Episode 62- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 62

Prayer is a like a sharp arrow launched for thousands of years by all the saints even the simplest Christians.

Elder Arsenie Episode 61- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 61

If you're on the path of truth, you should undoubtedly consider, "Lord I'm to blame that my brother is disturbed."

Elder Arsenie Episode 60- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 60

I greatly desire to preserve this blessed freedom, this purity of heart.

Elder Arsenie Episode 59- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 59

Smile at your neighbor who provokes you. Do not smirk at him, but smile at him so that he can see that you are not his enemy.

Elder Arsenie Episode 58- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 58

Mother I am happy, I'm saved by the prayers of St. Thecla!

Elder Arsenie Episode 57- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 57

Mother I died without baptism!

Elder Arsenie Episode 56- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 56

St. Gregory began a conversation with the one who save, and he enabled Trajan, (a pagan) to partake in the Kingdom of Heaven

Elder Arsenie Episode 55- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 55

If you commemorate someone who happens to be far away from you, it is not possible for him to know that you are praying for him, but you pray for him and God then helps him. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 54- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 54

If you have the obedience to pray the Psalter continuously, you can read it without interruption while under this obedience. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 53- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 53

You should nor think, "I said a lot!" After you have read many prayers, you're tempted to think, "Lord, I said so many prayers...that I have surpassed many people!"

Elder Arsenie Episode 52- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 52

You should place your heart in God's presence. Not just saying a lot of prayers, for in the end a deep prayer embodies a deep silence. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 51- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 51

You know that the Psalter is very profitable and so you start to read it cover to cover- lack of discernment!

Elder Arsenie Episode 50- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 50

You are advanced in prayer when you feel the need to pray as you feel the need for feel the need for air and water. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 48- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 48

Take to heart what I am telling you- as soon as you wake up in the morning don't procrastinate for a second saying, "Let me warm up a little more." 

Elder Arsenie Episode 47- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 47

Miserable as we are we scatter our love into senselessly vain and frivolous things as if we had it in excess. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 46- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 46

Don't you consider it a blessing to know how to talk to God in prayer?

Elder Arsenie Episode 45- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 45

Nobody can force you to live a life of great ascetism, which for many is foolishness; but no one can keep you from it. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 44- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 44

The enemy is lack of faith in God; lack of training and mastering yourself.

Elder Arsenie Episode 43- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 43

Carelessness and neglect are unbearable enemies. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 42- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 42

O soul why didn't you pray? Why did you pray superficially? 

Elder Arsenie Episode 41- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 41

Many go to hell because of unjustifiable carelessness. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 40- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 40

Prayer becomes deeper in prison, or in the forest. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 39- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 39

One must walk straight in the Lord's path on the path of spiritual peace without getting caught in the Typicon's confusion.

Elder Arsenie Episode 38- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 38

The snail moves slowly, but it travels with its whole house; we should progress towards God in like manner. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 37- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 37

You must avoid those deceiving thoughts which convince you that you're doing the "right thing". 

Elder Arsenie Episode 36- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 36

When you love, your heart is present, it is awake. It is not proper to do your prayer rule only out of obligation, because we become stiff.

Elder Arsenie Episode 35- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 35

One should know that the devil greatly fears the watchful man.

Elder Arsenie Episode 34- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 34

O man if you only knew your own value.

Elder Arsenie Episode 33- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 33

Blessed is the one who prays intensely. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 32- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 32

This means that we must be grateful and in a state of awareness. This provides much greater benefit than many prayers or prostrations done mechanically. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 31- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 31

You make 100 prostrations rush, rush, rush. Even if you make them properly what do you do afterwards. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 30- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 30

After finishing his prayer rule a man considers himself absolved of the duty to pray and fruitlessly sets off deceiving himself.

Elder Arsenie Episode 29- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 29

Man is the Master of His creation and has been given the freedom to rise to God. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 28- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 28

Don't think you're insignificant beings and that your prayer is not heard. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 27- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 27

Then it dawned on me that I like the ringing of the bells. It's a song that has significance. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 26- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 26

Who can complain he did not know? The moment that a man experiences that inner trembling is vital. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 25- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 25

So, the question is why didn't you love? The answer is clear because you hated and preserved enmity.

Elder Arsenie Episode 24- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 24

I am the Author of all things. Why did you focus on worldly thing and not Me?

Elder Arsenie Episode 23- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 23

Instead of being distressed about doing something "bad" the concern should be this- I need to be present.

Elder Arsenie Episode 22- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 22

The fact that without God you can do nothing is fundamental and must be proclaimed. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 21- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 21

Do we realize that God will call us to account for all that He has given us?

Elder Arsenie Episode 20- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 20

How many times should I say the Jesus prayer each day? How many prostrations should I do each day?

Elder Arsenie Episode 19- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 19

Can you imagine how much we have been given, how rich we are, and how indebted we are?

Elder Arsenie Episode 18- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 18

Be in a state of constant attention, to have your thoughts on God in your own way.

Elder Arsenie Episode 17- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 17

Anyone can and should pray saying, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on a sinner!" 

Elder Arsenie Episode 16- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 16

It is not grievous if you don't get to do your whole prayer rule, but with one condition- be in a state of awareness of God's presence. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 15- Prayer and the Remembrance of God part 15

Obviously, there are set prayers, but there are personal prayers too. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 14- Prayer and the Remembrance of God part 14

You have not accomplished anything if you think like this, "God I did my prayer rule, now give me something because I have done my duty." 

Elder Arsenie Episode 13- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 13

He who prays only when he prays is not praying. Therefore, prayer must spring forth from the heart.

Elder Arsenie Episode 12- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 12

Prayer is literally our life now and forever. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 11- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 11

Look mother the sheep is pawing the ground with its hoof before going to sleep. Why is it paying? And my mother said, "It is worshipping." 

Elder Arsenie Episode 10- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 10

If this prayer doesn't exist, you're simply a featureless clod of dirt, just in the way of others, blocking their path. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 9- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 9

Know that when parents are educating their children the first thing they teach them is how to pray.

Elder Arsenie Episode 8- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 8

Do not lose the time of this day! Do you know the value of time and how you can waste it?

Elder Arsenie Episode 7- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 7

Seriously reflect on the Judgement and the answer you will give then.

Elder Arsenie Episode 6- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 6

Christ is crucified for you at the moment you are estranged in any way from your brother's soul

Elder Arsenie Episode 5- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 5

Go to sleep and arise with Christ's cares. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 4- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 4

The prayer rule kindles our fervor. 

Elder Arsenie Episode 3- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 3

God is a God of the heart.

Elder Arsenie Episode 2 - Prayer and Remembrance of God part 2

Striving to acquire unceasing watchfulness and inner peace.

Elder Arsenie Episode 1- Prayer and Remembrance of God part 1

Prayer should be a desire and habit; it should be continuous. 

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