Be Attentive to Yourself - Homily by St. Basil the Great

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4 жыл бұрын

"Be attentive to yourself, lest an unlawful word come to be hidden in your heart" (Deut 15:9). This text serves as the basis for St. Basil's exhortation to be focused on ourselves and our sins, not the cares of this world or the sins of our brother. With beautiful imagery and inspired insight, this homily teaches us the importance of attending to every thought, for it is the mind first that harbors secret sins and it is the Great Physician that is ready to heal us.
St. Basil the Great is known as one of the three Holy Hierarchs of Cappadocia, along with St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory the Theologian. We commemorate St. Basil on January 1st and 30th.
This is a reading of the following sermon: www.orthodoxprayer.org/Articl...
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@paulywantsacracker69 Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t till you cleared your throat that I remembered that a man I don’t know took the time and effort to read , record and upload this. Thank you for your efforts and may god bless you

@OrthodoxWisdom Жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was when I wasn’t editing my recordings. All the recent content should be better quality. May we have St. Basil’s prayers.

@rail_bender5205 Жыл бұрын

I pray that young Orthodox Christians and the Heterodox hear or read this wisdom. The many current wonder of today's technologies KZfaq has helped me find my way back. Wisdom let us be attentive.

@romeoandsusandial5340 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for healing us Amen Hallelujah pls heal my daughter unspoken illness & pls let me walk again allpraise to you 🙏❤️💕🌹🌼🌷💐💕❤️🙏🙏

@robelbelay1938 Жыл бұрын

Glory to be to God for his wisdom through his saints St. Basil

@robelbelay1938 Жыл бұрын

And thank you for recording this , God bless your service!

@BegoMekerTube2127 2 жыл бұрын

St. Basil is one of the Saints who reached the top and tenth rank of Sainthood holiness.

@vaska1999 Жыл бұрын

Are there really ranks of sainthood? Where does that notion come from? I'm not familiar with it.

@BegoMekerTube2127 Жыл бұрын

@@vaska1999 Yes all Saints are not of the same rank. You can see it as a level where the Saints will need to pass through. It may not be the same for all the Saints but there is some kind characteristics each level will have. It is divided into 10 level. The first level is where the Saint will be learning and reaching the virtue of silence. The second level, They will start having understanding in their heart, will start to pray with understanding and will not be tired while praying. Then, will start to have tears of repentence. This is not like a small tear, rather will just flow from their eyes and cleaning their heart. Then, will be having a loving heart to love all. Start to know things of future and what is happening in other places or another person's lives. Then, will be starting to see angels in heaven. Lastly even their bodies will be like a fire for demons or small insects. St. Ephrem the Syrian visited St. Basil and one of the signs he saw was an insect was burned while flying near St. Basil. I know the whole concept is really far from our reality because we are very sinful. God's grace to the Saints and the whole humanity is really great. www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/01/relationship-of-st-ephraim-syrian-and.html#:~:text=Saint%20Ephraim%2C%20who%20was%20a,and%20speaking%20in%20his%20ear.

@anthonyally4390 Жыл бұрын

No such ranking in Orthodox Christian theology ☦️

@lindaphillips4646 21 күн бұрын

@@BegoMekerTube2127 i am only today seeing this homily and your comments. And the one which disagreed with you.. But i have saved the link you posted and glanced at it very briefly. Whatever the truth is here, we surely know that to have been able to hear his words at the Divine Liturgies and at any other time, must truly have been a great benefit. We don't seem to have too many such speakers these days but they don't have the same quality of hearers, i fear. Anyway, thank you.

@lindaphillips4646 21 күн бұрын

BEAUTIFUL. Thank you. I am only today watching this for the first time.. We can only marvel at the depth of these words.. I let the TRANSCRIPTion play along as i listened and it helped me concentrate on those words. THANK YOU for the extra work you went through to provide that. ☦📿💝📿☦

@patredman3733 8 ай бұрын

23 - 24+ min = gold!

@jamesgardner9583 2 жыл бұрын

Saint Basil was a brilliant man in thought but such a SPIRITUAL SAINT... I LOVE simplicity but ST. Basil's words has caused me to be more ATTENTIVE to self..... BROTHER JAMES 🙏☦🦉

@hotlanta35 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the homilies at Divine Litergy are hard to understand and others they make perfect sense.

@Immortal_swine 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you for for recording and uploading 🙏 what a great idea to make the church fathers accessible in this way. God bless you!

@deborahkraal8134 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful psychotherapy for the soul. This is most helpful!

@goldenpeanuts9 3 жыл бұрын

in deed

@yvonnebitar2649 Жыл бұрын

St Basil please pray for us 🙏 Thank you for uploading this.

@Kampfwageneer 2 ай бұрын

Amazing ☦️🙏🏻❤️

@ivygarcia9525 3 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary content! Thank you so much 🙏

@wisdommorepreciousthanrubi8321 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant thank you.

@vico1231 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this recording, may god bless you ❤

@antuzapletea7968 Жыл бұрын

Thank You! A lot! The Mighty God bless You !

@florinapleter7804 3 жыл бұрын

Saint Basil the Great, pray for us all for this word of Deut. 15:9 be kept in obedience all day 🙏🏼⛲🕊️ For the paryers of our HOLY FATHER'S, LORD JESUS CHRIST, have mercy on us💓🙏🏼💓🏳️💓👑🔥

@KingdomIsNow Ай бұрын

An imperative excellent necessity for the sanctification of the soul. May our souls be pure before we meet the afterlife and the Second Advent of our beloved redeemer.

@HumbleThyself230 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to read this and upload it for us to be able to access this ancient and timeless wisdom!

@fadianasrallah1915 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for this deep teachings for our great old father's, it really enlightens me, please keep posting thoses precious treasures for diffrent topics, God bless u

@jasonfrederick1258 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Zek-nc5tr 11 ай бұрын

Lots of very good lessons in here . Thankyou for uploading.

@angelahull9064 9 ай бұрын

This is so good, it needs an animated video to go along with it as a visual meditation.

@d0g_0f_Christ0s Жыл бұрын

My flesh is defiant rage, I'm afraid of me, if it weren't for the Lord's choker chain, surely I would destroy and be destroyed 😔

@OrthodoxWisdom Жыл бұрын

Feel free to email me if you need help getting connected to Orthodox Christians in your area or if you have any specific questions.

@makingsmokesince76 Жыл бұрын

My prayers are with you for I also fought and lost this intergenerational battle time and time again for many years. Things changed when, by God’s grace, I came to understand that I had to properly cleanse my mind and purify my heart: incessant prayer and fasting a couple of times a week was very powerful and effective in this respect. So, petition your Heavenly Father with incessant prayer, call on Christ and beg of Him to strengthen you to the point of denying yourself (also submitting your will and passion via fasting) so that you might come before Him and His gentle yoke in full submission. From experience I can tell you that the “choker-chain”, which are you referring to is your own will… As long as you rely on yourself, even if just in part, rather than on Him, your struggle will remain a constant two-steps-forward-one-step-back. So, submit to Him in all ways, all things, and He will give you exactly what you need, through the working of the Holy Spirit, to win the fight. Therefore call on your God without fail (I recommend diligent practice of the Jesus Prayer at all times), submit to Him humbly, and behold the enemy will scatter before you. Anger and rage are really symptoms of pride and the lack of humility - feeling wronged, crossed or challenged can only be thwarted by the lowly, gentle heart of Christ. God bless you and all of our prayers are with you!

@kurianvaghese5890 2 жыл бұрын

Can you put more teachings of capadocean father's on certain topics upon Holy Trinity,Cosmic man, Eschatology,Eight paths,etc.,

@jaap8232 8 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing, very practical!

@arialuv6894 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@kathleankeesler1639 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@bassanio1610 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative givethanks.

@dialmformowgli 2 жыл бұрын

♡

@mrniceguy3006 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I find more writing by the early church such as this one?

@OrthodoxWisdom 3 жыл бұрын

I’d start at ccel.org and newadvent.org for a large group of early Church writings. I don’t recommend the non-Orthodox writings on these two websites, but everything pre-schism should be good. Let me know if you are looking for something else.

@mrniceguy3006 2 жыл бұрын

@Read Father Seraphim Rose thank you, I will look into it.

@jeannettelelko2210 Жыл бұрын

It's premeditated is as poisonous as a stalker invading what the enemy has trapped.

@jeannettelelko2210 Жыл бұрын

Eat your basil and bring the dinosaur.

@jeannettelelko2210 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to psalm 138v6

@ploopploop9569 Жыл бұрын

Where can I find the icon used in the video?

@OrthodoxWisdom Жыл бұрын

Idk where it is for sale. Try a google image search

@htttppppp Жыл бұрын

In a nutshell be Rocky Balboa, walk the royal road and fix your eyes on the Lord😂

@thattimestampguy 10 ай бұрын

0:08 “God gave us Language, that we may reveal the plans of our heart ♥️ to each other.” 0:24 Communication. 0:41 Meaningful Voice. 1:02 Shipwreck 1:12 Make it Calm 🤫 1:38 - Don’t hide the things signified in obscurity - Don’t be redundant and empty, turning in all directions while overflowing randomly 2:34 Guard Most the Weakest Parts. 2:58 Actions done through the body need: + Time + Opportunity + Labors + Coworkers + Other Requirements 3:05 The Movements of The Mind (The Nous) + Timeless + Effortless + Convenient 3:30 The Secret Inward Sins 4:04 Adultery in his heart 4:21 Lawless Hidden Word. 4:33 *Be Attentive To Yourself.* 6:26 Observe Yourself Carefully From Every Side. You walk amongst snares and traps. 6:50 The Keen-Sight Gazelle avoids the traps. • Lets avoid the snares 7:27 Be Attentive Only To Yourself. 8:54 Be Attentive To Yourself. 9:34 - Flesh and Spirit in opposition + Help The Spirit + Turn The Scales ⚖️ 10:02 10:24 Sick and Healthy • Be attentive 10:46 Be Attentive To Yourself. • Many confessions 11:07 Be attentive to yourself 12:20 Be attentive to yourself. • Make straight my steps 12:38 Be attentive to yourself. 13:41 Be attentive to yourself. • Boxer, Shield your vital organs • Stretch forward to what lies ahead • Struggle against the invisible opponents • soberly watch over yourself. 14:36 Be attentive to yourself. 15:07 The young fantasies. Dreams of luxury, honor, inflated. Vanity. 16:00 Folly, Lazy, Dreamer. Frivolous. 17:00 Stop scrutinizing others. Keep examining yourself. 17:45 17:58 Some sins, Many Sins “Oh God, be gracious to me the sinner.” 19:20 The Captive, The King. 19:54 Poor Person, Lowly Life. Do not Despair. Lift up your soul. 20:33 You are a Human Being. Master of Earth and Sea 21:47 Light moon🌕 22:20 Inexpressible Beauty ✨🌠

@vbansal3932 Жыл бұрын

This English is difficult

@lindaphillips4646 21 күн бұрын

Vban... , if you go to description and tap on TRANSCRIPT you can read along as he reads the homily.. ST..BASIL was one of many, many priests, writers, theologians of the Church of the early centuries who gave deep, rich homilies...and of course he wrote a BEAUTIFUL Divine Liturgy which is still used at certain times during the year.. This is when the people LISTENED and KNEW how to listen.. but our times have lost those skills and that interest, for the most part. Which is do not say as a criticism of you in any way. I understand.. and it takes a moment or two to adjust to such beauty even for me as a native speaker. ☦📿💝📿☦

@vbansal3932 21 күн бұрын

@@lindaphillips4646 Ok Thank you And I am sorry if I have hurt or disrespected your religious sentiments in any way I didn't mean to 🙏

@lindaphillips4646 18 күн бұрын

@@vbansal3932 you are welcome. I was not offended jn any way. That never crossed my mind. I hope my suggestion helped you.

@1214gooner 2 ай бұрын

@16:00 Well actually visualization is a proven method of goal actualization so he is verifiably wrong here. And it’s actually the work of an active mind, so Basil’s inverse proposition is actually indolence. Unfortunate.

@Subeffulgent Жыл бұрын

I just want you to know that the only reason I listen to this video is because us heretical Roman Catholics call st. Basil the saint also

@fadianasrallah1915 4 ай бұрын

Could u please speak more slowly in order to contemplate more in the words, especially not all your listeners are native English speakers

@antthearchitect Ай бұрын

You could try slowing down the playback speed that might help

@lindaphillips4646 21 күн бұрын

Fadian, i only just now saw this video. If you look under DESCRIPTION and below, you will find TRANSCRIPT.. Just tap on it and while the video is playing, the words spoken will be shown.. It is a blessing to have this. I didn't need it to help with the words but it helps my concentration.. This is how almost ALL the great writers, priests, theologians spoke in those earlier years.. and the people understood them. We don't seem to have that quality of mind very often these days, even those of us who have English as their native language. ☦☦