Ask An Orthodox Priest #14: Fr. John Mahfouz

Combat sports lead to discipline, determination and masculinity. For many they lead to a healthy mind and healthy body. Training in combat sports saved me from a life of depression and obesity.

What Fr said about spilling wine on ourselves was brilliant

No doubts! He’s full of Godliness. I want to meet him 😢

To the one feeling numb: You have trained yourself to not feel ashamed, you can re-aline yourself with gods help. And just because you might not feel shame atm, does not mean you are incapable of resisting that sin. We chose to sin, now choose not to. And re-train yourself, focus on jesus when it gets ruffer. Become better FOR God every day, or fight not to become lesser then yesterday. This world will do everything to make you fall, so grab unto our Lords hand and let him help you through it. Lastly, think of the story about the returning son. CHOOSE every day to be that son, and give God another victory.

Thank You Father Mahfouz. You strengthen my faith.

I’m a Catechumen , leaving the Roman Catholic Church. So glad I went to see… it’s beautiful

14:55 - 15:37 amazing analogy

Τhank you so much for an other amazing video. Κυριε Ιησου Χριστε ελεησον με τον αμαρτωλο.

Father Mahfouz, thank you for these words. It was what I needed to hear today. To remember that I am a sinner who is fallible and will continue to trip from time to time. I must needs ask God how I can serve him and his people.

Thank you for the reference to taking "radical action". Long before 12-step programs, Orthodoxy was the first "spiritual program of action".

16:20 Saint Kosmas Aetolian/Aetolos (or however people referred to him) said some prophetic things too. St. Paisios Aghioritis too and many other more recent saints

Ever insightful, thank you, father & channel. God bless you and yours. 🙏🏻

That’s the priest of the church I’m going to, I want to be baptized

thank you, Fr Mahfouz

What about people who are abusive and you separate separate from? You can forgive someone and feel released from it but I couldn’t imagine someone going to their abuser to try to make amends. I’ve often wondered about this question. In modern Christianity this concept keeps people in abusive cycles. How does the orthodox church handle this?

See the film..."Conqueror of the death!!!

no wonder we few orthodox in world , becuse is the truth ! THE PATH IS NARROW

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Can we get timestamps for each question?

Wish him to be a Mahfouz “guarded “