Video recording of Elder Gabriel, a disciple of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos [Kelli of St. Christodoulos, Holy Monastery of Koutloumosiou, March 2017].
WMA (Wisdom from Mount Athos) Series
S01E10 Elder Gabriel – Smile when you are upset
Subtitles: English, Romanian
Video recording: Daniel Buzdugan (https://www.facebook.com/daniel.buzdugan.5)
Romanian translation: Urdea Mihail Pelerinaje (https://www.facebook.com/izabela.simion.7)
Elder Gabriel:
“If an upset man smiles, this immediately brings him into heaven.
An Arab proverb says that who sweetly speaks can breastfeed even lions.
In order to have the blessing of God we have to confess often and go to Church often.
Pray without ceasing, “Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me! Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”
Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays without oil and on other days that the Holy Church establishes.
When we have the blessing of our spiritual father, to commune with the Body and Blood of our Lord, as often as we can.
Read the Holy Scriptures, even a little bit each day.
We should do at least a little charity towards a poor family…”
I really love this because I'm always grumpy if things don't go my way and render myself incapable of being kind just because I'm going thru tough times
🙂
The purest spiritual teaching can often seem so simple when we hear it, but sometimes takes a lifetime to understand , let alone impliment.
So nice.
Dragii mei traducerea cuvintelor parintelui e gresita…traducerea in engleza preia traducerea in romaneste si e gresita deci si ea…
" Daca cineva zambeste unui om tulburat/suparat ii preia tulburarea si il duce in paradis( ii da o stare de rai ) " este corect- traducatorul ad-hoc probabil sub impresia momentului nu aude, nu surprinde cum trebuie cuvintele parintelui….
Clear. Concise. Holy.
What happened to Nick Nolte?
يسوع ليس اله هو عبد لخالقه والخالق ليس له صاحبة ولا ولد ولا ام ولا اب
تعالى الله الاعظم
IC ➕ XC
MP 🌹 Oy
The Truth is always simple but not as simple to actually do in reality because of the nature of mankind.
God bless this wise man, I must learn from him.
Good advice.
mmm?why you translates this to Arabic?!!!
Ok I have a question ok?
Wisdom! Thank you for sharing
Thank you. It is good to be reminded of these little.simple.things.
What the elder says in the beggining is that if you smile at an upset man u take his anger and transfer him immediately into Heaven (in Greek)..may we all have his blessings
Fasting on Mondays is traditionally very important too. Some priests say, that those people who fast on mondays as well are stronger spiritually against demons, and attacks of demons, for some reason.
De CE io dat la ala cu pumnul în. Cap🙄🙄🙄
Thank you lord jesus for everything ❤️☦️❤️
Why does he seem disinterested in talking to the interviewer?
Very sound advice, thank you for posting. It's surprising just how much good a kind word or a heartfelt smile can do. 🌼🌿💮
Ce Om, ce frumusețe! 🙏❤🙏
Elder Gabriel is currently going through very difficult times / intense persecution for his stance against ecumenism and the attacks on our faith from within. Please pray for him.
On my birthday about ten years back, I was walking into a store where I'm from (Long Island, NY), & a dad was walking out w/ his kid. I share a birthday w/ my dad, & I wasn't in the best mood b/c my mom had always ruined our birthdays by acting nasty to him–I'd learned to expect a crappy day every year. Anyway, I must've been looking like a serious Russian or something, & this black guy w/ his kid says "Hey man, smile, it's not so bad!" Guy really brightened my day by putting himself out there like that. Obviously he had a big smile on his face. That's what this video made me think of. It's really true. Happiness & smiles are contagious. After death it will be worth something in our favor to have sent smiles to people who seemed upset. Every little thing counts. CHRIST IS RISEN! GOD BLESS YOU!
I have hear this advise before, but forgive me God, its SO DIFFICULT to apply sometimes, especially in todays fallen world with so many ANGER TRIGGERS ( even the righteous anger).