Catechesis: Kneeling Prayers, Part 2. Prayer for the Dead, err, those without bodies.

VIDEO:    • Catechesis: Kneeling Prayers, Part 2. Pray...   0:00 - Introduction to the kneeling prayers booklet; prayers compiled from Pentecost Vespers 0:35 - Three categories in the booklet: morning prayers, evening prayers, and prayers for the dead 1:15 - The Orthodox understanding of Hades: a holding area with an open door since Christ's descent 2:06 - Christ broke the bars of Hades; many departed — including the patriarchs — went to paradise 3:25 - Protestants have generally never heard of Hades; we pray for the dead because God is God of the living 4:10 - Hell and heaven do not exist yet; paradise and Hades are the current states; what Gehenna will feel like 5:47 - Q&A begins: how do we know paradise exists? — the story of St. Marina of Andros doing brain surgery 7:49 - St. Marina signed her name in the operating room; thousands of such stories confirm the saints are active 9:52 - Q&A: the Jewish understanding of Sheol {sh} and gradations within Hades 10:47 - The most important thing: God will raise us; Hades has an open door; God can help people leave 11:18 - Q&A: how does praying for the dead help them leave Hades? 12:29 - The answer: we pray because we love — the mechanism is God's business, not ours 13:56 - The story of St. Varus {Vus} and St. Cleopatra: pagan relatives rescued from Hades through prayer 17:31 - Hades and paradise are temporary; heaven and hell are the permanent states after the Second Coming 17:39 - Reading the kneeling prayer: "Everflowing, living, and illumining fountain" — Christ described as fountain 19:00 - "Who has shattered the indestructible chains of death and the bolts of Hades" — the descent into Hades explained 19:44 - Q&A: what is the economy of salvation? — creation in two stages; man made to know God 21:26 - Christ had to become man even if Adam had not sinned — to make human nature capable of knowing God 22:09 - The incarnation is not merely forgiveness of sins; it is to make us competent to know God 23:50 - Why we do good works: not to earn salvation but because you cannot be perfected on the couch 25:41 - Heaven is not a ticket — "the kingdom of heaven is within us"; a completely different paradigm 28:09 - Sanctification vs. theosis: getting clean repeatedly vs. reaching a state where there is no more sin 39:40 - "Light ever existing of light ever existing" — the creedal language embedded in the prayer 40:05 - The theological preamble ends; now the actual petition for the dead begins 43:08 - "Thou appointest the time for death" — God's providence over life and death; the woman in pain for 40 years 46:22 - "Though smitten with the sting of death, thou gladdenest with the hope of resurrection" — comfort in confusion 48:29 - Pentecost is perhaps the highest Christian feast because through the Holy Spirit all else is realized 50:30 - "God can bring some out of Hades" — the promise embedded in this prayer prayed billions of times 50:58 - The prayer of God of spirits: "a place of light, a place of green pasture, where all sickness, sorrow, and sighing are fled away" 56:29 - Q&A: how does a new inquirer begin a prayer rule with no icon corner? 58:30 - Pray for people by name — a formal list, written down; Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon so-and-so 1:03:24 - The volcano god vs. the real God; why fear-based prayer imagery can be harmful for those with trauma 1:06:36 - "When I pray for the dead I feel alive" — praying for the dead connects us to God's whole economy of love 1:07:47 - Orthodoxy is not about learning facts but learning to live; future studies planned on the anaphora prayers 1:09:44 - Book recommendations: start with the Gospels; Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. Isaac the Syrian — two pages at a time 1:15:32 - Q&A: is it ever appropriate for laypeople to raise their hands during worship?