Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We often feel helpless when we see someone we love—or even the world at large—suffering.
In this video, Mother Silouana (Vlad) explains that even when we don't have the "perfect" words to pray, the very fact that our heart aches for another person's misery is, in itself, a powerful prayer.
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Video source: ASCOR Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 10th, 2019
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/YbCMX1dPZfk (in Romanian)

Read the English transcript of this video here: otelders.org/spiritual-mothers/when-we-cant-pray-for-others-our-heartache-is-enough-mother-silouana

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