Saturday, October 11, 2025

Homily for the Sunday of Holy Fathers of Seventh Ecumenical Council & Fourth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  Titus 3:8-15; Luke 8:5-15   There is so much about our culture today that keeps us constantly in a hurry and distracts us from giving ...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

The Countercultural Struggle of Loving our Enemies: Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost & Second Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Cor.   6:16-7:1; Luke 6:31-36   We live in a time in which many people think that it is somehow virtuous to hate, condemn, and wish ...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

Homily for the Sunday After the Elevation of the Holy Cross in the Orthodox Church

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Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1       As we continue to celebrate the Elevation of the Holy Cross, we must remain on guard against the te...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Homily for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Corinthians 1:18-24 ; John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35               We live in an age in which many people do not acknowledge th...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross and the Nativity of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 6:11-18; John 3:13-17 It is easy to fall into despair when the deepest desires of our hearts go unfulfilled. When that happens...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Forgiving Others as Christ Has Forgiven Us: Homily for the Eleventh Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  Matthew 18:23-35 It is so easy to lose perspective on the circumstances of our lives and how we respond to them.   We are often so blind...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

True Faith Comes Through a Broken Heart: Homily for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost & Tenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Corinthians 4:9-16 ; Matthew 17:14-23               We do not have to look hard today to find distortions of the way of Christ that h...