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...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Don't Drown in a Sea of Despair: Homily for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost & Ninth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Corinthians 3:9-17 : Matthew 14:22-34 It is so easy for us today to become so focused on our worries and fears that we start to sink int...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Preparing for the Transfiguration and the Dormition: Homily for the Eighth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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    Matthew 14:14-22             Early August is an especially rich time in the life of the Church.   On August 6, we celebrate the Feast ...
Saturday, July 19, 2025

Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Matthew with Commemoration of the Glorious Prophet Elijah in the Orthodox Church

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James 5:10-20: Matthew 9: 1-8 Many people think of Christianity as a collection of religious rules that tell us what to do and what not to...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Homily for the Fourth Sunday After Pentecost & Fourth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  Romans 6:18-23 ; Matthew 8: 5-13 Too many Christians are apparently blind to how radically Christ challenged the conventional social ass...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Sunday of All Saints of Antioch & Second Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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   Acts 11:19-30; Matthew 4:18-23             We celebrate today for the first time in our Archdiocese the Sunday of All Saints of Antioc...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Homily for the Sunday of All Saints in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30             The word “saint” simply means “holy.”  On this first Sunday after Pent...