Saturday, April 5, 2025

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 10:32-45                The more clearly that we see our personal brokenness, the more tempted we may be to think ...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of Saint John Climacus, Author of “The Ladder,” in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 6:13-20; Mark 9:17-31               If we have embraced the spiritual practices of Lent with any level of integrity, the weaknes...
Saturday, March 22, 2025

Homily for the Third Sunday of Great Lent with Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 4:14-5:6 ; Mark 8:34-9:1              Today we venerate the precious and lifegiving Cross upon which Christ offered Himself for ...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Homily for the Second Sunday of Great Lent with Commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12              We will misunderstand these blessed weeks of Lent if we assume that they are intended to help...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Homily for the First Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of Orthodoxy) & The Holy and Great Forty Martyrs of Sebastia in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 12:1-10; John 1:43-51   On this first Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the restoration of icons centuries ago in the Byzanti...
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Great Lent Calls Us Back to Paradise : Homily for the Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheese Fare) in the Orthodox Church

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  Romans 13:11-14:4 ; Matthew 6:14-21               The gospel readings from the last few Sundays have called us all to return home from o...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meat Fare) in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2; Matthew 25:31-46               In case you have somehow not noticed, Great Lent begins a week from tomorrow.  On ...