Saturday, August 29, 2015

Cultivating the Fruit of our Souls: Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Thirteenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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St. Matthew 21:33-42 1 Corinthians 16: 13-24             Most of us today--even in Texas-- buy our food in supermarkets and rarely t...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Second Adam Brings the New Eve into Real Life: Homily for the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Orthodox Church

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                        There is much in our culture that tempts us to think of faith and religion as arbitrary matters of personal pre...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Transfigured by Humility: A Homily on Faith, Prayer, and Fasting for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost in the Orthodox Church

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 1 Cor. 4:9-15 Matt. 17:14-23              It is easy to become discouraged by the distortions of Christianity in our culture.  So...
Saturday, August 1, 2015

Embrace the Calling and Avoid Drowning: Homily for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost in the Orthodox Church

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1 Corinthians 3:9-17; St. Matthew 14:22-34               In my experience as a college professor, I have found that students who for...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Offering our Loaves and Fishes for the Diocese of Bosra-Hauran: Homily for St. Timon Sunday

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Galatians 3:23-4:5:Matthew 14: 14-22             Today is “St. Timon Sunday” in our Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, when we take u...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

The God-Man Makes Us Holy, Not Merely Nice: Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council

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                    Someone told me this week that there must be more to being a Christian than just being a nice person.  The fellow w...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

How to Become a Living Relic: Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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             Romans 12:6-14 Matthew 9: 1-8              Last Sunday I went to liturgy in an Orthodox parish in Rome that meet...