Saturday, February 27, 2016

Wake Up and Come Home: Homily on the Prodigal Son, the Elder Brother, and the Forgiving Father

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1 Cor. 6: 12-20 Luke 15: 11-32             Family relationships shape us all profoundly.  Our sense of what it means to love and to ...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

A Call to Humility: Homily for the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee in the Orthodox Church

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When we hear the gospel passage about the Pharisee and the Publican, we know that Great Lent is not far away.  We are now in the first S...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

From Pagan Idolatry to a Temple of the Living God: Homily for the 17th Sunday After Pentecost and the 17th Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1;  Matthew 15:21-28        When our daughter Kate was preparing to begin college, she was interested in studying...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Investing our Lives and Talents for the Kingdom: Homily for the 16th Sunday of Matthew and the 16th Sunday After Pentecost in the Orthodox Church

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2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Matthew 25:14-30           When the stock market goes up or down, almost everyone hears about it and many pay at...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

How to Respond like Zacchaeus When Salvation Comes to Your House: Homily for the 15th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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           Luke 19:1-10                  I suspect that one of the reasons some do not take the Christian faith seriously today is...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

How to Become a Holy Fool: Homily on St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Fool for Christ

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 It is easy to forget that our ways are not God’s ways, that there is usually a stark difference between what is popular and what is hol...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Gratitude, Humility, and Obedience: Homily for the 12th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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          Luke 17: 12-19             It is so easy for human beings to find a way to keep score, to focus on where we stand in relat...