Sunday, February 26, 2017

Putting on the Armor of Light for Lent: Homily for Forgiveness Sunday in the Orthodox Church

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Romans 13:11-14:4; Matthew 6:14-21             There are some lines of work in which people who are on duty have to dress in distinc...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Needy Neighbors and Strangers as Icons of Christ: Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgment in the Orthodox Church

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Matthew 25:31-46 It is easy to think that we have been successful in any endeavor before we are tested.  Students in college classes, ...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Choose Repentance Instead of Shame: Homily for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son in the Orthodox Church

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            Luke 15:11-32           We have all had the experience of being ashamed of ourselves.  We had done, said, or thought s...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Cultivating Humility: Homily for the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican in the Orthodox Church

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Luke 18: 10-14 There are some problems that have to be identified clearly and addressed plainly because they are so important, so fu...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

How Strangers and Foreigners Become God's Holy Temple: Homily for the Sunday of the Canaanite Woman in the Orthodox Church

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2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Matthew 15:21-28 It is easy to fall into the trap of looking only at the surface of the challenges that we fac...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Two Paths to the Kingdom: Homily on Zacchaeus and the Apostle Timothy in the Orthodox Church

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1 Timothy 4:9-15; Luke 19:1-10 One of the worst mistakes that we can make in life is to insist that everyone be just the same.  Part...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

What We Can Learn from Two Ascetics and One Grateful Samaritan: Homily on St. Paul of Thebes and St. John the Hut-Dweller for the 29th Sunday After Pentecost and the 12th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 17:12-19             You can learn a lot about a person by asking them who their heroes are.  The people we ...