Saturday, January 26, 2019

Tangible Holiness Through Personal Encounter with Christ: Homily for the Translation of the Relics of John Chrysostom and the 15th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Hebrews 7:26-8:2; Luke 19:1-10 It is fair enough for people to ask why the Orthodox Christian faith inspires our loyalty.  There are s...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

The Savior’s Healing of Whole Persons: Homily for the Twelfth Sunday of Luke and the Venerable Euthymios the Great in the Orthodox Church

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2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Luke 17:12-19             Our generation is not alone in finding it difficult to appreciate the spiritual signif...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Joseph the Betrothed, a Model of Obedience: Homily for the After-Feast of & Sunday After the Nativity of Christ in the Orthodox Church

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Galatians 1:11-19; Matthew 2:13-23 Christ is Born!  Glorify Him! As we continue to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ for the sal...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Shocking, Holy, and Humble Love for the Whole World: Homily for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ (Christmas) in the Orthodox Church

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Christ is Born!  Glorify Him! Galatians 4:4-7; Matthew 2:1-12       We gather today to celebrate the birth of our Lord, God, an...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

Born to Fulfill the Hope of the Righteous and to Save Scandalous Sinners: Homily for the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ (The Genealogy) in the Orthodox Church

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Hebrews 11:9-10, 32-40; Matthew 1:1-25 Now that the great feast of Christmas is almost here, the Church directs our attention to t...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Poor, Maimed, Blind, and Lame Fill God's House with Glory: Homily for the Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ in the Orthodox Church

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Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 14:16-24 Earlier this morning in Orthros, we heard the following reading from the Synaxarion for the Sunday...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Liberated from Bondage and Barrenness: Homily for the Conception of the Theotokos by Righteous Anna and the 10th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 4:22-27; Luke 13:10-17 A few months ago I pulled a muscle in my back that hurt for six weeks.  It happened when I bent ...