Saturday, August 3, 2019

Transfigured Sight and Speech: Homily for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost and the Seventh Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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Romans 15:1-7; Matthew 9:27-35           It has never been hard to find people who view Jesus Christ in a many different ways.  Some u...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Learning from the Example of Saint Timon and the Orthodox Christians of Syria: Homily for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost and the Sixth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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Romans 12:6-14; Matthew 9:1-8           Today is “St. Timon Sunday” in our Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, when we make an offeri...
Saturday, July 6, 2019

On Serving One, Not Two, Masters: Homily for the Great Martyr Kyriaki of Nicomedia and the Third Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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Galatians 3:23-4:5; Matthew 6:22-33           Today we celebrate the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Kyriaki, who gave the ultimate wi...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Receiving and Giving Freely, Like the Apostles: Homily for the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles in the Orthodox Church

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1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 9:36-10:8             Today we commemorate the twelve apostles, looking to them as examples of faithfulne...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Acknowledging Christ by Loving Our Enemies: Homily for the Sunday of All Saints in the Orthodox Church

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Hebrews 11:33-12:2; Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30                Some of us grew up in churches that gave as little attention ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

More Powerful than Water, Wind, and Fire: Homily for the Great Feast of Pentecost in the Orthodox Church

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Acts 2:1-11; John 7: 37-52; 8:12           On today’s great feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the Holy Spirit coming upon the followers...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

Ascending with Christ into Heavenly, Not Earthly, Glory: Homily for the Sunday After the Ascension and Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in the Orthodox Church

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Acts 20:16-18, 28-36; John 17:1-13             Forty days after His glorious resurrection, our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ...