Saturday, October 28, 2023

Entrusting Ourselves to Christ with Truly Humble Faith: Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost and Seventh Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 2:16-20; Luke 8:41-56                It is worth asking what we want to achieve by practicing our faith.  Why do we come to c...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Becoming a Human Person Fully Alive to the Glory of God: Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Luke 8:26-39               St. Irenaeus wrote that “The glory of God is a man fully alive, and the life of man consists in beholding God” ...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

Bearing the Good Fruits of Peace for the Living Icons of God: Homily for the Sunday of Holy Fathers of Seventh Ecumenical Council & Fourth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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                                                  Titus 3:8-15; Luke 8:5-15             In the midst of the ongoing tragedy unfolding in t...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

We Must Learn to Mourn and Rejoice with the Widow of Nain: Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost & Third Sunday of Luke with Commemoration of Our Righteous Mother Pelagia the Penitent of Antioch in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Corinthians 9:6-11; Luke 7:11-16             I am sure that many people today reject or have no interest in the Christian faith becaus...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

The Greatest Test of our Souls is Whether We Love our Enemies: Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost and the Second Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Cor. 6:16-7:1; Luke 6:31-36      One of the great challenges that many of us face in embracing Orthodox Christianity is getting over ...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

The Patient Obedience of Letting Down our Nets: Homily for the First Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  Luke 5:1-11             Many people today scroll quickly through the many options they have in choosing how to identify themselves an...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, JUST-WAR THEORY, AND THE INVASION OF UKRAINE

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  The centrality of peace to the worship and spiritual vision of Eastern Orthodox Christianity magnifies the tragedy of the invasion of Ukra...