Saturday, November 11, 2023

Those Who Have Received Christ's Merciful Generosity Must "Go and Do Likewise": Homily for St. John the Almsgiver, Patriarch of Alexandria & the Eighth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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2 Cor. 9:6-11; Luke 10:25-37                It is terribly tragic when people fall into the delusion of thinking that they love God and ne...
Saturday, November 4, 2023

Loving Our Neighbors More than Our Money is Part of Being "A New Creation": Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost & Fifth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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Galatians 6:11-18; Luke 16:19-31                There is perhaps no more powerful example of our need for Christ’s healing of our souls th...
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 ...