Saturday, February 24, 2024

“God Resists the Proud, But Gives Grace to the Humble”: Homily for the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Timothy 3:10-15 ; Luke 18:10-14   Today we begin the Lenten Triodion, the three-week period of preparation for the spiritual journe...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Holiness Requires Humility and Persistence: Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost & Seventeenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Matthew 15:21-28   Unless we are very careful, it is easy to fall prey to the temptation of defining holiness in...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

If We Do Not Invest Ourselves In the Life of the Kingdom, We Risk Losing Our Souls: Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost & Sixteenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Matthew 25:14-30           It is easy to overlook how often the Lord used money and possessions to convey a spirit...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Offering Ourselves to God and Neighbor like Zacchaeus: Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday of Luke and After-feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Timothy 4:9-15; Luke 19:1-10 Today we continue to celebrate the Presentation of Christ, forty days after His birth, in the Temple in J...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

It Is Only Because of the Light that We Can See the Darkness: Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday After Pentecost & Fourteenth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Timothy 1:15-17; Luke 18:35-43   We remain in a period of preparation to behold Christ at His appearing.   The One born at Christmas...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Obedience and Gratitude: Homily for the Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost & Twelfth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 17:12-19               During the season of Christmas, we celebrated the Nativity in the flesh of the Savior....
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Christ's Baptism Renews the Whole Creation: Homily for the Synaxis of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John in the Orthodox Church

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  Acts 19:1-8; John 1:29-34 In this season we celebrate the great feast of Theophany, of Christ’s baptism by St. John the Forerunner when ...