Saturday, April 27, 2024

Homily for the Feast of Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church

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  Philippians 4:4-9; John 12:1-18          The Desert Father Saint Antony the Great once tested a group of monks by asking them, beginnin...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Saint Mary of Egypt: Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 10:32-45           It is easy to fall prey to the temptation of thinking that there is simply no point in trying t...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 6:13-20; Mark 9:17-31               If we have embraced the spiritual practices of Lent with any level of integrity for the last...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

The Adoration of the Holy Cross: Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 4:14-5:6 ; Mark 8:34-9:1              We do not have to look very closely at dominant trends in our culture today for signs that...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Homily for the Second Sunday of Great Lent in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12                          We will misunderstand these blessed weeks of Lent if we assume that they are abou...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Homily for the First Sunday of Lent (The Sunday of Orthodoxy) in the Orthodox Church

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  Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40 ; John 1:43-51   On this first Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the restoration of icons centuries ago in th...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Homily for the Sunday of Forgiveness in the Orthodox Church

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  Romans 13:11-14:4 ; Matthew 6:14-21               On the last several Sundays, our gospel readings have challenged us to return home fro...