Saturday, October 19, 2024

Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost and Sixth Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Cor. 6:16-7:1 ; Luke 8:26-39               St. Irenaeus wrote that “The glory of God is a man fully alive, and the life of man consist...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of Seventh Ecumenical Council & Fourth Sunday of Luke with Commemoration of the Hieromartyr Jacob of Hamatoura in the Orthodox Church

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  Titus 3:8-15; Luke 8:5-15        Many are strongly tempted today to allow the problems facing our culture and world to distract us from ...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost & Third Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Corinthians 4:6-15: Luke 7:11-16              Across the centuries, there has been a persistent temptation for many Christians to view...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

"Love Your Enemies" : Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost & Second Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  2 Cor.   1:21-2:4; Luke 6:31-36   One of the great challenges that many of us face is learning to see that being an Orthodox Christians ...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Letting Down our Empty Nets in Humble Obedience: Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost and the First Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

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  1 Corinthians 16:13-24; Luke 5:1-11             Many people today lack perseverance.   We have become so accustomed to instantaneous co...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Homily for the Sunday After the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1               As we continue to celebrate the Elevation of the Holy Cross, we must remain on guard ag...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross and for the Nativity of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church

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  Galatians 6:11-18; John 3:13-17 The temptation to make faithfulness to Jesus Christ merely a matter of outward obedience to a set of law...