In this homily offered on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (and Mother’s Day!), Fr. Anthony offers an almost coherent meditation on how we need both rituals and grace to live a life of integrity and holiness. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Doubt and Discernment
May 2, 2022 By
St. Thomas Sunday. Fr. Anthony offers a meditation (hostage situation?!) on the circle of trust and how Christ works with our fallen psychology to draw us out of darkness into the light. Check out this episode!
Palm Sunday Homily – Understanding NOT Required
April 17, 2022 By
Fr. Anthony offers a meditation on what we can learn from Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem and how entering into it with Him can perfect us and heal the world around us. He focuses primarily on the relationship between understanding and communion, how our dysfunctions have distorted it, and how Orthodoxy restores it. Enjoy the show! […]
Homily – St. Mary of Egypt, Friendship, and Revelation
April 11, 2022 By
In this homily, Fr. Anthony uses what voice he had left after subbing for kindergarten classes this past week to describe St. Mary’s theosis and the role community can play in our own. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Grace Gives More Than That
April 3, 2022 By
In this homily given at St. Nicholas in Charlottesville, VA on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Anthony reminds us that God offers us more than the power to endure or see things more clearly – He offers us union with Him. And THAT is what we really need. Enjoy the show! […]
Homily – The Cross Goes in Your Heart
March 27, 2022 By
In this meditation on the Sunday of the Holy Cross, Fr. Anthony riffs on St. Paul’s warning that the Cross could be of no effect (1 Corinthians 1:17 and Philippians 3:18-21), warning us not to use the cross as a talisman or even as a balm to ease the pain, but rather to allow Christ […]
Homily – Liturgical Peace
March 20, 2022 By
In this meditation on the witness of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Anthony encourages us to allow the peace of the Liturgy – rather than the chaos of the world – to define us and our relationships with others. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – The Best Use of Wood … and Flesh
March 13, 2022 By
In this all but incoherent reflection on the theme of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (icons!), Fr. Anthony draws again from the wisdom of St. Maximos the Confessor to present a vision of a creation infused with grace and perfectability and what that means for the day of judgment. Alas that he made his main point […]
Homily – Avoiding Blood Sprinkled on Media Content
March 12, 2022 By
In this reflection offered on the Saturday of St. Theodore the Soldier, Fr. Anthony encourages us to take St. Theodore’s warning seriously and avoid consuming content (metaphorically) polluted by blood offered to pagan gods in favor of simpler and purer fare. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Forgiveness Heals Polarization
March 6, 2022 By
In this meditation for Forgiveness Sunday, Fr. Anthony encourages us to see and resonate with the good in everyone so that God’s grace can heal our divisions. Offered at St. Michael parish (Woonsocket RI) on the day after Fr. Michael Abrahamson’s ordination – AXIOS and MANY BLESSED YEARS! Check out this episode! [Imperfect Transcript] In […]
