Homily on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman; St. John 4:5-42. What are we to learn about water that is more than water and the secret food that sustained Jesus? Listen and find out! Check out this episode! Homily Notes: We have some interesting things going on in today’s Gospel reading; things having to do […]
Homily on the Sunday of the Paralytic
May 19, 2019 By
St. John 5:1-15; Acts 9:32-42. Summary: Three lessons: A Life lesson from St. John Chrysostom: We must persevere, even when there is no clear solution. A moral lesson from St. Augustine: There is a time for being cared for and healed, but there is also a time for healing others. A theological lesson from St. John Chrysostom: God set it […]
2019 St Thomas Sunday Homily
May 5, 2019 By
Homily on Belief St. John 20:19-31 Does God hate doubt? Did he shame doubters? No, He had a different approach. He wants us to know the truth; but this is MUCH less about facts than it is about us knowing Him as the God. In St. John 14:6, He says “I am the Truth…” He […]
Homily on Palm Sunday – Faith in Christ not Pride
April 21, 2019 By
Palm Sunday Homily. Where do we get our spiritual strength? What is the source? Is our spiritual health fragile and dependent on the circumstances, or is it robust? Do the events and people in our lives “damage our calm”, or do we have the kind of “peace that passes all understanding” guarding our hearts? The default […]
Homily for the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (Great Lent)
April 14, 2019 By
St. Mark 10:32-45. In this homily, Fr. Anthony shared three lessons from the life of St. Mary: the distinction between worldly happiness and an anti-fragile joy; how our sin alienates us from knowing and loving God and neighbor; and the difficult need to trust God with our transformation into divine children through and in His […]
Homily – The Mystery of Cross is Sacrificing for Others
March 31, 2019 By
Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross. “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24 Christ is talking as if “coming after” or “following” Him is something good. What is that all about? Where is He going? Where is He leading us? Christ […]
Homily – Hesychasm and Love
March 24, 2019 By
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas Notes: So, when the saints contemplate this divine light within themselves, seeing it by the divinising communion of the Spirit, through the mysterious visitation of perfecting illuminations—then they behold the garment of their deification, their mind being glorified and filled by the grace of the Word, beautiful beyond measure in […]
Homily – Transforming the Absurd Theater of our Mind into a Temple of God
March 17, 2019 By
Turning the Absurd Theater of our Mind into a Temple of God Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy Triumph of Orthodoxy. Yay Church (back from oppression)! Yay Theology (protected from heresy)! They’re good, but to what end? They allow us to experience the love of God – and through it the salvation of our souls – in its […]
Lenten Epistle of the Ukrainian Bishops outside Ukraine
March 10, 2019 By
The 2019 Great Lent Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine To the God-beloved Pastors, Monastics, and all Faithful Children of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora and Ukraine, Beloved in the Lord: CHRIST IS AMONG US! The Holy and Sacred Season of Great Lent is upon us! Each year, the […]
Homily – How Could We Not See Them or Their Need?
March 3, 2019 By
Homily on the Sunday of the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46). How do we miss seeing the need of the people around us? How do we not respond to them with love? It’s tragic. But in Christ we CAN see them and we CAN respond to their need… with the One Thing Needful. [Want to […]
