Revelation Class 12 – The Trumpets 22 January 2025 Revelation, Chapter Eight - Eleven Patrick Henry Reardon, Revelation: A Liturgical Prophecy (Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2018), 58–69. In the present text, the immediate … [Continue reading]
Homily – Gratitude and Community
January 20, 2025 By
On Gratitude (with thanks to St. Nicholai Velimirovich) Luke 17: 12-19 (The Ten Lepers, only one of whom returned) [Start with a meditation on the virtues of hard work and gratitude; hard work so that we can be proud of what we have done and … [Continue reading]
Homily – Holiness Changes Everything
January 15, 2025 By
Homily: Holiness Changes Everything (Sunday after Theophany) Ephesians 4: 7-13 St. Matthew 4: 12-17 Review/Introduction. Ontology of Beauty. Designed to provide a deeper appreciation for our faith and to demonstrate the blindness of … [Continue reading]
Homily – Beauty & Repentance
January 8, 2025 By
The Sunday before Theophany On Repentance and Its Relationship to Beauty and Love 2 Timothy 4: 5-8; St. Mark 1: 1-8 "Behold, I will send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: … [Continue reading]
Homily – Herod (and us) from temptation to possession
December 31, 2024 By
Matthew 2: 13-23 (The Slaughter of the Innocents) Herod (and us): from temptation to possession Five Steps of Sin The temptation (logismoi) occurs. We are NOT accountable for this. Interaction with the thought – what are the options? … [Continue reading]
Homily – Seeing our Ancestors in Christ
December 22, 2024 By
Sunday before the Nativity Hebrews 11:9-10,17-23,32-40 St. Matthew 1:1-25 After giving a refresher on motivated reasoning, Fr. Anthony notes how much context affects what we think about our ancestors from the genealogy of Christ. He then … [Continue reading]
Introduction to Chanting – Class 7
December 19, 2024 By
Today Fr. Anthony uses the simple theory of reading (word recognition x decoding -> reading comprehension) to talk about chanting and why it is so difficult for those new to Byzantine chant to learn it (because they do not have the equivalent of … [Continue reading]
Bible Study – Revelation Session 11
December 19, 2024 By
Revelation 11 20 November 2024 Chapter 7 Lawrence R. Farley, The Apocalypse of St. John: A Revelation of Love and Power, The Orthodox Bible Study Companion (Chesterton, IN: Ancient Faith Publishing, 2011). Patrick Henry Reardon, Revelation: A … [Continue reading]
Homily – Discerning Molehills from Mountains
December 16, 2024 By
Sunday of the Forefathers. 2 Timothy 1:8-18; St. Luke 14:16-24 In this homily (that Fr. Anthony would have preferred audibling to his deacon - if only he had one!), Fr. Anthony challenges us to be strong like the three holy youths but not to put … [Continue reading]
Homily – A Simple Theory of Reading & Theosis
December 10, 2024 By
In this homily on Ephesians 2:14-22, Fr. Anthony uses the Simple Theory of Reading to teach about why Byzantine Chant - and theosis - are so difficult, why we need a change of heart more than new words, and how the Church is the solution to our … [Continue reading]
