Eph 6: 10-17 We are all familiar with the temptations that arise from within ourselves. We are pushed by the passions and desires that arise from our fallen...
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding...
Eph 4:1-6 How often in this life do we have to “live up to” someone’s expectations? As children, we try to live up to our parents expectations, trying to...
Eph 2:14-22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Last evening we saw these...
Gal 6:11-18 Almost everywhere we look we can find some kind of “brand placement” in our environment. The logo of a particular product is often displayed ...
Galatians 2:16-20 “A man is not justified by works of the law but by faith of Jesus Christ” If this statement of the Apostle is true (and it is), then why ...
Galatians 1:11-19 Our Lord Jesus Christ is the full and complete self revelation of God to man. In His incarnation is embodied the fullness of the Godhead. All...
2 Cor 11:31-12:9 The Holy Apostle tells us today of the spiritual experiences of a certain man who was caught up in to the third heaven and saw and heard ...
2Cor 9:6-11 Fall is the time of harvest – the time when we look over the past season of planting and growth and reap the fruit of that labor. Today in the ...
Galatians 2:16-20 The story of Pinocchio, the puppet who desired to be a real boy, reveals to us the foolishness of seeking to live according to the law alone....
1 Cor 1:18-24 Symbols are very important for us; they operate as a kind of shorthand to denote our belonging to a group and to evoke the feelings of loyalty ...
2 Corinthinans 4:6-15 In the Gospel for the Sunday after Theophany, we read of the prophecy of Isaiah which was fulfilled by Christ: “The people who sat in...
2 Cor 1:21-2:4 It is beautiful to see a wedding. There, in the Church, are two people who are being joined and made one by the grace of God. This is a great ...
1 Cor 16:13-24 When we are saying goodbye to someone dear to us, very often that is the time that we try to say everything that we were unable to say before or...
1 Cor 15:1-11 Just two days ago we celebrated the feast of the dormition or death of the Mother of God. The services for that feast echo the services of ...
Matthew 18:23-35 One of the basic tenets of our way of life is that of the rights of the individual. The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of ...
1 Cor 4:9-16 We have many heroes in our lives. There are the fictional heroes of books and film that exemplify the kinds of qualities that we want to have....
1 Cor 1:10-18 Last week in his epistle to the Romans (15:1-7), the Apostle Paul gave us the prayer that we might, with one mouth and one heart, glorify God. ...
Romans 15:1-7 The key virtue, the one that unlocks all the other virtues, is humility. The fathers tell us that humility is the mother of all virtues, in that ...
Any group of people that is successful, whether it is a family or a corporation, or some other kind of group, has in it people with different strengths who use...
Romans 10:1-10 Consider the many flowers that we have around us. There are flowers in a multitude of colors and shapes and sizes. Just as one plant blooms and ...
Romans 5:1-10 As a child, I remember a game called connect the dots. On a page there were a whole lot of numbered dots and if you were to take a pencil and ...
Rom 2:10-2:16 In our lives as Orthodox Christians we regularly hear the Gospel read and we read it ourselves as well. We read spiritual books and hear homilies...
Heb 11:33-12:2 What is it that makes a saint? What qualities define sainthood? Today we celebrate the memory of all the saints, known and unknown to us. Who...
Acts 2:1-11 The descent of the Holy Spirit described to us in the reading from the Acts of the Apostles is depicted for us in the icon that we see right here...
Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 In the Gospel our Lord likens the Church to a flock of sheep of which He is the Great Shepherd. The Holy Fathers also use this idea,...
Acts 16:16-34 The Holy Apostle Paul and his companion Silas were teaching in the city of Philippi and a certain young slave girl who was possessed of a demon ...
John 4:5-42 When our Lord met this woman, their remarkable conversation began quite simply with a request for a drink of water, but it did not remain simple....
Acts 9:32-42 Since Pascha we have heard how the Apostles have been doing all those things that our Lord did when He was with them. The sick were healed, the...
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