Matthew 1:1-25 As many of you know, I travel occasionally to San Francisco to visit our Holy Virgin Cathedral. The Cathedral is, of course, the home of our ...
Luke 14:16-24 God has prepared a great salvation for us. He,. Himself, will take on flesh and come to us so that we might come to Him and partake of His life....
There are a few Christmas songs that refer to “Jolly Old St Nicholas…” or to St Nick “that jolly old elf”. These songs reflect the popular depiction...
1 Tim 1:15-17 & Luke 13:10-17 “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am...
Luke 12:16-21 From the moment of our birth, we begin a journey through this life which inevitably leads to our death. There is no escaping that fact that it is...
Luke 10:25-37 The parable of the Good Samaritan is a classic tale that teaches us how we may each put the Great Commandments to love God and to love our ...
In the Church we celebrate many different kinds of feasts. Most important, of course, are the feasts of the Lord, the greatest of which is Pascha, the feast of...
Ephesians 4:1-6 We live in many different communities. We live in the community of our neighborhood, or in our city or region. We live in the community of our ...
Luke 16:19-31 We all like to spend money, somehow there seems to be some intrinsic joy in just going on a buying spree. For many there is the additional ...
Luke 8:5-15 The season of the harvest is upon us. All around us the crops nurtured during the growing season are gathered from the fields and brought in. ...
Luke 7:11-16 We encounter God in many ways in our lives. Sometimes it is because we have earnestly sought Him through crying out to Him in prayer or in the ...
Luke 6:31-36 “Just as you would have men do to you - do to them the same.” This is the so called Golden Rule, the universal standard of good behavior. We ...
Mark 8:34-9:1 How confusing this must have been for the people who heard Jesus that day. He spoke to them about “taking up their cross”. In hindsight we...
John 3:13-17 Tomorrow we honor the Cross of our Lord on the day of its discovery by the Empress Helen. The Cross, in and of itself, is nothing, it is just two...
Matthew 15:21-28 Throughout His earthly life, our Lord was approached by many people coming to Him out of great need and seeking some help from Him as a last ...
Matthew 25:14-30 The Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth, “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of...
Matthew 22:35-46 These two commandments, to love God and to love our neighbor encompass all of the law and the prophets. They sum up the whole process and ...
Matthew 22:1-14 There was a host who sought to provide a banquet for his friends. He invited them all to come and promised that there would be an abundance of...
Matthew 16:13-24 Our God is so merciful and loving to us. In this parable we see the care that He has taken to prepare a place for those who love Him in this ...
Matthew 19:16-26 The image of a camel passing through the eye of a needle is very vivid, even for those of us who have not seen a camel (outside of a zoo) or...
Matthew 18:23-35 This parable instructs us in the meaning of the words that we pray every day. Each time that we say the “Our Father” we always ask God to ...
St Seraphim, to whose memory our parish is dedicated, was primarily a man of prayer. This characteristic, in and of itself, is something that should stand as...
Matt 14:22-34 After the crowd of 5000 had been fed and then sent home, Jesus sent his disciples across the sea of Galilee in a boat while He remained behind to...
Matthew 14:14-22 In this miracle of the feeding of the 5000 our Lord gives us instruction about many things. This is one of the most important miracles of the ...
Matthew 9:27-35 Two weeks ago we heard the Gospel of the two men possessed by demons who were delivered by Jesus Christ. This Gospel initiated a series of...
Matthew 8:28-9:1 In this Gospel, we see two sides of the same coin. We see people who are held captive, enslaved, by their own sin. Coming into the country of...
Romans 12:6-14 Every year around Thanksgiving there is a fundraiser in town for the food bank. Throughout the year, school children and other volunteers make...
Matthew 8:5-13 "Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings. For there is none worthy of the name but God, whom heaven, earth and sea obey"....
Matthew 6:22.33 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in our daily lives we often find that ...
Matthew 4:18-5:12 The beatitudes, which we not only heard read this morning but which we also sing every Sunday as a part of the Divine Liturgy, hold a place...
