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Homily for the Sunday After the Elevation of the Holy Cross in the Orthodox Church
Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1 As we continue to celebrate the Elevation of the Holy Cross, we must remain on guard against the temptation to corrupt the Christian faith into a soothing piety that requires nothing of us because the Lord Himself has already done all the work. Through His Self-Offering on the Cross, Christ… Read more
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Homily for the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross in the Orthodox Church
In order to celebrate the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross with integrity, we must follow the instruction of St. Paul not “to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.” That means we must not become Orthodox… Read more
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Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
If we define what is truly important in life as fulfilling our usual set of daily obligations, satisfying our self-centered desires, and finding ways to distract ourselves from confronting the true state of our souls, then we will always think that we have better things to do than to unite ourselves to Christ. Read more
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Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Matthew and the Leave-taking of the Commemoration of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in the Orthodox Church
Let us commemorate the beheading of St. John by cultivating a renewed awareness of the stark difference between living according to self-centered desire and making our lives offerings to the Lord. Even as we offer bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy, let us offer ourselves without reservation, as did the Forerunner. Read more
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Homily for the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost and the Twelfth Sunday of Matthew on the Leave-taking of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church
What matters is not how much or how little of the world’s resources we possess but whether we are finding healing from the passions that so easily keep us from becoming living icons of the gracious generosity of Christ to our neighbors, for He offered up Himself without reservation for the salvation of the world. Read more
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Homily for the Eleventh Sunday of Matthew and After-feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church
The path to the healing of our souls does not run through self-righteous legalism or attempts to use God to raise ourselves up over anyone else for any reason. The Theotokos, who humbly said “Yes!” to God with every ounce of her being, shows us a completely different path. Read more
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