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True Faith Comes Through a Broken Heart: Homily for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost & Tenth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
St. Mark the Ascetic wrote that “Remembrance of God is pain of the heart endured in the spirit of devotion.” We will experience pain in our hearts when we persistently open even our deepest struggles and the darkest crevices of our souls to the healing of Christ. We will then know the infinite distance between… Read more
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Don’t Drown in a Sea of Despair: Homily for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost & Ninth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
All good things have their place in God’s creation and we should despise none of them, but we will not fully embrace the healing of the New Adam until we ground every dimension of our life on Him, our one true foundation. Read more
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Preparing for the Transfiguration and the Dormition: Homily for the 8th Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
We must not offer only bread and wine or think that communion with Christ concerns only what we do on Sunday morning. To be truly in communion with Christ means living every day as those who share in His life and are being transfigured in holiness. No matter how tiny or inadequate our offerings may… Read more
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Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Matthew with Commemoration of the Glorious Prophet Elijah in the Orthodox Church
The Saints are inspirational examples of what it looks like for people to become healed of the paralysis of sin amidst all the temptations and problems presented by this world of corruption. Today we commemorate the glorious Prophet Elijah who gained the strength to speak so boldly in opposition to the idolatry of Ahab and… Read more
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday After Pentecost and Fourth Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
We are certainly not immune today from the temptation to reject our Lord and His Cross by giving our primary allegiance to those we imagine to serve our desires for power, domination, and vengeance. This temptation, which is rooted in the fear of death, is all the more dangerous when we convince ourselves that we… Read more
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Sunday of All Saints of Antioch and Second Sunday of Matthew in the Orthodox Church
Our vocation is not to serve the false gods of our passions or of the divisions of the world. It is, instead, to become like God in holiness through the healing, transformative presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Read more
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