Pentecost Icon Explanation. King Cosmos Day of the Holy Spirit Monday, May 26/Jun 8 2009

    The icon of Pentecost teaches us much more than the fact that the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in tongues of fire.    Archpriest David Moser[1] explains:   “This icon not only visually tells the story of the descent of the Holy Spirit in tongues of flame upon the apostles, but it… Continue reading Pentecost Icon Explanation. King Cosmos Day of the Holy Spirit Monday, May 26/Jun 8 2009

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Pentecost 2009. Circumstances, space, and the Spirit. Audio or video homily.

LISTEN NOW  You can watch this sermon on the following video platforms: Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Blip.tv and Veoh Pentecost 2009 @ Yahoo! Video If the "LISTEN NOW" link does not work, copy this URL into your browser: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/pentecost-sunday-00_2009-06-07.m3u If this file does not work for you, try the direct link to the actual mp3… Continue reading Pentecost 2009. Circumstances, space, and the Spirit. Audio or video homily.

The Holy Spirit. Cleanse thy vessel. Spiritual Work. St Cyril, St Anthony the Great.

From http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/holy_spirit.html   Cleanse thy vessel, that thou mayest receive grace more abundantly. For though remission of sins is given equally to all, the communion of the Holy Ghost is bestowed in proportion to each man’s faith. If thou hast labored little, thou receivest little; but if thou hast wrought much, the reward is great.… Continue reading The Holy Spirit. Cleanse thy vessel. Spiritual Work. St Cyril, St Anthony the Great.

Lovest Thou Me? Meekness. Patience. Learning things the hard (and only) way. Saturday before Pentecost. Soul Saturday. 2009

One of my favorite Matins Gospels is read today, today, but not in matins. I marvel at how, no matter how many times I read this gospel, alone, or in church, I am filled with ineffable emotion and hope. It seems to me that St John’s Gospel is filled with hidden instructions to the soul,… Continue reading Lovest Thou Me? Meekness. Patience. Learning things the hard (and only) way. Saturday before Pentecost. Soul Saturday. 2009

Pentecost “Out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water” Why the belly?

?He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water?.

So our Lord said on a feast of Pentecost — before the feast of Pentecost that we celebrate, during His earthly ministry when He promised the Spirit; because the living water is the Spirit, and concerning it we hear this wonderful image: “Out of his belly shall flow forth rivers of living water.”

Now what is the belly for, what does the belly signify? …

What is “all truth” How do we find it? Campus Crusade for Christ. Dogma is moral. Monasticism.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:

This reading has particular significance for me, as it caused me to search for the true church; thank God that God revealed it to me! During this search, I was in Campus Crusade for Christ, ?witnessing? in the student union at Purdue University on a regular basis, and even went to Daytona Beach one Spring break to evangelize all the motorcycle riders, and to Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey for about two months to evangelize the New Jersey boardwalk.

I have ?Campus Crusade? to thank for leading me to Orthodoxy. They are quite serious, and also quite inconsistent in their faith. They basically agree that ?We all believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and must invite Him into our heart? in order to be saved. They do not have any significant theological precision about WHO Jesus Christ is, and belief in any or all of the following is ?optional?: …

Pentecost. Only those who thirst will drink the living water.

(From a sermon given on Pentecost 2001.. Next Sunday is Pentecost) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.   Today we celebrate the bringing of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, the fulfillment of the Resurrection in the heart of man. Christ prophesied it Himself, and the fulfillment… Continue reading Pentecost. Only those who thirst will drink the living water.