LISTEN NOW It is the day of Resurrection, let us be radiant for the feast, and let us embrace one another. Let us say: Brethren, even to them that hate us, let us forgive all things on the Resurrection, and thus let us cry out: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death… Continue reading Pascha 2009. Let us forgive all things on the resurrection.
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Holy Friday 2009. At the Tomb. Audio Homily:Behold the Man!
LISTEN NOW John 19:5 Behold the man! John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? If the "LISTEN NOW" link does not work, copy this URL into your browser: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/holy-week-day-05_2009-04-17+at-the-tomb.m3u If this file does not work for you, try the direct link to the actual mp3 file:http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/holy-week-day-05_2009-04-17+at-the-tomb.mp3 RSS feed of Sunday and some weekday… Continue reading Holy Friday 2009. At the Tomb. Audio Homily:Behold the Man!
The inner meaning of Palm Sunday. 2009. Audio Homily.
The events of Palm Sunday are momentous, but they cannot be understood without understanding the words of the Apostle Paul and contrasting them to the actions of the people who received Jesus joyfully and with shouts of praise as he rode into Jerusalem on a colt, the foal of an ass. LISTEN NOW Philippians 4:4-9… Continue reading The inner meaning of Palm Sunday. 2009. Audio Homily.
5th Sun GL, St Mary of Egypt 1999. “This kind cannot come forth by anything but by prayer and fasting”
(Original link:http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/great-lent-sunday-05_1999.html ) In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This kind cannot come forth by anything but by prayer and fasting.[1] So we read last week. What is this kind that cannot come forth? The demoniac boy was made by the demons to… Continue reading 5th Sun GL, St Mary of Egypt 1999. “This kind cannot come forth by anything but by prayer and fasting”
Sunday of St Mary of Egypt, 2009. Audio Homily: A perfect description of any true Christian
Sunday of St Mary of Egypt, 2009. A perfect description of any true Christian: LISTEN NOW If the "LISTEN NOW" link does not work, copy this URL into your browser: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/great-lent-sunday-05_2009-04-05.m3u If this file does not work for you, try the direct link to the actual mp3 file:http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/great-lent-sunday-05_2009-04-05.mp3 RSS feed of Sunday and some weekday… Continue reading Sunday of St Mary of Egypt, 2009. Audio Homily: A perfect description of any true Christian
2009-04-02 ns (3/20) 5th Thursday of Great Lent.
Prison Ministry Hackberry trees Serendipity Just showing up Yesterday I went to the Hughes unit jail. I did not want to go, but so what? It always works out that I am glad I went. For some of these guys, I am the ONLY person they see from the outside. They write me… Continue reading 2009-04-02 ns (3/20) 5th Thursday of Great Lent.
After the Great Canon service. 5th Wednesday of Great Lent 2009.
A happy heart. Fasting creates simple pleasures. Lentil Curry, & cooking oil and onions. “Yummy” Black Cherry soda. The Theme of the Great Canon. St Mary of Egypt. Irony. It made my heart “enlarged”[1] to see so many of you at the Great Canon service Wednesday night, and also surprising to me, so many… Continue reading After the Great Canon service. 5th Wednesday of Great Lent 2009.
5th Week of Great Lent – Tuesday. Counting our blessings.
Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity. (Proverbs 15:17, from the selection Prov 15:7-19, Vespers, 5th Tuesday of Great Lent) The Scriptures should be very personal to us and evoke deep emotions when we read them. Everything in the scriptures is about… Continue reading 5th Week of Great Lent – Tuesday. Counting our blessings.
The Fourth Sunday Of Great Lent. The Healing of the Boy with a dumb and deaf spirit
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today is the fourth Sunday of Great Lent and on this day we read about the healing, at the request of his father, of the boy who is possessed of a demon. There are many things to understand… Continue reading The Fourth Sunday Of Great Lent. The Healing of the Boy with a dumb and deaf spirit
Old Testament references to the Cross. 4th Week of Great Lent – Friday Matins
During the entire fourth week of Great Lent, the precious cross is a constant subject of the services. This is typical of the way we celebrate our feasts. It is not “one and done”, like so many people, in (lamentably) and out of the church tend to mark Christian holidays: there is always a… Continue reading Old Testament references to the Cross. 4th Week of Great Lent – Friday Matins