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Hiding Jesus? A Passion Sunday homily
Hiding Jesus? A Passion Sunday homily
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Our Lord Jesus seems to be hiding, especially during these perplexing days. It feels like He is not hearing our prayers or coming quickly to our aid. Rather He is... Read more...
Kindly Penance: A Homily for Lent IV
Kindly Penance: A Homily for Lent IV
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Several weeks ago when we followed Jesus out into the wilderness, we thought we knew where he was leading us. For we had followed this route many times before, year... Read more...
Incarnation & Disease
Incarnation & Disease
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Our present situation is part of why God became man. The primary reason, of course, is so that we might have communion with God, so that we might live in... Read more...
Sheltering-in-Place during Lent: A Homily
Sheltering-in-Place during Lent: A Homily
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I am sure it doesn’t feel like it, but sheltering ourselves in place can really help us—not  just physically, by avoiding or spreading the virus. Best of all, sheltering can... Read more...
Better At Prayer
Better At Prayer
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We can do better at prayer. Myself included. Perhaps the reason our prayers lag, or why we find it a chore, or why it just doesn’t seem exciting, is because... Read more...
The Light of the World
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Homily for Candlemas Presentation of Christ in the Temple Forty (40). The number of humanity’s struggle toward perfection. Our wrestling not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Forty. The number which denotes our purification, scraping off the rough edges, smoothing of the crooked places, scrubbing off our impurities and sins so that we might stand holy and without blemish before Our Lord God. 40 days. The waiting time. The... Read more...
Why the Kisses?
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One common observation made by visitors and inquirers regarding Orthodoxy has to do with one of the main forms of respect and veneration that we practice: kissing. Whether it is an icon in the narthex, the feet of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the relics of the saints, or the hand of the priest, we tend to show our love, our veneration, and our respect towards holy things by kissing them. This is, indeed, an ancient practice. In the Old Testament we read of kisses as a form... Read more...
O Blessed Day!
O Blessed Day!
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When Our Lord Jesus was eight days old, two things happened in succession. As he was circumcised, Our Lord was given the name Jesus (Luke 2.21). His circumcision fulfilled a... Read more...
Keeping Track of Time
Keeping Track of Time
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One of the themes for the First Sunday in Advent is to be ‘watchful.’ In the Epistle, St Paul urges us to ‘know the hour’ and in the Gospel Jesus... Read more...
Love Yourself?
Love Yourself?
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The words that you heard Our Lord Jesus speak to the Pharisees in the Gospel (Mt 22.34-46) are both subtle and profound. They are subtle because they contain not simply... Read more...
Sacrificing Our Will
Sacrificing Our Will
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We have been led to believe that we can do whatever we want. So when someone tells us that we should do something, or that we must do something, or... Read more...
When The Lord Give Us Opportunities
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Before this parish, in recent months, the Lord has placed several marvelous opportunities. These opportunities take various forms: persons, donations, talents, etc. The question that ought to consume us is whether, and how, we might take advantage of these opportunities. Putting before us opportunities is oftentimes how Our Lord works with us. He does not foist Himself upon us or lead us by the nose. And rarely, if ever, does He answer our most common prayer; that is, to show us which path we are to take (considering, of course,... Read more...