In this homily on St. Luke 6:31-36, Fr. Anthony develops the idea that that our inability to love well is a result of the way we objectify and commodify things, our neighbor, and the Church. Enjoy the show! Homily: Loving vs. Commodifying (St. Luke 6:31-36) Introduction: missing the point It is hard for us to […]
Livestream on Civil Society, Culture, and Discernment
Audio recording of Fr. Anthony’s Livestream from 10/3/2020. In it, he warms up with a talk about civil society, moves on to parish culture, and finishes with a bit on discernment and prelest. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Politics, Polarization, and the Cross
In this homily, Fr. Anthony explains the meaning of the Cross for us today in the light of 1 Corinthians 6:12 (“All things are lawful for me…”), Philippians 2:6 (“[Christ Jesus] did not consider it robbery”), 1 Corinthians 10:33 (“…so that some might be saved.”), and the Transfiguration. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
A Long Road towards Discernment – from Satanism to Seminary
This is the audio recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins’ YouTube livestream on 26 September 2020. In it Seminarian James Cummings talks about the journey of discernment that took him through the army, the Satanic priesthood, and finally to Christ and Holy Orthodoxy. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Love is Impossible Good Work
Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1 (The Greatest Commandment) life has no meaning without a goal. Goals allow us to distinguish between what is useful and what isn’t; the right goal ensures that all our actions are virtuous. This week restates this lesson. Listen closely: And Jesus called to him the […]
Loving to be Loved vs Living to Love
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony’s livestream on 19 September 2020. It it, he and Dn. Michael Abrahamson talk about gardening and the difference between transactional love (loving to be liked, respected, etc.) and loving without reservation. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – A Historical Account of the Economy of Salvation
St. Matthew 22:1-14 (The Wedding Feast) Today is the threshold of the new liturgical year, a time when we take stock of ourselves and the great story we are a part of. Today I want to retell this story. You are familiar with the events, but perhaps not with how they fit together or how […]
Homily – How we turn into the vinedressers of the parable
1 Corinthians 16:13-24; St. Matthew 21:33-42. In this homily, Fr. Anthony describes how our obsession with past wrongs, the future, and tribalism turn us into the vinedressers who persecuted the owners servants; will we also kill his son? Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!
Homily – Politics Won’t Fit Through the Needle
In this homily on the Gospel of the rich man who went away sad (and Christ’s warning about the eye of a needle; St. Matthew 19:16-26), Fr. Anthony reminds us that we have to let go of everything, to include our politics, in order to be with and in Him. Enjoy the show! Check out […]
Fr. Gregory Jensen on Healing our Woes
This is the audio from Fr. Anthony’s livestream on 8/11/2020. In it, he talks with Fr. Gregory Jensen, PhD about life in Madison WI, sudden onset gender dysphoria, and how we’d all be better off if the Church did its job of spreading God’s love. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode!