Sunday of All Saints This is the Sunday of All Saints. Everything that we do is designed so that we can join them in holiness, join them in glory. · In order for us to do that, we need to enter into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. · We need to allow the Holy […]
ON THE FIRST SUNDAY of the Great Fast our Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory of true Christian teaching over all perversions and distortions thereof—heresies and false teachings. On the second Sunday of the Great Fast it is as though this triumph of Orthodoxy is repeated and deepened in connection with the celebration of the memory of one of the greatest pillars of Orthodoxy, the hierarch Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, who by his grace-bearing eloquence and the example of his highly ascetic private life put to shame the teachers of falsehood who dared reject the very essence of.Orthodoxy, the podvig of prayer and fasting, which enlightens the human mind with the light of grace and makes it a communicant of the divine glory.
20110617 Politics, the Paranormal, and Imagining Vain Things
June 17, 2011 By
Listen to the Show20110617 OrthoAnalytika ShownotesLocal News (to include consumer news):A great new product that is changing the world (it has already changed my life): CVS Poison Ivy Cleansing Scrub. Technu was good – it kept it from spreading as much as it might have. Drying lotions and cooling sprays are good, but really just […]
Guardian Angels III: Worship
June 15, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Worship Sources: Jean Danielou, S.J. The Angels and their Mission According to the Fathers of the Church Mother Alexandra The Holy Angels. CCEL Church Fathers Our first week, we looked at some of the scriptural evidence for guardian angels. The next week we followed up by looking […]
Guardian Angels II: The Early Fathers
June 14, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Tradition Sources: Jean Danielou, S.J. The Angels and their Mission According to the Fathers of the Church Mother Alexandra The Holy Angels. CCEL Church Fathers Last week, we looked at some of the scriptural evidence for guardian angels. Scripture is the greatest part of an […]
Guardian Angels I: Scripture
June 13, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Scripture First, there is a world-view that we should know of (and accept): the spiritual world is real. Related to this, there really are angels – both good and bad. Their story is not our story, but it does intersect in places (especially in worship […]
Homily – Confession and Pentecost
June 12, 2011 By
20110612: Homily on Confession IV This Sunday, Fr. Anthony concludes a series of homilies designed to help prepare the First Confession class for their “Second Baptism.” This week presents three images that help explain the relationship between Pentecost (and especially the Holy Spirit) and Confession. Acts of the Apostles: 2:1-11 St. John 7:37-52;8:12 Introduction Pentecost […]
Homily – Confession and the Great “I AM”
June 6, 2011 By
Confession and the Great “I AM” Acts of the Apostles: 20:16-18,28-36 St. John 17:1-13 The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council This Sunday, I continued a series of homilies designed to help prepare the First Confession class for their “Second Baptism.” This week focuses on the roles God plays in Confession to […]
Homily – Confession and Commitment
May 22, 2011 By
Confession and Commitment Acts of the Apostles: 11:19-26,29-30 St. Luke 6:17-23 The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman: St. Luke 6:17-23 This Sunday, I gave the second a series of homilies designed to help prepare the First Confession class for their “Second Baptism.” It introduces a facet of love that has been largely forgotten by our […]
20110517 Uploading Minds, Bin Laden, and Death
May 16, 2011 By
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! It is such a joy to be back in the OrthoAnalytika studio (which, by the way has moved again… this time into a dedicated man-cave in the attic). Today, we are testing a new format: I have created a new podcast (OrthoAdoration) for sharing the sounds of worship […]
Homily – Confession and Creation
May 15, 2011 By
Confession and Creation Acts of the Apostles: 9:32-42 St. John 5:1-15 This Sunday (the Sunday of the Paralytic), I began a series of homilies designed to help prepare the First Confession class for their “Second Baptism.” In this homily, I talk about the dual nature of Confession (repentance/absolution and commitment to Christ and Holy Orthodoxy), […]
