Hebrews 11:24-26,32 – 12:2 St. John 1: 43-51 Go Orthodoxy! Today I would like to make three points about this celebration of Orthodoxy’s great victory iconoclasm and, by extension, every sort of heresy. 1. The Victory of Truth over confusion, of light over shadow and darkness, of life over death. Living in New England, we […]
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.
20110304 Lent, News, and Evangelizing Moral Therapeutic Deists
March 3, 2011 By
The USB Symbol: a Sign of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’s Global Influence!!! Shownotes for 20110221Lesson: Lenten Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the Borders of Ukraine [Musical Interlude is the Lenten Prokimen “Turn not away Thy Face”, available here by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in San Anselmo, CA.] Mail Call:Question from a new reader/listener: Why doesn’t […]
Homily – The Prodigal Son
February 20, 2011 By
1 Corinthians 6: 12-20 St. Luke 15: 11-32 The Sunday of the Prodigal Son: St. Luke 15: 11-32 [Restate the lesson of the Prodigal, of ourselves, and of humankind.] Three lessons today: 1.Home. It is real. It is the place you long for. You can distract yourself while you are away (and this is the […]
20110221 The Ontology of Evil
February 18, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20110221Lesson:Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron… But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits […]
Homily – Preparing for the Resurrection (Publican and the Pharisee)
February 13, 2011 By
2 Timothy 3: 10-15 St. Luke 18: 10-14 Homily on the Publican and the Pharisee Today we begin the Triodion season. As a hospital led by the Great Physician, the Orthodox Church is very intentional about the way it guides us from our life of delusion and sickness towards a healthy and joyful one lived […]
Homily – Holiness and the Ontology of Evil
February 6, 2011 By
1 Timothy 4: 9-15 St. Luke 19: 1-10 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron… But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself […]
Homily – The Path to Holiness
January 30, 2011 By
2 Corinthians 6:16 -7:1 St. Matthew 15: 21-28 You are a temple of the living God… Therefore… let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (1 Cor, 6:16 & 7:1) 1. Review: holiness is real, it is a visible sign of God’s presence and action […]
20110128 The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty
January 28, 2011 By
CLICK HERE FOR THE MP3Opening Lesson:“Beauty will save the world.” Prince Myshkin (recounted by Hippolyte) in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot.One of the things that leads truly rational and open-minded people to reject pure materialism and atheism is their superficial and patently absurd explanation of the many blessings that flow into creation from her uncreated Creator. […]
Homily – The Ontology of Holiness (Sunday after Theophany)
January 23, 2011 By
The Jordan turned back!” The dragons and assorted wickedness in the Jordan River could no exist in the same space as the source of holiness. The water was purified and transformed by God’s presence. Ephesians 4: 7-13 St. Matthew 4: 12-17 Review: Ontology of Beauty. Designed to provide a deeper appreciation for our faith and to […]
Homily – The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty
January 16, 2011 By
One of the things that leads truly rational, open-minded people to reject pure-materialism and atheism is their superficial and patently absurd explanation of the many blessings that flow into creation from her uncreated Creator. These include beauty, morality, and love. Today Fr. Anthony focuses on the sacramental ontology of beauty. 2 Timothy 4: 5-8 St. Mark […]
