A Nativity Homily Christos Rojhdayetsya! Slavite Yeho! Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Let us celebrate the Incarnation of our Lord! As St. John Christostom says in his Nativity homily (SJC-NH); “Bethlehem this day resembles heaven” The Sun of Righteousness lays in a manger. We hear less the cattle lowing, than the shepherds proclaiming in full-voice […]
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.
20110105 Christian Orienteering, News, and an Interview with a New Priest
January 5, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20100105 Show (click here to download) Homily on the Reading of the Names and the Birth of Christ (St. Matthew 1) Three points: what we are to do with all these names; the standard of evaluation; and the place of Christ in all this. 1. Ancestors – the reading of the names. Why […]
Homily – A Good Map (Sunday before Nativity)
January 2, 2011 By
Do we make mountains out of molehills when we saythat we (and our ancestors) are virtuous? Hebrews 11:9,10,17-23,32-40 St. Matthew 1 Three points: what we are to do with all these names; the standard of evaluation; and the place of Christ in all this. 1. Ancestors – the reading of the names. Why do we honor […]
Homily – Our Lord’s Lessons at the Table (Holy Ancestors)
December 26, 2010 By
Would you heal the sick (or love the unloved, or feed the hungry) on the Sabbath? Take the lowest seat at the table? Invite the lowly to your feast? More importantly, will you set everything aside for the Lord’s Feast? Colossians 3: 4-11 St. Luke 14: 16-24 Today’s reading is a parable about a “great […]
Homily – An End to Leprosy through Christ (St. Nicholas Sunday)
December 19, 2010 By
The pagan people of Kyivan Rus’ being united to and through Christ. This icon is on the southern wall of the nave of our temple. Colossians 3: 12-16 St. Luke 18: 12-19 Introduction: a call to worship Our Orthodox Study Bible says that the most important lesson to be learned from today’s Gospel is that […]
20101217 Hypocrisy, News, and WikiLeaks
December 15, 2010 By
20101217 OrthoAnalytika Shownotes (click here for MP3) +++ Lesson: The Hypocrisy of Defending Bad Habits and Rules (St. Luke 13: 10-17)This Gospel lesson is profound. Today I would like to focus on three things that it teaches us. One: You Really Should Come to Church The first has to do with the context of the […]
Homily – The Hypocrisy of Defending Bad Habits and Rules
December 12, 2010 By
A Church in Western Ukraine 28th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Timothy 1: 15-17 St. Luke 13: 10-17 Click Here for the podcast that includes this homily!!! This Gospel lesson is profound, teaching us many things about the nature of healing, hypocrisy, and thanksgiving. Today I would like to focus on three things that […]
20101208 Interview with Fr. James Early
December 8, 2010 By
20101208 Shownotes (click to listen/download) Colossians 1: 12-18 Who is the Christ? • He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. • He is the one, by whom “all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities […]
Homily – A Useful Reminder
December 5, 2010 By
27th Sunday after Pentecost Colossians 1: 12-18 St. Luke 12: 16-21 Picture: Visiting priest, Fr. James Early came all the way from Texas to celebrate the Divine Liturgy with us. He may not have liked the cold, but it was easily offset by the warmth of the St. Michael’s hospitality. Click here for a podcast […]
20101202 Armor of God and Lots of News
December 2, 2010 By
Shownotes for 20101203 Lesson: Ephesians 6:11. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Review of last week. Angels are powerful and awesome, but do not cling to the glory due them. Their glory is trumped by their humility. Their humility is not […]
