Hebrews 11:24-26,32 - 12:2St. John 1: 43-51Go 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 … [Continue reading]
An Epistle from our Bishops (Cheesefare Sunday)
March 6, 2011 By
Click here for a podcast that includes this homily!!!Romans 13:11-14:4St. Matthew 6: 14-21LENTEN EPISTLE OF THE PERMANENT CONFERENCE OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX BISHOPS BEYOND THE BORDERS OF UKRAINEBeloved in the Lord, Reverend Clergy and Monastics, dear … [Continue reading]
20110304 Lent, News, and Evangelizing Moral Therapeutic Deists
March 3, 2011 By
The USB Symbol: a Sign of Ukrainian Orthodoxy'sGlobal Influence!!! Shownotes for 20110221Lesson: Lenten Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the Borders of Ukraine [Musical Interlude is the Lenten … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Prodigal Son
February 20, 2011 By
1 Corinthians 6: 12-20St. Luke 15: 11-32The 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 … [Continue reading]
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… … [Continue reading]
Homily – Preparing for the Resurrection (Publican and the Pharisee)
February 13, 2011 By
2 Timothy 3: 10-15St. Luke 18: 10-14Homily on the Publican and the PhariseeToday 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 … [Continue reading]
Homily – Holiness and the Ontology of Evil
February 6, 2011 By
1 Timothy 4: 9-15St. Luke 19: 1-10Now 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 … [Continue reading]
Homily – The Path to Holiness
January 30, 2011 By
2 Corinthians 6:16 -7:1St. Matthew 15: 21-28You 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, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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: … [Continue reading]
