Citizenship Through The Cross

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-9:1) “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” That is the powerful question that is posed to the disciples and to us today. And it is such a fitting question for us because we are people who […]

Return

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (15:11-32) In today’s gospel reading we once again have the honor and joy of hearing a parable of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is one of the most well known and well loved of all His parables, the parable of the Prodigal Son. We hear […]

Be Dedicated

The Reading from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. (6:16-7:1) In our day to day lives it is easy to live as if God is not really around. We sometimes imagine that God is floating somewhere “up there” while He leaves us to our business down here. Fr. Stephen Freeman refers to […]

Giving Thanks

The reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (17:12-19) Today we heard the gospel story of the ten lepers. Ten men who were very sick with leprosy. As many of you know, leprosy was considered something like a death sentence in ancient times. Lepers were forced to live away from their families, friends […]