The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (4:18-23) Last week we celebrated the Sunday of All Saints and we rejoiced in the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of men and women just like you and me. Today since this is the second Sunday after Pentecost, the Church rewinds and […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30) Today on the Sunday directly after the Feast of Pentecost we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. This is a commemoration of all the saints of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. We celebrate them directly after the feast of Pentecost […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (9:1-38) In today’s gospel passage we hear so much about blindness and the miracle of the Lord to restore a man’s vision, his physical sight. As we have witnessed in many stories of the gospel, as we go through the passage we begin to understand […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (4:5-42) In today’s gospel reading we have the longest discourse between our Lord Jesus Christ and another person in all of the 4 gospels. We are told that the Lord Jesus was tired from His journey and He decided to rest in Samaria at Jacob’s […]

The Reading from the First Epistle of St. John. (1:1-7) A few years ago there was a group of so-called biblical scholars who formed a group called “the Jesus Seminar.” One of the core tenets of this group was the belief that there was a difference between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (12:1-18) What an amazing sight it must have been to behold Our Lord Jesus Christ entering into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday nearly 2000 years ago! The Lord, the king of glory enters into the city not riding a majestic and powerful horse or […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (10:32-45) Today we hear the passage which is appointed by the Church for the fifth Sunday of Great and Holy Lent. This passage reminds us of what Lent is all about. It’s easy for us to get caught up in the details and to think […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (2:1-12) Our gospel reading today is given to us on the day that we celebrate St. Gregory Palamas, the second Sunday of Great and Holy Lent. The passage is all about healing. As Christians we know that physical healing is found throughout the Scriptures but […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:43-51) Jesus Christ existed (and continues to exist). He is not a myth or a legend. We know that He existed and became a part of our human story. The Son of God took flesh and became man and because He has entered into human […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (6:14-21) Imagine being given access to God. He appeared to you in your room, or called you on the phone or maybe He began to text you. Imagine the possibilities! What would we ask Him? What would we discuss with Him? What would He tell […]