The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (12:1-18) The city of Jerusalem was all abuzz. Things were more lively than usual and that is really saying something in a city that often swelled with many thousands of visitors during the time of passover. What was the news that had the city all […]
The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (6:13-20) and The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (9:17-31) Blessed 4thSunday of Great and Holy Lent. As we are now past the halfway point of this great spiritual struggle we hear these words of encouragement from St. Paul’s letter to […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-9:1) Today many of the Christians around the world are celebrating Easter, the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In fact we are also celebrating this today as we do every single Sunday morning during the liturgy. Christians come together to pray and […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (2:1-12) As I read this passage earlier in the week, I was struck by something interesting. I was amazed by the way that Our Lord Jesus Christ dealt with the paralytic that was brought before Him on a stretcher. What amazed me was that there […]
Sunday of Orthodoxy The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:43-51) One day as I finished the liturgy a man approached me with a rather odd question: “Is all of this necessary?” By “all of this” he meant, the liturgy, the priestly vestments, the icons in the church and so forth and […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (6:14-21) Imagine that you are a treasure hunter. Your only goal in life is to accumulate treasure. You dedicate your life searching for gold, silver, diamonds and precious stones and jewels. One day as you are traveling and searching for all of these treasures, which […]
The Gospel According to Matthew 25:31-46 When Our Lord Jesus Christ is tested and asked “what is the greatest of the commandments?” He replies that the greatest commandment is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” And then He says “and the second one is like it, you […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (15:11-32) Today we continue our march towards Great and Holy Lent which will begin on March 15th. Each and every gospel reading during the period preceding the start of Lent is meant to prepare us and to inspire us to prepare for this serious and […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:10-14) As we march down the road to the start of the spiritual battle of Great and Holy Lent we encounter or rather, are encountered by the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. This profound story from Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is […]
The reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (19:1-10) Today’s reading welcomes us like an old friend that we have not seen in quite sometime. For those of you who are not yet Orthodox Christians and who haven’t gone through the lenten and pre-lenten cycle, I will point out that this day, Zacchaeus […]
