The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians 2:14-22 We live in a society where people are desperately looking for inner peace, inner strength, inner contentment, and inner calm. In order to gain such contentment or inner peace people have turned to eastern mysticism and meditation to clear the mind. They have […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 9:9-13 “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ We sometimes lose sight of the extraordinary way that the Lord Jesus spoke and taught as One having authority. These words were a direct correction and challenge to the Pharisees of […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 8:41-56 He will never change! She will never change! My situation will never get better! I’ve heard these phrases over and over during the last few years. Sometimes it will be a husband complaining about his wife. More often it will be a wife complaining […]
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 16:19-31 Today we are privileged to hear one of the most powerful parables that the Lord Jesus Christ ever told. We are told about the rich man and the beggar named Lazarus. […]