The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:18-27) Perhaps the most important question that a human being can ask is this question that is posed by the man who came to test Jesus in today’s gospel reading. He asks “Good Teacher, What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” The Lord before […]

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple in Jerusalem. One of the twelve great feasts in the life of the Orthodox Church. Here is what one of the recent saints, St. John of Kronstadt said about this feast: “On this day, my brethren, the holy Church […]

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:25-37) Today we hear about a certain man, a lawyer who put Jesus to the test. It reminds me that quite often we are guilty of doing the same thing and trying to test God. We come up with various scenarios in our minds and […]