The Promise of Christmas
In order to truly understand the message and promise of Christmas we have to return briefly to the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, cue dream sequence mus...
Tag: Sermon
Sermon ~ He is not Here
Last Sunday we came face to face with the person of St. Thomas and an act of faith that changed him from one filled with uncertainty to one of great faith. Tod...
Hades was Angered
One of the more well-known sermons of St. John Chrysostom is the Paschal sermon that is read in Orthodox Churches during the Paschal Matins service. The sermon...
The Saturday of Lazarus
Today is a day of transition. Today is the day we transition from the season of Great Lent and begin the Holiest of weeks on the Church calendar. As we heard ...
Is there Room in the Inn?
We have all heard the story before, Joseph has to go to Bethlehem to be counted in the census and he takes his new wife, Mary with him. Mary is great with chil...
Thank You, O Lord!
Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann celebrated the divine liturgy for the last time on Thanksgiving Day. This was particularly appropriate since Father Alexander...
Sermon ~ Take up Your Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For who...
Sermon ~ Take up your Cross
The Reading is from John 3:13-17 The Lord said, “No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up ...
The Parable of the Vineyard ~ Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42 The Lord said this parable, “There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a win...
Sermon ~ Letting Go
The Reading is from Matthew 19:16-26 At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, “Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have ete...