February 21, 2021 281 0 Sunday Sermon: The Publican and the Pharisee Luke 18:10 – 14 2 Timothy 3:10 – 15 The preparation period for the Great Lent has started, and in today’s readings we hear…
February 14, 2021 62 0 Seeking to See Jesus Today, as we stand at the threshold of Great Lent, the Holy Church gives to us in the Gospel story of Zaccheus an icon…
February 1, 2021 116 0 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh: Christ Counsels a Scribe About Eternal Life In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! The Savior’s words addressing the person who wanted to attain perfection…
January 25, 2021 118 0 About the Mediator of the New Covenant Mark 8: 22-26 Heb. 9: 8-10, 15-23 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Once, the Lord healed…
January 4, 2021 268 0 Love or Forgiveness: Which Comes First? Luke 7: 36-50 Philippians 4: 10 – 23 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. Jesus went to the Pharisee’s…
January 3, 2021 76 0 Sunday before the Nativity In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Today is a special Sunday, because it precedes the feast of…
December 20, 2020 123 0 Gratitude Gives Rise to Faith There is a lot of evidence that writing down five things for which you are grateful each day is good for your health, both…
December 7, 2020 147 0 Where Is the Kingdom of Heaven? Luke 17: 20-25 1 Tim. 5: 1-10 Once the Pharisees asked the Lord Jesus Christ, “When will the Kingdom of God come”? The question…
December 3, 2020 177 0 Interpreting the Parable of the Unrighteous Steward Today’s reading includes the parable of the unfaithful steward (Luke 16: 1-9). Perhaps this is one of those cases when, despite the absolute clarity…
November 29, 2020 198 0 The Life in Christ Is a Life of Continually Remembering that I Am the Poor and Needy One Reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan Almost every contemporary biblical commentary interprets the parable of the Good Samaritan as moral exhortation. But this…