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NOTICING YOUR NEIGHBOR
March 10, 2024
I was at Project Mexico this past week with 18 students from HCHC for their Spring Break. What a meaningful way for college students to spend their spring break – in loving service building a home for a family in need. Read more »

SEEING THE BEAUTY IN THE PRODIGALS OF THE WORLD
March 03, 2024
Do you know that 1 out of 14 school age children in the USA have a parent who is incarcerated?!? 1 out of 14!!! That’s unbelievable! My dear friend, Patrick Tutella, who has worked for many years with prisoners, shared a story about his outreach to school children who have parents incarcerated in prison.  Read more »

IN WHOM DO WE TRUST?
February 25, 2024
“In God we Trust.” It is interesting that this is the official motto of the United States. In a country where many contemporary people like to highlight the separation of church and state, thinking that faith should be kept separate from our civil, secular lives, we still say “In God We Trust.” Read more »

CALLING US TO DEEPER FAITH
February 18, 2024
A desperate woman approaches Jesus to help her daughter and yet, at first, “the Lord does not answer her a word.” Read more »

DO NOT ACCEPT THE GRACE OF GOD IN VAIN
February 11, 2024
Do not to accept the grace of God in vain. What do these words of Saint Paul, which we heard in today’s Epistle reading, mean? How could someone accept the grace of God in vain? Read more »

Staying in Love with Christ
February 04, 2024
Saint John the Divine received a special Revelation from God at end of 1st century. It begins by giving a warning to the seven churches in Asia Minor, churches that represented the 2nd or 3rd generation of Christians in the early Church. These Christians surely started off their faith journey with such fervor and love for Christ yet Saint John warns them about falling away. Read more »

OUR CHURCH FAMILY - WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS
January 28, 2024
“I don’t know many of the people in the church,” a lifelong member of our church told me recently. This man doesn’t come to church too frequently, yet he has been a part of our church since his birth 80 years ago. And he said to me, “There are so many new people in church. I don’t know who they are.” Read more »

OUR MYSTERIOUS GOD
January 21, 2024
I woke up yesterday to the sad news from one of our parishioners, Diana Megas, who asked for prayers for her brother, Danut, who was in a terrible car accident in Romania. He is on life support. I told her that I would share with our Church Family this very sad and difficult news and ask everyone to please pray for a miraculous healing for her brother Danut, and to pray for comfort and strength for all her family – for Danut’s wife and children, her elderly parents for whom he cares, and of course for Diana and Natalie and Alexis. Read more »

The Extremism of Martin Luther King
January 15, 2024
An extremist. How many of us would like to be labeled extremists? We see this on the far right and the far left. We see violent extremists throughout the world. We often link extremists with certain ideologies or religious movements. Our country, however, pauses on January 15th to remember someone who was considered an extremist of his time – the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more »

DO WE KNOW CHRIST?
January 07, 2024
“I myself did not know him.” Saint John repeats this twice in today’s Gospel story. - “I myself did not know him, but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” Read more »

Learning from Saint Seraphim of Sarov
January 02, 2024
"Acquire inner peace and thousands around you will be saved" “Where there is God, there is no evil. Everything coming from God is peaceful, healthy and leads a person to the judgment of his own imperfections and humility.” Read more »

HOW TO HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR
January 01, 2024
1. Pray every day. Accept a Prayer Rule in your life, and then try to follow that rule every day. Prayer is connecting with God, communing with the Source of life. Say set prayers every morning and evening, but then seek to talk with God throughout the day. Don’t let an hour go by where you don’t “check in” with God and turn your attention to Him. Read more »

THE BEGINNING OF THE GOOD NEWS
December 31, 2023
“The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” As we prepare to enter a new year, today we read from the Gospel of Mark and see him highlight in the very first verse “the beginning of Good News!” Read more »

GOD CAME INTO THE WORLD TO OFFER HOPE, STABILITY, PEACE
December 25, 2023
Presbytera Faith and I were driving to church 10 days ago, just going straight on Dudley Oxford Road when unexpectedly a car turned right into the side of our car and flipped our car on its side. One moment we’re driving along, and the next moment I’m up in the air, with airbags in my face. Read more »

THE NEW NAME GOD GIVES US
December 24, 2023
What is your name? What’s the name people call you, and what is the name that God knows you by? Read more »

PUTTING ON OUR NEW NATURE
December 17, 2023
Christmas is a time of wonder and joy. Why? Because God acted in a unique manner in history. He decided to come and save humanity from the darkness and evil of the world. Humanity was lost in its fallen nature and God lifted us up to a new reality. Read more »

WHAT DOES THE CHURCH MEAN TO YOU?
December 10, 2023
What does the church mean to you? How does the Church and your Orthodox Christian faith bless you? What role does it play in your life? Let’s take a moment to seriously think about this. What does the Church and your Orthodox Faith mean to you? Read more »

Walk as Wise People Making the Most of Time
December 03, 2023
Saint Paul tells us today to “Walk as children of light and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord… Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise men and women, making the most of our time understanding what the will of God is." Read more »

We Are Eucharistic Beings Thanking God for All Things
November 19, 2023
I used to go to a prison every Monday night for three years while I was a seminarian. We would gather together with a group of 5 to 10 prisioners holding a Bible Study. One prisoner, Carol, was serving a life sentence in prison, yet every time I met him he was joyful and encouraging of others. Read more »

GRATITUDE AND THE EUCHARIST
November 12, 2023
GRATITUDE AND THE EUCHARIST Children’s Sermon, Character Trait Theme: Gratitude (Presbytera Faith and Father Luke preached this together) Read more »

   

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