September 11, 2024

“Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father.” The call to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” is one of the most radical teaching of Jesus Christ and His Church, and yet, it is a teaching upon which we need to reflect today more than ever. Read more »

September 08, 2024

Today, during this weekend we combine three special, yet quite different, celebrations. First, we remember the birthday of the Virgin Mary. We honor the nativity of the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, the most blessed and ever-Virgin Mary who is the Mother of All of Us and the prototype of who we are called to be. Just like we make a big deal about birthdays in our families and with people we know, how much more should we celebrate and rejoice on this birthday of one of the most important figures in all of history of the world, the Birth-Giver of God! Read more »

September 01, 2024

Imagine living in a small town where everyone knows one another. You know someone for 30 years, someone you’ve grown up with. You think of him as a good man, maybe even a special man. He’s kind and loving to all. He’s an encourager who is always building people up. He sees the beauty in everyone he meets. You may think of him as one of the most special people you’ve ever known. He is humble, meek, compassionate, loving, kind, grace-filled. He is a man seeking and living out the truth of God. Read more »

August 25, 2024

We are God’s fellow workers, building a strong foundation upon which the Church, the people of God, can build something that will glorify His Holy Name! Imagine, here on earth, God waits for each one of us to become His co-worker. Are we, together with one another, building a worthy foundation. And will this foundation be strong and solid or will it crumble in times of adversity? Read more »

August 18, 2024

Dissension and division even in the church. Who likes that? What is wrong when we allow dissension and division to enter into the Body of Christ, into His Holy Church? And yet it happens. Read more »

August 15, 2024

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things but one thing is needful and Mary has chosen the better part and this shall not be taken away from her.” Read more »

August 11, 2024

“I credit all I do to God,” stated Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, after breaking her own world record with a new record in the 400 meter hurdles. “He’s given me a gift and a drive… I have a platform and I want to use whatever I have to glorify Him… Whenever I step on the track, I pray “Let me be a vessel of God.” Read more »

August 04, 2024

How many of you have been watching the Olympics this past week? Amazing athletes who have spent most of their lives sacrificing and cultivating their God-given talents, working unbelievably hard to simply make the Olympics, and then to only have three who will win a medal and only one who wins. Read more »

July 07, 2024

In a beautiful passage of St. Paul writing to the Christians in Rome, he says, “We have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function… Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them” (Rom 12:4,6) to serve God’s holy church and to glorify His Name. Read more »

June 30, 2024

How many times do we pray at every Divine Liturgy: “Remembering the most holy, pure blessed Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.” Read more »

June 23, 2024

Every day when I enter into our Church, the first thing I try to do is go into the altar and make sure the vigil candle is lit. I always want a light burning on the altar table. I fill it with oil and a new wick, so that it stays lit before the tabernacle of Christ, which holds His sacred Body and Blood. Read more »

June 16, 2024

My father passed away a year ago. We are celebrating his one year memorial today in our Church here in Webster, and in two weeks in Lancaster, PA. I think of my father often and thank God every day for blessing me with such an incredible role model in my life. Fr. Alexander Veronis exemplified for me all that he ever preached during his 64 years as a priest. Read more »

June 09, 2024

What do you do when you have great news told you? You share it with others. You want others to enter into the joy that you have. You don’t keep it for yourself but you go out and tell others the Good News. Read more »

June 09, 2024

What do you do when you have great news told you? You share it with others. You want others to enter into the joy that you have. You don’t keep it for yourself but you go out and tell others the Good News. Read more »

June 02, 2024

Our level of happiness and our level of contentment does not depend solely on what is happening around us but more so on what is happening within us. Read more »

June 02, 2024

Our level of happiness and our level of contentment does not depend solely on what is happening around us but more so on what is happening within us. Read more »

May 26, 2024

What’s the difference between a résumé and a eulogy? Well, on this Memorial Weekend Sunday, I want us to reflect on what the difference is between a résumé and a eulogy, and ask ourselves whether we are building up our résumé attributes or our eulogy virtues in our life.  Read more »

May 12, 2024

How many of us have some doubts mingled with our faith? How about certain skepticism about fundamental tenets of the faith? For example, what questions arise in your mind when thinking of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Or when we think of bread and wine becoming the holy Body and Blood of Christ? Or what happens when we immerse someone in water in the Mystery of Holy Baptism? Read more »

May 05, 2024

Christ is risen. He’s alive. Darkness did not prevail. Evil did not have the final say. Death is no longer the destiny of all humankind. And the world has changed because of it. If we embrace His Resurrection, our lives will change. Everything in life changes because of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead! Read more »

May 04, 2024

Satan: This is my world! I could not serve in heaven so I rule in hell. I could not serve with joy so I rule in misery. But I had my revenge. I corrupted God’s world, I corrupted his creatures. It was I who made Adam and Eve fall. I have their children, too, MILLIONS upon MILLIONS dead, dead and in darkness. Read more »