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Come with me into the deep

Sep

26

2014

Luke 5:1-11 The evangelical reading for the eighteenth week after Pentecost is an invitation to all of us to delve more deeply and widely into our faith. The story that delivers this invitation to us is as follows. The Lord happened to pass by the shores of Gennesaret Lake, “and saw two boats standing by ...

On accepting the will of God

Sep

13

2014

Matthew 19:16-26 A wealthy young man came to Christ with the question what he should do to deserve eternal life. The Lord reminded him of the law of Moses and then gently chastised him for trying to flatter Him by calling Him “good.” Christ also needed goodness and love and a kind word from a ...

Build your wealth with good deeds

Aug

29

2014

Matthew 19:16 – 26 This is what the Holy Gospel tells us to do. Christ does not condemn wealth and He does not bless the wealthy. Of them He says, “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” (Luke 6:24) This is why the rich man has no place in ...

On forgiveness

Aug

15

2014

Matthew 18:23-35 Inspired by today’s reading of the Holy Gospel, I would like us to talk about a certain disease, a dangerous and destructive disease, which is in its essence deeply un-Christian. Sadly, hardly anyone is immune to this disease today. This is the disease of not forgiving, the illness of judging and condemnation. The ...

Having been set free from sin

Aug

2

2014

(Rom. 6 : 18–23) In my many years as a priest I have read the Holy Scriptures many times, but I still am pleasantly surprised by the many new and spiritually profitable things that I learn each time I hear the holy words. Take the words of the Paul’s epistle to the Romans, 6 : ...

The challenge of friendship

Jul

18

2014

Matthew 6:14-21 Christ spoke the truth when He said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21) Knowing full well our attachment to our treasures, He instructs us not to lay up for ourselves “treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but ...

What is happening to this world, what is it with this planet of ours?

Jul

4

2014

It was by chance that one TV channel caught my attention. Until recently I have not known of its existence, and since it has entered my life, I was exposed to the images of shock and horror. In recent years, whether we like it or not, climate outbursts and weather disasters and calamities have become ...

Tattooing

Jun

20

2014

Recently,- very sternly- probably angry at one of his own that got tattooed- a young man asked me about the orthodox point of view of tattooing. Even before he asked me this question, this sad contagion got my attention. When you turn on any of the entertaining channels, whether you watch a concert, or a ...

The Prophets Prophesy Lies in my Name

Jun

6

2014

It’s been long since some thoughts occupy my mind, namely, what is going on with the people who see one thing and read another, and what they read they interpret in a twisted way. There are many reasons for my thinking, but one carried the greatest weight: willy-nilly, one has to stop, and if baptized, ...

So that there is no division among you

May

29

2014

Among all the evils of this world that have befallen us, one evil, worse than all the others, we foolishly call upon ourselves. They have been dividing us from all sides, they have been partitioning and breaking our national being into pieces, and to our greater misfortune we ourselves have jumped on that bandwagon and ...