Mar 26, 2018
Homily on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (St. Mark 10:32-45)
What are you willing to sacrifice for a better life? To improve the lives of those around you?
The power of deferred gratification. Save now – for something big later.
We use this for all kinds of things: retirement accounts, education,...
Mar 18, 2018
A Meditation on St. John's “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”
The farmer's wealth is gathered on the threshing floor and in the wine press, but the wealth and knowledge of the monk is gathered during the evenings and the night hours while standing at prayer and engaged in spiritual activity. Step 20 (on vigil), 10.
When...
Mar 12, 2018
Homily on the Third Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross.
Notes:
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Self Denial.
We deny ourselves those things that lead us into sin. This sounds easy, but it isn't.
We fight/play as we train....
Mar 4, 2018
Marriage as a Metaphor
for Orthodoxy
Homily of St. Gregory Palamas
Today we celebrate the life and teachings of someone who really got it – St. Gregory Palamas; he experienced God's love for him in a real and tangible way, and he reflected that love back at God and on all those around him.
That's what we are to do,...