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God at a Distance

Fr. Pat discusses the parable of the wedding invitations.




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A Crippled World

Fr. Pat explains that what God's Son did for the crippled woman is what He came to do for all mankind—to raise us up and straighten out our twisted lives.




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Torah, Tov, and Chavod

Fr. Pat discusses three Old Testament saints that are particularly important in preparation for Christ.




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With the Family at Christmas

Fr. Pat shares his homily from the Sunday of the Genealogy.




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A Man Is the Measure of All Things

Fr. Pat explores three ways of looking at Protagoras's infamous assertion.




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The Creedal Experience

Fr. Pat shares his homily on the Feast of Theophany.




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Seeing Jesus

Fr. Pat reflects upon two people who wanted to see Jesus but were unable to—and what they did about it.




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Boundaries

Fr. Pat reflects upon the Feast of the Presentation as a boundary between two seasons. It marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of the Lord's Passion.




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The Highest Human Activity

Fr. Pat explains that prayer is the highest of all human activities.




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Inheritance, Alienation, and Repentance

Fr. Pat reflects on three points related to the Prodigal Son.




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Jesus Is Real; Hell Is Real

Fr. Pat argues that the above phrase possesses all of the clarity of the Last Judgment.




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Final Preparation for Lent

Fr. Pat discusses the history of Great Lent and the practice of fasting.




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Three Moral Fallacies

Fr. Pat discusses three moral fallacies that corrupt the conscience.




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The Room, the Roof, the Reconciliation

Fr. Pat discusses the moral order in three stages.




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Man's Resistance to the Cross

Fr. Pat discusses the patterns of thought that make man so resistant to the cross.




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Fixation on Christ

Fr. Pat discusses the myrrh-bearing women and what united them.




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A Walking Problem

Fr. Pat discusses three points with respect to the healing of the paralytic.




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The Samaritan Woman's Three Problems

Fr. Pat discusses three problems that the Samaritan woman faces when she comes to the well and meets Jesus.




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Discovering the Soul

Ideally, the discovery of the soul should accompany the discovery of God.




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Peter, Paul, and Antioch

Fr. Pat discusses Sts. Peter and Paul and their relationship to the Orthodox Church.




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The Reign of Sin in Death

Fr. Pat discusses three approaches to death.




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In the Midst of a Crowd, Breaking Bread

Fr. Pat discusses the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.




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Jacob, Peter, and God

Fr. Pat compares Peter attempting to walk on water to what Holy Scripture tells us of the Patriarch Jacob.




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Trust, Memory, Similarity

Fr. Pat discusses the meaning of Christian discipleship.




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Family, Forgiveness, and Flame

Fr. Pat discusses the social structure, the moral imperatives, and the discerning moral light of discipleship.




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Return to Freedom

True freedom is not the ability to choose; it is found through habitual thanksgiving, and it leads to a blessed and transfigured soul.




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Torah, Abnegation, Humility

Fr. Pat continues his discussion of discipleship.




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The Consecration of the Virgin Mary

Fr. Pat uses Aristotle's four causes to explore the consecrated life of the Mother of God.




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Great Lent

Fr. Pat discusses the three things expected of us during Lent: works of mercy, works of prayer, and works of fasting.




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The Prodigal Son

Fr. Pat takes on the characters in this parable one by one—the father, the younger son, and then the older son.




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The Cross and Christian Conduct

Fr. Pat reflects on liberation from darkness, the way of the Cross, and the inner Christ.




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The Prayer of Those Who Feel Overwhelmed

Fr. Pat examines Psalm 3, a prayer that should be recited anytime a believer feels desperate and inundated.




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The Place of the Human Being In the Cosmos

Fr. Pat presents a series of biblical quotations about kingship and priesthood.




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The First Trimester

Fr. Pat presents three points of reflection related to the first three months of Jesus's life: the Holy Spirit, the Ark of the Covenant, and Mary's departure back to Nazareth.




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The Promise, the Process, and the Price

Fr. Pat discusses three periods of biblical history related to the Nativity.




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Three Greek Words

Fr. Pat introduces three Greek words that shed light on the mystery of the Incarnation.




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Three Latin Words

Fr. Pat introduces three Latin words that shed light on the mystery of the Incarnation.




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The Ordinary Christian Life

Fr. Pat examines the lay practice of Orthodoxy through the lens of the final chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews.




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Giving Thanks

Jesus and the Ten Lepers.




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What a Parable Really Is

Fr. Pat examines three components of the parable.




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Three Provocative Questions

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you?




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Complexity, Grace, and Compassion

Human beings are complex; grace is time insensitive; and we are coworkers with God.




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Three Men Went Up to the Temple

Fr. Pat comments on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee.




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The Prodigal Son

Fr. Pat discusses three ambiguities in the parable of the Prodigal Son.




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The Final Judgment

Fr. Pat shares his homily from the Sunday of the Last Judgment.




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Lent: We're All in the Same Boat

Fr. Pat addresses three aspects of Great Lent.




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The Enfleshing of God

Fr. Pat reflects on the mystery of the Incarnation.




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Unbelief, Belief, and Experience

How the Church moved from unbelief to belief is an immense mystery.




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The Mission of the Church

Fr. Pat explains what the story of the Myrrh-Bearers can teach us about the mission of the Church.




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Biblical Worship

Fr. Pat explores three essential components of Biblical worship: the sanctuary itself, the bread, and the lamp stand.