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Sermon July 1, 2012 (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost)

On the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew explains what it means when Orthodox Christians say, "We are being saved."




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Sermon July 29, 2012 (8th Sunday after Pentecost)

On this 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew reminds us of the deep worth of the human person.




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Sermon Aug. 12, 2012 (10th Sunday after Pentecost)

On this the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Father Andrew tells us that St. Paul calls the Leaders of the Church "Fools for Christ's Sake."




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Sermon Aug. 19, 2012 (11th Sunday after Pentecost)

On this the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew asks, how can we ask God for forgiveness and not receive it?




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Sermon Aug. 26 (12th Sunday after Pentecost)

On this the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew tells the stories of two rich young men, stories with two very different outcomes.




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Sermon Sept. 16, 2012 (Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross)

On this Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew reminds us that we must all take up our own Cross.




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Sermon Sept. 30, 2012 (17th Sunday after Pentecost)

On this 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Andrew speaks to us about what it means to be a Temple of the Holy God.




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26th Sunday after Pentecost (Prophet Habakkuk)

On this Sunday remembering the Prophet Habakkuk, Fr. Andrew reminds us that only God is God.




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Sermon Dec. 23, 2012 (Sunday before the Nativity)

On this Sunday before the Nativity, Fr. Andrew reminds us that we must put our Christmas into Christ.




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Sermon Dec. 30, 2012 (Sunday after Nativity)

On this Sunday after the Nativity, Fr. Andrew tells us that there is always hope, none of us is a lost cause.




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Sermon Jan. 13, 2013 (Sunday after Theophany)

On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew discusses the gifts we have received from Jesus.




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Sermon Feb. 3, 2013 (Sunday of Zacchaeus / Synaxis of Ss. Symeon & Anna)

On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks about Expectation, Action, and Fulfillment, which lead to Salvation.




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Sermon Feb. 17, 2013 (Sunday of the Canaanite Woman)

On this Sunday of the Canaanite Woman, Fr. Andrew speaks about the virtue of humility.




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Sermon Feb. 24, 2013 (Why Do We Come to Church? Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee)

On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew asks the simple, but complicated question, why are we here, why do we come to church?




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Sermon Mar. 3, 2013 (Sunday of the Prodigal Son)

On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Andrew asks the question: What is Forgiveness?




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Sermon Mar. 17, 2013 (Forgiveness Sunday / St. Patrick's Day)

On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew discusses the Forgiving Spirit of St. Patrick.




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Sermon Mar. 24, 2013 (Sunday of Orthodoxy: Seeing God)

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks if we want to reconnect with God, do we want to see God.




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Sermon Mar. 31, 2013 (Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas)

On this Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew discusses the on-going debate about how a Christian comes to know God.




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Sermon Apr. 14, 2013 (Sunday of St. John of the Ladder)

On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew tells us that being an Orthodox Christian gives us 'something to do'.




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Sermon Apr. 21, 2013 (The Springtime of Repentance: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt)

On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to Repent.




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Sermon Apr. 28, 2013 (Palm Sunday)

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that we must truly put our hearts into honoring Christ.




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Sermon May 12, 2013 (Thomas Sunday)

On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reminds us that we too have received a Vision of the Risen Christ.




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Sermon May 19, 2013 (Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers)

On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew discusses the similarities between being a deacon and being a waiter or waitress.




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Sermon June 2, 2013 (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman)

On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew tells us that worshiping in Spirit and Truth is the essence of Orthodox Liturgical life.




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Who Would Smile at a Funeral? (Sermon May 4, 2014)

On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew speaks of the hidden secret that Christians know about death.




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Spiritual Paralysis and the Resurrection (Sermon May 11, 2014)

On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew speaks of the many ways in which we become spiritually paralyzed and how Christ can cure us.




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Becoming a Bridge: Christ and the Woman at the Well (Sermon May 18, 2014)

On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew examines how Christ becomes a bridge for her, how she becomes a bridge between Him and her people, and how we may also become bridges.




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Spiritual Renewal and the Healing of the Blind (Sermon May 25, 2014)

On this Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew explores how our spiritual sight can be healed and we can move from being only institutionally related to the Church to fully engaged in its life.




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Lenten Evangelism #5: Come and See (Sunday of Orthodoxy) (Sermon Mar. 1, 2015)

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks what we really mean when we say 'Come and see' in our evangelism.




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Lenten Evangelism #10: Palm Sunday and the City of Man (Sermon Apr. 5, 2015)

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew completes his Lenten series on evangelism with a meditation on our entrance into the City of Man along with our Lord Jesus.




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Thomas Sunday: Death, Resurrection and Daily Life (Sermon Apr. 19, 2015)

On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the pervasiveness of death in human life and how the resurrection undoes its power.




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What Do You Hold Sacred? (Sermon May 10, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew discusses sacred space and time and asks some questions about what we actually hold sacred.




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Why Did God Make Him Blind? (Sermon May 17, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew discusses how all things are a gift from God meant for salvation—even blindness.




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The Christianity of the Ascension: Our Potential in Christ (Sermon May 24, 2015)

On this Sunday after the Ascension, Fr. Andrew discusses the central place the Ascension of Christ has in the life of the Christian.




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Pentecost is the Re-Creation of Mankind (Sermon May 31, 2015)

On this Great Feast of Pentecost, Fr. Andrew discusses how the sending forth of the Spirit re-creates us, all mankind and the whole cosmos.




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The Orthodox Way of Life and the Western Mindset

Fr. Andrew speaks at the clergy conference of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ, on October 21, 2015. The talk addresses the question of how the Orthodox are to encounter the people of the West, especially focusing on the issues of ethnicity in the Orthodox Church and the secular mindset.




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A Failure at Prayer: On the Publican and Pharisee (Sermon Feb. 21, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew asks whether it is possible to be a failure at prayer. The answer is yes.




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Preaching the Gospel ‘That Our Joy May Be Fulfilled' (Sermon May 8, 2016)

On this double feast of Thomas Sunday and of the Apostle John, Fr. Andrew discusses one reason why we bring the good news of the Gospel to the world.




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How Death Unlocks Life (Sermon May 15, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew describes how death and other major life transitions present the opportunity to remake our lives, with the loosening up of previously locked relationships and ways of thinking.




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What Did the Resurrection Accomplish? (Sermon May 22, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew talks about what the resurrection of Jesus did and what we do with that.




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On Loss and Change (Sermon May 29, 2016)

In the context of the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew uses the anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople to talk about loss and change.




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What's the Point of Miracles? (Sermon May 7, 2017)

On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew discusses three miraculous healings and how these kinds of experiences fit into the Christian life.




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Christianity is Historical and Therefore Makes Demands (Sermon May 14, 2017)

Using Jesus' observation to the Samaritan woman at the well that 'salvation is from the Jews,' Fr. Andrew discusses the historical particularity of the Christian faith.




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Jesus Doesn't Fit Into My Life (Sermon May 21, 2017)

Fr. Andrew discusses the idea of Christianity being an important part of life on this Sunday of the Blind Man.




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Did Jesus Abandon Us at the Ascension? (Sermon May 28, 2017)

Discussing the idea that the Ascension was Jesus abandoning His flock, Fr. Andrew unpacks what's really going on in the feast, what it says about Who Jesus is, about what His mission is, and about our salvation and our mission.




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A House of Prayer for All Nations

Preaching at the Antiochian Eastern Dioceses Parish Life Conference, Fr. Andrew addresses the conference theme by discussing the first eight verses of Isaiah 56.




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Is Orthodox Christianity Always the Same? (Sermon July 30, 2017)

Discussing St. Paul's admonition that we 'all speak the same thing,' Fr. Andrew discusses which elements of Orthodox Christianity cannot vary and which can and do.




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Whose Vineyard is This, Anyway? (Sermon Sept. 3, 2017)

In Christ's telling of the parable of the vineyard and its wicked tenants, Fr. Andrew connects the story directly with our own lives in the Church.




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Love is Not a Two-Way Street (Oct. 1, 2017)

Discussing Jesus' command in Luke 6 to love our enemies, Fr. Andrew talks about what that means in daily life, who are enemies are, and just what love actually is. Bonus commentary addresses a complication: Do you have to love an abuser?




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The Prodigal's Prayer and Repentance: A Single Movement (Feb. 4, 2018)

Reflecting on his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick connects some of the wisdom he heard there with the parable of the Prodigal Son and what that means for our own prayer and repentance.