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Seeking Union with Christ

Fr Thomas unpacks the Parable of the Wedding Feast and reminds us that union with Christ starts with baptism but continues in keeping our baptismal garment clean through righteous living. (2 Corinthians 1:21-2:4; Matthew 22:1-14) Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost




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Indwelling: Gal 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ.

St Paul startles us by claiming that he has someone living inside him; moreover this person is Christ. But it doesn't stop there! Christ is able to live inside him because he has died, or rather he has been crucified with Christ.




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The Deep

Fr. Gregory speaks on Luke 5:4-7 when Jesus told Simon to "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."




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The Other Three Wise Men

We all know about the Three Wise Men who came to worship Christ in the cave, but today we celebrate other Three Wise Men: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom.




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Free At Last

Deacon Christopher is the homilist on Great and Holy Saturday.




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Keeping Watch With Christ

Subdeacon Emmanuel is the homilist for the Great and Holy Thursday service.




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Keeping it Personal

Christianity is a personal affair. It is not abstract, theoretical, a speculative philosophy. It is a personal encounter with the living God who is himself three persons sharing one divine nature.




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Call of the Deep

Today Christ is baptised in the Jordan, the Spirit alights on Him in the form of a dove and the Voice of the Father from heaven is heard …. “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.”




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Facing Our Needs

Jesus Christ reaches out to each of us in 2012, just as He did 2,000 years ago. However, he does not always give us immediately what we ask for as soon as we ask for His help in our lives.




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Seeing Clearly

We are all called to a personal relationship with the Lord, but first of all, we must recognize that “Jesus Christ is the Lord” – our Lord. To achieve this, we need to have Him cure the blindness of our spiritual eyes, and this calls for an act of loving submission of our wills unto Him.




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Meeting God at the Icon

Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God.




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See, Listen, Act

Fr. Christopher reminds us that St. Joseph and the Theotokos were confronted with far more challenges in their lives than any of us are ever likely to experience. However, their responses to those immense challenges offer us responses from which we can learn.




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Seeking a Relationship to Christ

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel says we can ask Christ to intervene in our lives because of our faults and because of problems that we are not able to solve with our own wills and our own resources.




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Feeding the 5000

This miracle of Christ feeding a large crowd on the shore of the Sea of Galilee occurs in all four gospels. So it is important, but what does it mean for us today? Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon.




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Three Trees

On the celebration of the Holy Cross and its Veneration, we have three trees in view. The first, the Tree of Life, which is God Himself. The second, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil whereby with ascetic struggle we can all acquire that purity of heart without which no one can even see the first Tree, God, let alone receive the Life that flows from Him. And finally, the third tree, the Tree of the Cross that we venerate whereupon our lives are blessed and not cursed; the Law giving way to Grace, the Cross to Resurrection.




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Three Ladders

Last week Fr. Gregory spoke of "Three Trees" and this week he considers "Three Ladders."




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From Sleep To Glory

Fr. Christopher gives the sermon on the Dormition of the Theotokos.




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Keep Him in Focus

Dn. Emmanuel takes his text from Ephesians where we are told to focus on the Lord; find your calling and live it.




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Is He Risen Indeed?

Fr. Christopher asks, when it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, is Church Tradition honest? Could the whole story have been made up? Surely anything less than honesty in the Church is not acceptable.




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Feeding on Christ the Living Word

Fr. Emmanuel asks how did Jesus Christ take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed 5,000 people?




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If We Seek the Lord, He Will Find Us

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon today and assures us that God has a purpose for each of us, that He will steadily guide us into those purposes, and that He will empower us to achieve those unique purposes for each of our lives.




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Seek Now the Peace of God

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says whatever illness or problem you may be experiencing, give thanks to God. He has not brought that illness or problem upon you, even if He has permitted it to happen




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From One to the Three to the Many

Fr. Gregory Hallam says the Feast of the Transfiguration is without doubt a turning point in the gospels.




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Discerning the Creed Slowly

At the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives a reflection on what the Nicene Creed means in each of our lives.




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Good Sleep

Fr. Gregory gives us a lesson from the Gospel account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter.




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A Further Union, a Deeper Communion

On the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn reflects on the hymns and poetry of the feast.




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We Are Not Called to Set Ourselves Free

We are not called to set ourselves free, but we do need to want to be healed. We do need to praise God for coming into our lives—for joining us to Him and to each other in the Church.




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God's Family Tree

Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up to preach on the genealogy of Jesus Christ.




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God Keeps His Holy Mysteries

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.




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Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

Today in our cycle of veneration of Orthodox Christian Saints we remember and celebrate those of the Orthodox Church of the British Isles and Ireland in the first millennium.




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Seeing Clearly

What is the Kingdom of God and how can we seek it?




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Growing Seeds of Faith

Fr. Emmanuel talks about the Seed and the Sower after Fr. Gregory speaks with the children.




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Sleepers Wake!

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Lazarus Saturday.




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Seeing Truth

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on Sunday, May 13, 2018.




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God's Family Tree

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn helps us understand the genealogies in the Gospel of Matthew.




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Trees of Death and Life




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Rebel, Mercenary, Conscript or Volunteer?




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The Deep End not the Shallow End




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Heaven and Earth Meet in a Sacred Mystery




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The Truth Will Set us Free!




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The Lord Has Need Of It




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Free To Be Generous




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Seeing Further Gives Strength




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A Reed Shaken By the Wind




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Unless I Wash Your Feet




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Certainly Not Gluten-Free




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How Will We Feed Them All?




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My Sheep Hear My Voice




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Sheep and Wolves




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Freedom's Just Another Word