ee Seeking Union with Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-09-15T13:05:13+00:00 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 Full Article
ee Indwelling: Gal 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ. By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T02:59:03+00:00 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. Full Article
ee The Deep By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T03:04:09+00:00 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." Full Article
ee The Other Three Wise Men By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T04:30:18+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Free At Last By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:02:28+00:00 Deacon Christopher is the homilist on Great and Holy Saturday. Full Article
ee Keeping Watch With Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:06:03+00:00 Subdeacon Emmanuel is the homilist for the Great and Holy Thursday service. Full Article
ee Keeping it Personal By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-06T05:24:29+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Call of the Deep By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T03:35:52+00:00 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.” Full Article
ee Facing Our Needs By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-07T05:09:01+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Seeing Clearly By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T02:18:34+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Meeting God at the Icon By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-12T05:02:45+00:00 Every icon is a mediator, a means of reconciling each of us to God. Full Article
ee See, Listen, Act By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T02:34:00+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Seeking a Relationship to Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-13T05:18:51+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Feeding the 5000 By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-15T17:10:15+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Three Trees By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T03:29:32+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Three Ladders By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-16T04:37:06+00:00 Last week Fr. Gregory spoke of "Three Trees" and this week he considers "Three Ladders." Full Article
ee From Sleep To Glory By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T15:40:31+00:00 Fr. Christopher gives the sermon on the Dormition of the Theotokos. Full Article
ee Keep Him in Focus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T16:22:21+00:00 Dn. Emmanuel takes his text from Ephesians where we are told to focus on the Lord; find your calling and live it. Full Article
ee Is He Risen Indeed? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T04:04:08+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Feeding on Christ the Living Word By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-13T21:11:31+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel asks how did Jesus Christ take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed 5,000 people? Full Article
ee If We Seek the Lord, He Will Find Us By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-31T01:57:13+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Seek Now the Peace of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-01T01:20:44+00:00 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 Full Article
ee From One to the Three to the Many By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-24T19:54:49+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam says the Feast of the Transfiguration is without doubt a turning point in the gospels. Full Article
ee Discerning the Creed Slowly By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T20:36:45+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Good Sleep By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:27:20+00:00 Fr. Gregory gives us a lesson from the Gospel account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter. Full Article
ee A Further Union, a Deeper Communion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-22T18:28:08+00:00 On the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos, Fr. Emmanuel Kahn reflects on the hymns and poetry of the feast. Full Article
ee We Are Not Called to Set Ourselves Free By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-24T05:17:46+00:00 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. Full Article
ee God's Family Tree By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-24T05:22:01+00:00 Fr. Gregory and Fr. Emmanuel team up to preach on the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Full Article
ee God Keeps His Holy Mysteries By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-24T05:22:08+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. Full Article
ee Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-29T21:49:21+00:00 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. Full Article
ee Seeing Clearly By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-29T21:49:32+00:00 What is the Kingdom of God and how can we seek it? Full Article
ee Growing Seeds of Faith By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-31T02:09:42+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel talks about the Seed and the Sower after Fr. Gregory speaks with the children. Full Article
ee Sleepers Wake! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T21:33:34+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Lazarus Saturday. Full Article
ee Seeing Truth By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-27T21:49:45+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Full Article
ee God's Family Tree By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T04:28:11+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn helps us understand the genealogies in the Gospel of Matthew. Full Article
ee Trees of Death and Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-28T20:22:28+00:00 Full Article
ee Rebel, Mercenary, Conscript or Volunteer? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-09-07T16:31:07+00:00 Full Article
ee The Deep End not the Shallow End By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-10-01T17:55:16+00:00 Full Article
ee Heaven and Earth Meet in a Sacred Mystery By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-05-04T16:48:01+00:00 Full Article
ee The Truth Will Set us Free! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-05-27T14:40:17+00:00 Full Article
ee The Lord Has Need Of It By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T14:33:51+00:00 Full Article
ee Free To Be Generous By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T14:37:19+00:00 Full Article
ee Seeing Further Gives Strength By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-16T00:23:02+00:00 Full Article
ee A Reed Shaken By the Wind By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-22T13:28:22+00:00 Full Article
ee Unless I Wash Your Feet By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-04-03T20:41:07+00:00 Full Article
ee Certainly Not Gluten-Free By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-04-29T11:29:19+00:00 Full Article
ee How Will We Feed Them All? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-10T23:35:55+00:00 Full Article
ee My Sheep Hear My Voice By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-10T23:37:17+00:00 Full Article
ee Freedom's Just Another Word By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-06-21T20:59:25+00:00 Full Article