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The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

We all receive an invitation to the marriage supper of the Lamb, but how will we respond? Will we be found ready in our wedding garments? Fr. Tom calls us to look to the precious and life-giving cross to prepare ourselves as a bride waiting for the consummation of all things in Christ.




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Our Missionary Imperative

As we remember the saints of North America, we remember that what made them special wasn't ethnicity or cultural preservation . . . it was their desire to preach the Gospel!




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Redemption Brings Perfection

As the celebration of Theophany continues, Fr. Tom shows us that all of Christ's redemptive work is set forth to build the Church and bring us to perfection.




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The Promise of Persisting

Listen as Fr. Tom reminds us that the promise of eternal life is tied to the commandment to persist until the very end.




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The Marriage Supper

Listen as Fr. Tom discusses how active participation in the life of the Church now gives us a foretaste of the inheritance that awaits us in eternity.




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Moral Therapeutic Deism

Fr. Tom discusses the false ideas surrounding religion today and how one truly comes to know Christ in the Church.




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Christ Our Peace

Christ gives peace but more importantly He IS our Peace.




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Hope in the Desert

Today's sermon is given by Dn. Christopher speaking about Saint Mary of Egypt, one of the greatest examples of personal repentance that we have.




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A Personal and Social Resurrection

Fr. Gregory encourages us to live the joy of the resurrection all year round.




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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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Hope in Our Lady

Fr. Dn. Christopher speaks about the Dormition of the Theotokos.




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The Cross in Repentance

The first in a series of Wednesday sermons during Great Lent on the topic of the Beatitudes.




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Peacemaking

The great theme of Lent is repentance. That is the turning of our minds and hearts to God. The fact is that we can only do this through the work of Christ. He is the great Peace-Maker; He makes our repentance possible by His reconciling work.




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Blessedness in Persecution

In this final sermon on the Beatitudes, Fr. Gregory says that persecution can be an occasion of great blessedness.




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Unexpected Light

Fr. Gregory speaks about the Woman at the Well who we know as St. Photini. As surely as Photini means “enlightened” it is our calling also to enlighten others with the Light of Christ.




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St Peter and St Paul Resolve a Problem

Fr. Dn. Christopher speaks on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.




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Experiencing the Annunciation

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel gives the sermon on the Feast of the Annunciation.




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King David Repents

Fr. Deacon Emmanuel is the preacher at the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts - Repentance Series for Great Lent. March 27 also marks the celebration of Deacon Emmanuel's 75th birthday - May God grant him many years.




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The Repentance of the Righteous Job

The story of righteous Job is an amazingly insightful account of repentance offered by a man who, ostensibly, had no need of repentance.




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St Peter, a Fisherman Most Wise

Fr. Christopher looks at three incidents in the life of St. Peter that are instructive for our life of repentance.




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Radical Repentance

Fr. Christopher takes a lesson from the life of St. Mary of Egypt on what it means to repent.




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Types of the Resurrection

Fr. Gregory at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday.




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Open Questions

Find Christ where creation sings, where love reigns and where death is no more.




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Ss. Peter and Paul: Apostles at Antioch

Fr. Gregory talks about the challenges Ss. Peter and Paul faced and how we can learn from them today.




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Experiencing the Transfiguration

Fr. Dn. Emmanuel gives the sermon about the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.




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Lessons from the Lepers

Fr. Christopher says, "God works miracles by His power and when material objects are used these become channels of grace."




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St. Aidan's Legacy – The Timeless Gospel in Time

Fr. Gregory talks about the life of St. Aidan, patron saint of St. Aidan's Orthodox Church.




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Mystical Supper

Fr. Gregory Hallam examines the hymn we sing throughout the Liturgy in commemoration of our Lord's institution of the Holy Eucharist.




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When We Open Our Christmas Presents

Dn. Emmanuel tells us whether you are at school or at home, working or unemployed, whether you have responsibilities at home or outside home, whatever your age, there is a special Christmas present waiting for each of us, wrapped up, ready to open, but each present can only be opened by the person to whom that present has been addressed.




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Is Christ Our Peace?

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says "the work is not ours" therefore, anxiety is removed.




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Perfection Possible

The feast of the Entry of the Mother of God affirms the vital importance of the Panagia’s time of preparation as a young girl in the Temple at Jerusalem prior to her momentous assent to the message of Archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit in her womb who was to be named Jesus




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Maintaining the Peace

Fr. Gregory preaches on how to “maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."




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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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Grace and Peace in the Risen Lord

Fr. Emmanuel gives the 2nd sermon on Pascha. The first one of course, was read by Fr. Gregory and it was the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom.




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A Hope That Does Not Fail

Fr. Emmanuel preaches on this the first Sunday in Lent known as The Triumph of Orthodoxy. Today we celebrate the endurance of the Orthodox Faith for nearly 2,000 years in the face of persecution and heresy—in the face of hostility and suffering, in the face of many wrong understandings of what Jesus Christ taught. Fr. Gregory begins with a lesson for the children.




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Peace on the Rock

We can know when Christ is present in our lives because He brings us a deep sense of inner peace.




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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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Repent!

Christianity without repentance is hypocritical, a mockery, even dangerous.




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Sleepers Wake!

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon on Lazarus Saturday.




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Pester Power

Fr. Gregory Hallam gives the sermon for Sunday, February 10, 2019.




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The Peace of God Unconstrained

How could Jesus enter a room through a locked door and then show the disciples the wounds of the Crucifixion in His hands and His sides? Fr. Emmanuel Kahn explains how the Church Fathers interpret this Biblical passage.




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Twin Trumpets

Fr. Emmanuel Kahn says if we wish to be saved to live forever with the Holy Trinity in heaven, we first need to learn how to grow our own personal integrity and morality here on earth.




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The King of Kings and the Prince of Peace




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True Repentance




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A Global and a Personal Cross




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Tombs Opened




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The Peace from Above




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The Road to Perfection

Fr. Gregory reads the sermon by Fr. Emmanuel Kahn on the Ascension.




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St Ignatios speaks to us today




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The Tenth Leper