The Gospel: Nourishment in the Wilderness
The Gospel was the daily bread of the desert solitaries. At the beginning of their monastic journey, as we see in the case of St. Antony the Great, the wo...
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Scripture Readings ~ 24th Sunday after Pentecost
Matins GospelThe Reading is from John 21:1-14 At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in thi...
God Gave Us Dominion
Yesterday, before Liturgy at the nursing home, one of the folks who works there asked if I was planning a farm here at the monastery. I clearly outlined our pla...
Scripture Readings ~ 21st Sunday after Pentecost
21st SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 1 (4th of Luke). Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council. Martyr Longinus the Centurion, who stood at...
Scripture Readings ~ 20th Sunday After Pentecost
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints 20th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 8 (3rd of Luke). Glorification of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia...
Scripture Readings ~ 19th Sunday after Pentecost
Saints and Feasts Cyprian the Holy Martyr, Justina the Virgin-martyr of Nicomedea Eleutherios and Roustikos, the Athenian Martyrs Theophilus the Confessor Fifth...
Push out into the Deep
The Gospel reading for Sunday came from the 5th chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke. This is the story of Jesus going out to fish with His soon to be Apostles. Af...
Scripture Readings ~ 15th Sunday after Pentecost
15th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 6. (1st of Luke) Repose of Ven. Sergius (Sérgii), Abbot and Wonderworker of Rádonezh (1392). Ven. Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5...
Scripture Readings ~ 13th Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s commemorated feasts and saints 13th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 4. Sunday Before the Elevation of the Cross. Afterfeast of the Nativity of the T...
The Rich Young Man
Sometimes I think it an interesting exercise, when preparing for a sermon, to look at what the periscope of Scripture is not saying rather than what it is sayin...