Nativity Fast & Nativity Resources

Nativity Fast – Why Are Humility & Joy Our Focus Now?November 16, 2022
By Father Rostislav Sheniloff As we enter the Nativity Fast, my dear friends, this fast, beginning on November 15th, lasts for six weeks – almost as long as the Great Lent. However, the Nativity Fast … Continue reading Nativity Fast – Why Are Humility & Joy Our Focus Now?
What Is The Nativity FastNovember 16, 2022
The Nativity Fast sanctifies the last part of the year and is established so that by the day of the Nativity of Christ we will purify ourselves by repentance, prayer and abstinence. As a result, … Continue reading What Is The Nativity Fast
Entry Of The Holy Theotokos Into The TempleNovember 20, 2022
By Archpriest Alexander Shargunov The feast of the Entry of the Holy Theotokos into the temple is a marvelous model of our entry into the Heavenly Kingdom. The church itself symbolizes the Kingdom of God on earth. … Continue reading Entry Of The Holy Theotokos Into The Temple
Nativity Fast Class #3 – Repentance Through ThanksgivingNovember 25, 2024
We’re going to break away from our focus on the ‘Victory Of The Cross’ this Thanksgiving week. As you may know, Cynthia Oquendo’s son Wilder will be baptized Sunday morning beginning at 9:30am. I’d like … Continue reading Nativity Fast Class #3 – Repentance Through Thanksgiving

Father Gabe’s Rich Young Ruler Homily December 1st 2024 Audio & TranscriptDecember 2, 2024
So, we all try really, really hard to avoid the uncomfortable truth of this story. So, in the interest of time, let’s get right to it. This story is not simply a diatribe against having … Continue reading Father Gabe’s Rich Young Ruler Homily December 1st 2024 Audio & Transcript
Temple Of The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Phillip LeMastersNovember 20, 2022
Have you ever thought about the similarities and differences between barns and temples? Usually when we think of barns, we think simply of places to house farm animals or to store crops. We normally do … Continue reading Temple Of The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Phillip LeMasters
The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Anthony Hughes November 2005November 20, 2022
Planted in our hearts are possibilities, good and bad. It is possible for us to become unwholesome people filled with greed, pride, hatred, selfishness, insensitivity, intolerance, judgment, and cruelty. Or we can become people filled … Continue reading The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Anthony Hughes November 2005

Entry Of The Holy Theotokos Into The TempleNovember 20, 2022
By Archpriest Alexander Shargunov The feast of the Entry of the Holy Theotokos into the temple is a marvelous model of our entry into the Heavenly Kingdom. The church itself symbolizes the Kingdom of God on earth. … Continue reading Entry Of The Holy Theotokos Into The Temple
What Does The Entrance Into The Temple Of The Mother Of God Mean For Us & Our SalvationNovember 20, 2022
By Father Panagiotes Carras The oikonomia of our salvation began with the very creation of the world. It is not by chance that the fourth Gospel does not commence with a genealogy of our Lord but takes … Continue reading What Does The Entrance Into The Temple Of The Mother Of God Mean For Us & Our Salvation
Temple Of The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Phillip LeMastersNovember 20, 2022
Have you ever thought about the similarities and differences between barns and temples? Usually when we think of barns, we think simply of places to house farm animals or to store crops. We normally do … Continue reading Temple Of The Foolish Rich Man – Homily by Father Phillip LeMasters

Akathist Hymn of Thanksgiving : Glory to God for All ThingsNovember 27, 2022
It is a great joy to gather together Thanksgiving morning and to pray, contemplate and sing this beautiful Akathist. Father Stephen gives us some short , powerful guidance on what to do in that space between stimulus and response today … and how prayer and thanksgiving can become a new means of coping with what … Continue reading Akathist Hymn of Thanksgiving : Glory to God for All Things

Born To Set Us Free From Our InfirmitiesNovember 27, 2022
December 4, 2021 · Fr. Philip LeMasters Galatians 5:22-6:2; Luke 13:10-17 When Jesus Christ was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath, he saw a woman who was bent over and could not straighten up. She had been that way for eighteen years. Imagine how her life had changed due to her disability, how frustrating that chronic … Continue reading Born To Set Us Free From Our Infirmities