Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension
“Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven.” So…
Reflections in Christ
Reflection on the Leavetaking of Pascha
Christ is risen! Indeed he is risen! Leaving the Paschal feast behind can be a source of sadness, but we must recall the words of the Lord which he told us, his disciples, at the supper…
Reflection on the Sunday of the Blind Man
Today, the pharisees’ narrow dogmatism (“We are disciples of Moses”) is confronted with the experiential truth, the manifest reality, of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The blind…
Commencement Remarks: Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Commencement
Reflection on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
The name of Saint Photine, or Svetlana, is connected with light: phos (Greek) or svet (Slavic). She came to Jacob’s Well for ordinary, earthly water, but she encountered Christ who is the…
Remarks at the enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba
I greet you with joy, my beloved brother and concelebrant, on this luminous occasion, the day of your enthronement as Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North…
Reflection on the Midfeast of Pentecost
The Gospel we read in church on this mid-feast of Pentecost tells of a time that Jesus, during his earthly ministry, stood up in the temple and taught. The icon…
Reflection on the commemoration of Saint John the Theologian
On many icons of Saint John the Theologian, the saint sits with his Gospel open but a hand clasped over his mouth, guarding his silence. This image reminds us that, even though…
Homily on the Myrrhbearing Women
“The Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me, and you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.” ...
Reflection on the Sunday of the Paralytic and the commemoration of Saint Alexis Toth
Saint Alexis Toth was canonized in 1995. Among the evidence for his holiness was a miracle whereby his prayers reunited a father and his long-lost son. This…