Eastern Christian Insights

Jesus Christ must be fully God and fully Man to restore and heal in us the divine image and likeness of God.

Father Philip discusses the nature of our salvation as illustrated by the healing of the paralytic. Do we encounter Christ as our judge or physician? Is His law simply a list of directives to be followed, or something more medicinal in nature?

Father Philip discusses the Gerasene demoniac, St. Athanasius's failed monastery, discouragement, and the fruit of the Spirit.

On the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, we learn that our life in Christ springs from the living history of what the Holy Spirit has done in the life of the church through the foundation set by their apostolic witness.

Father Phillip reminds us the eyes of our hearts must become fully transparent to Christ in order for us to fulfill our calling.

In this episode, Fr. Philip describes how the saints bear witness to the meaning of Pentecost because it is by the power of the Holy Spirit that people fulfill their calling to become holy.

In this episode, Father Philip explains how the Holy Spirit was sent to quench the deep thirst of the primal longing of all those broken and alienated from God.

Father Philip explains how only the God-Man Jesus Christ can bring those made from the dust of the earth to eternal life in the Trinity.

Father Philip unpacks the story of Christ's miraculous healing at the Pool of Siloam, and how it demonstrates that each of us can respond to the hardships of life in a way that opens us to receive the light of Christ.

In this homily, Fr. Philip reflects on the equal dignity and spiritual standing of men and women in Christ. Through St. Photini, the Samaritan Woman, we see the calling given to all who bear God’s image: to share fully in the life of the Savior.