On this Major Feast Day of Holy Pentecost Father Micah explains to the listener who the Holy Spirit is and gives some practical steps to take in acquiring Him. He elaborates on the "Prayer of The Holy Spirit" helping us to understand who He is and how we should live our lives in His presence.

There are times in our Christian lives when we feel as if God is not present .In this sermon Father Micah continues to expound on the Ascension and its significance in our lives. The early Church lived with this expectation of Christ's return, which is initiated once He ascended back to where He had been before time began. He gives practical reasons why we feel as if God is absent from our life.

Father Micah shares with us that the preaching of the early Apostolic Fathers centered much around the Ascension of Christ and His Exaltation and Glorification at the right hand of God. We should live our lives as if Our King and His Kingdom were already present. Orthodox Christian's are look for Christ in the faces of the least of these and to encounter Him in the Eucharist.

On this the Sunday of the Blind Man Father Paul points out that suffering in life is not a result of personal sin. Healing in any form can only come about from the Grace of God, which is the Holy Spirit. Father Paul points out that life is circumscribed by time, a beginning and ending. And we should live our lives in the only reality we have "the present", making the most of our time to work out our salvation.

In this sermon Fr. Paul shares two intriguing points from the Gospel account on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. One is that the power of Jesus' Love is not restricted to race, national origin or gender and the other is the gift she received is that of the Holy Spirit.The Church is the visible presence of the Holy Spirit and it is through the Church we receive salvation.