What does it mean to live "In the Spirit?" What enabled the Saints to overthrow the order of nature when we sinners can barely deal with our circumstances? St. Herman provides insights.

I waited some time before publishing this one. I also sought the advice of a bishop. When one True Orthodox priest slanders another, and not because of sins or errors, concealing this travesty is another kind of error.

In this Gospel passage, one man has the sense to return gratitude to God, Who has healed his infirmities. What do we owe such a great Healer Who forgives sins?

You cannot love God or man as long as you love yourself! What can we learn about fleshly love and the passions that separate us from God from the way the Great Marty Catherine gave herself in suffering?

This homily was given for the Great Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the temple. Parents today try to force their children to do things they do not require of themselves. This is why the churches don't have lots of kids around!

One modern author makes the following observation. "The Neptic Fathers are eminently social, and the Social Fathers are essentially Neptic! What does all this mean and why would a Gospel sermon focus on it?

The idea preavails that the tearing of the temple curtain signified that all believers now have access to God. Did it ever occur to you that all believers had access to God before the curtain was ripped? Once we dismiss this Protestant supposition, what can we learn from this theological event?

The parable of the Good Samaritan is given jsut after a man attempted to "justify" himself before the Lord and Giver of the Law. What is the significance of the beast mentioned in this parable, and how is it a great scandal to those who wish to justify themselves?

Many people equate the Word of God with the bible. They go on to interpret phrases in the epistiles such as "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" to refer to the bible, a book that did not exist technically when these words were penned. St. Theophylact says, "The word of God means the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" and "the sword of the Spirit is that wisdom residing in the Spirit."

I can have the right Bishop, and I can look at the right Calendar, but if I don't put forth the effort and purify my heart, they do me no good!