Blessed Feast of the Nativity!

Blessed Feast of Theophany!

From Christmas to a theme of hope and salvation masked by fear and loss. Tune in as David Ibrahim explores the gospel of King Herod ordering all kids to be killed under the age of 2 to target Christ, why God allowed this to happen, how we should be ready to suffer for Christ and much more!

In this challenging and deeply pastoral message, Fr. Paul reminds us that the Incarnation is not sentimental. Christ “was incarnate and became man and taught us the ways of salvation,” and that means salvation must be on our radar every time we come to church.

Using David’s cave in 1 Samuel 22, Fr. Paul shows how broken, distressed, indebted, and bitter men fled the kingdom of Saul and came under David’s leadership. David became “captain over them,” trained them, and transformed them into mighty men. David becomes an image of Christ, and the Church becomes the place where Jesus trains us, reforms us, and makes us warriors of love, obedience, sacrifice, and the narrow path.

This talk confronts “comfortable Christianity” and calls us to the real way of salvation: love that looks like the Cross, obedience over sacrifice, tribulation as purification, and Eucharist as participation not imitation.

In this powerful Nativity message, Fr. Elijah explores one of the most shocking moments in the Gospel, not just that God became a baby, but that God became a refugee. When King Herod seeks to kill Him, Christ flees into Egypt, the land of slavery, bondage, and fear. Why would the Savior run? Why would God choose the place of darkness?

Drawing from Scripture, the Fathers, and the lived experience of suffering, this message reveals the heart of the Incarnation. God does not save us from a distance. He enters into our Egypt, our fears, our addictions, our broken relationships, and our inner captivity, and heals us from the inside out. This is a call to obedience, humility, repentance, and Eucharistic transformation. Christ enters our Egypt so we can become like Him.

Today we reflect on suffering injustice and hope, remembering that the Child who escaped Herod would one day conquer evil through the Cross, turning suffering into salvation. Tune in

The sermon presents a spiritual reflection centered on the story of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt to escape King Herod’s deadly intent, paralleling this with the Christian call to flee from different forms of evil. Recognizing and fleeing the spirit of failure by adopting attitudes rooted in God’s truth and grace. The key to overcoming failure is avoiding isolation, negativity, and distorted self-judgment, embracing God’s standards, and maintaining faith in His continual presence and support. This approach allows failures to become opportunities for growth, learning, and renewed purpose rather than sources of despair and stagnation.

Tune in as Fr David Shehata explores the blessing of the birth of St John the Baptist, why he was called to be named "John" in a time where names carried significant meaning, how he prepared the path for Christ, God's compassion and time given to us to repent, and much more!

Tune in as Adel Magdy dives into how we can learn learn several lessons from St Mary including her heart for service, how we should not judge, the importance of serving in secret and much more!

When God sees something beautiful, He desires it as He saw with St Mary. God has also given us this gift, except when we see something beautiful, we desire it for ourselves, whereas When God sees something beautiful He desires it for the story of our salvation. Tune in as Mark Sidhom explores the Gospel of the Annunciation, the underlying themes of Christ's ultimate love, and much more!