We Have Seen the True Light

Palm Sunday is a bright day in the life of the church, yet it also has sadness mixed with it.  With this day we remember how our Lord was welcomed with excitement, yet we know that those shouting his praise would later shout out for His crucifixion.  What about us?  What is our focus here today?  What will our focus being later during this Great and Holy Week?

Belief, unbelief, doubt.  Faith is a process, and we ascend (through the Church and her teachings) in wisdom and knowledge.  When we see our human weakness at times it is because of Satan's grip, yet we must remember that Jesus is the strongest.  Faith is not always clear, it has confusion, it has doubt, yet we are reminding to have faith in the One Who Is.

We can learn a lot about our spiritual life from riding a bike.  When we first learned how to ride it was easy because of the training wheels.  Then one day, they came off.  We fell, cried, and wanted to the training wheels back on.  What does this have to do with our spiritual lives listen

The Third Sunday of Great Lent is of the Holy Cross.  Why?  What is the Cross for us?  Did you know that it can also be a prayer?  Listen for more

We have been quite comfortable with Crucifixion, yet at the time of Christ it was seen as utter humiliation, a cruel and unusual form of punishment.  Yet what about our cross that we are to take up and follow Christ?   This cross that we take up requires time and endurance and it can bring pain and suffering as well and sometimes we might want to cut our cross down (see image for example).  Yet we do not take up our cross to reject life but rather to save life.  Listen for more.

This Sunday is known as (Meatfare) Judgement Sunday and the Gospel Passage informs us of what will happen at the Second Coming of our Lord.  We know about the separation of the sheep and goats and why they were split?  What does this tell us and are we doing what we are called to do?

Saints are remembered and celebrated every day in the life of the Church.  One Saint that we celebrate this week is St. Nicholas Planas (d. 1932 ), who was a simple priest who was remember for two things in his life.  What where they and how can we be like him?  Listen

We all know the Parable of the Prodigal Son.  We have either read many commentaries or heard sermons about the love of the father, the repentance of the younger son and the emotion of the older brother.  Yet have you ever thought of how the Epistle Reading and Gospel Passage on this day mix?  Listen to find out

On this Sunday we are recognizing Parish Family Members who went above and beyond their responsibilities in serving all us from the beginning and through this Pandemic Period.

We hear in the Divine Services "Lord have mercy". Have you ever wondered why we say this beautiful statement so many times?  We learn that from the Parable today of the Publican and Pharisee.  Listen to the words of our Lord about these two different men and where we may stand.