Homily 478 – 22nd APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa November 21, 2021 Epistle: (203) Galatians 2:16-20 and (131) 1 Corinthians 4:9-16 (St. Philip) Gospel: (66) Luke 12:16-21 and (54, 58) Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 (Feast) In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. You can’t…

Homily 477 – 21st APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa November 14, 2021 Epistle: (203) Galatians 2:16-20 and (131) 1 Corinthians 4:9-16 (St. Philip) Gospel: (53) Luke 10:25-37 and (5) John 1:43-51 (St. Philip) In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The account of…

Homily 476 – 20th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa November 7, 2021 Epistle: (200) Galatians 1:11-19 Gospel: (39) Luke 8:41-56 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. In our Gospel reading today, we see a “two-fer”. Two healings in one account. Both are…

Homily 475 – 19th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa October 31, 2021 Epistle: (194) 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9 and (334) Hebrews 13:7-16 Gospel: (38) Luke 8:26-39 and (67) Luke 12:32-40 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. It has been a challenging couple of…

Homily 474 – 18th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa October 24, 2021 Epistle: (188) 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Gospel: (83) Luke 16:19-31 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Two weeks ago, before my absence last weekend, we remembered those words of our Lord…

Homily 473 – 16th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa October 10, 2021 Epistle: (181) 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 and (334) Hebrews 13:7-16 Gospel: (30) Luke 7:11-16 and (56) John 17:1-13 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The widow of Nain provides us with…

Homily 472 – 15th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa October 3, 2021 Epistle: (176) 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Gospel: (26) Luke 6:31-36 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Two significant messages in the readings this morning. In the Gospel, we are reminded that…

Homily 471 – 12th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa September 12, 2021 Epistle: (215) – Galatians 6:11-18 (Sunday before the Elevation), (158) – 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, (240) – Philippians 2:5-11 (Nativity of the Theotokos) Gospel: (9) – John 3:13-17 (Sunday before the Elevation), (79) – Matthew 19:16-26, (54) – Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 (Nativity…

Homily 470 – 11th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa September 5, 2021 Epistle: (141) 1 Corinthians 9:2-12 Gospel: (77) Matthew 18:23-35 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Christ begins the parable in the Gospel by telling us that this parable is what…

Homily 469 – 9th APE Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, Ames, Iowa August 22, 2021 Epistle: (128) 1 Corinthians 3:9-17 Gospel: (59) Matthew 14:22-34 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The most prevailing barrier to our full communion with Christ is twofold. On the one…