Sermon – Sunday of the Paralytic
Sunday of the Paralytic John 5:1–15 Today’s Gospel reading speaks to us about the spiritual paralysis that our Lord came to save us from, something which is expressed through the
Sermon: Sunday of the Myrr-bearing Women
Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women Mark 15:43–47; 16:1–8 The story in today’s Gospel reading is one most of us are familiar with, not only because we are used to hearing
Sermon: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent St Mary of Egypt We come today to the fifth and final Sunday of Great Lent, before we embark on the journey to Golgotha, which begins
Sermon: 4th Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Lent Mark 9:17–31 The story of the child possessed by a demon in today’s Gospel is an image of the spiritual state both of humanity in general
Sermon – 3rd Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent (Veneration of the Holy Cross) Mark 8:34–38; 9:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth […] and the LORD God planted a garden
Sermon – Judgement (Meatfare) Sunday
Judgement (Meatfare) Sunday Matthew 25:31–46 When a person dies, when the soul is separated from the body, we know that the body, because it is composite — composed of various
Sermon – Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Sunday of the Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32 If for some reason the entire Bible, every copy we had of the sacred Gospels, were to disappear, except for the parable of
Sermon – Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee (Beginning of the Triodion) Luke 18:10-14 Today we begin the period of the Triodion: the period of solemnity, and, I would say, the most
Sermon – 17th Sunday of Matthew
17th Sunday of Matthew (the Canaanite Woman) Matthew 15:21–28 “But he answered her not a word” The meeting of the Lord with the Canaanite woman offers a description of perhaps
Sermon – 16th Sunday of Matthew
16th Sunday of Matthew (Parable of the Talents) Matthew 25:14-30 As we have said on other occasions, man’s role here on earth is to be the priest of creation, the