The Word at Christ the Savior

Fr. Joseph provides a practical, step-by-step guide to completely transforming your experience of the liturgy using the acronym "BREAD OF LIFE". Discover how to actively engage in the ultimate spiritual exchange, leaving behind your earthly struggles to receive God's infinite grace and eternal life. Fr. Joseph Abraham – February 25, 2024   Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the virtue of humility. Christ humbled Himself by becoming human, living among us, and sacrificing Himself to save us. That’s the ultimate humility. This virtue is our best remedy. It’s this kind of humility that defeats the enemy and makes him powerless. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – February 4, 2024 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the concept of love and explains that there are 4 levels of love, according to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The 4 levels are: Loving oneself for the sake of oneself Loving God because of His providence Loving God for God’s sake Loving oneself for God’s sake Tune in to hear the details of each level and how we can achieve those levels in our own relationship with God. Fr. Josep...

Fr. Joseph mediates on the concept of “come and see” and putting love to the test. When we surrender ourselves to the love of Christ, we can begin to feel the joy and peace that only comes through being in union with Him. The more we feel His love, the more we are eager to do His will, like fasting and prayer, acting in humility with others, loving our enemies, etc. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Josep...

Fr. Joseph meditates on finding hope in the darkness. He illustrates this in several examples where we are called to find hope in the darkest times by walking through the path and not running from it, by seeking the light of Christ, and by moving forward in love, no matter how difficult it may be. We must lean on our hope in Christ to be able to conquer any darkness that meets our path. Tune in to...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the intent to find Truth. When the Maggi seek Christ, even though they are gentiles, they do so at the expense of completely changing their life. When they saw the Truth in Christ, they knelt down and worshiped Him. We must ask ourselves if we seek the Truth with all our heart or do we ignore it when it wants to change us, purify us, refine us. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Jos...

The scriptures call Christ The Dayspring from on high and The Sun of righteousness. That means He is The East—the direction of our orientation. Fr. Joseph meditates on what it spiritually means to look towards the east. Using the acronym STARE, we learn to orient our lives towards sacrifice, transformation, anticipation, remembrance, and elevation. Fr. Joseph Abraham – December 31, 2023 Christ the...

Fr. Joseph mediates on the mercy and love of God and how we should emulate His mercy when we approach justice with others. And while we often mistake mercy for tolerance that conflicts with righteousness. Instead, we must stand in truth with compassion, that is the mercy that we should offer others. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – December 24, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orth...

Fr. Joseph explains that God desires and needs us, and that He is waiting for us to reciprocate this desire and need for Him. We can do this by offering our whole heart, through serving others, offering our time and effort, using our talents to shine His light to the world. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – December 19, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los...

Fr. Joseph meditates on another holy family, Zachariah, Elizabeth, and John. He explains that they displayed their holiness in their steadfast faith, their prayers, their trust and patience in God’s will. Our holiness should be shown in every aspect of our life, and as a family, we must worship together, praise, fast, read scriptures, and be faithful together. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abra...

Fr. Joseph explains that we must trust in God by fully surrendering in our prayer life. When we surrender our petitions and instead express our gratitude through praising God without focusing on what we need but being thankful and praising Him without asking for anything. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – December 3, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los An...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the concept of sacrificial love, the type of love that we ought to have in our spiritual life. We show our love to God, not by making petitions, but by offering praise. We offer God our time, energy, focus, and gratitude for His providence and grace in our lives. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – November 26, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church D...

Fr. Joseph meditated on the Sower parable, explaining that the 3 types of soil that did not grow the seed had one common theme – the seed lands on the surface of the soil without penetrating deeper, thus, does not get planted to grow. Each one lacks depth. He goes on to discuss this lack of depth in the areas of service, fasting, and prayer. Tune in to hear more.  Fr. Joseph Abraham – November 20,...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the importance of having hope without seeing the vision that God has for us. To achieve real hope, we must have complete faith in Christ’s providence and love for us. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – November 5, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles www.thegoodsavior.org Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Dioc...

Fr. Joseph meditates on St. John the short and his life of humility and obedience. He illustrates how St. John took the command of obedience beyond normal measures and was humble enough to be obedient, even with peers. He shows us a true example of emptying yourself completely so that God can use you for His work. Even in the midst of toil and hardship, St. John remained humble and joyful. Tune in...

Fr. Joseph meditates on the concept of temptations exploring the work of C.S. Lewis in the book, Screwtape Letters. He explains that each letter talks about a temptation that we all fall into, often gradually and without realizing it. Tune in to hear more about those temptations. Fr. Joseph Abraham – October 29, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles www.theg...

Fr. Joseph demonstrates how being receptive to rebuke allows us to feel convicted and leads us to repentance, which in many ways, refines our spiritual life. The weight of guilt and shame should not cripple us but edify us. Being open to criticism helps us realize our weaknesses. And in humility, we can repent and become restored in Christ. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – October 22, 20...

In this 2-part series, Fr. Joseph meditates on repentance. In this second part he explains how we can repent and return to God. He highlights the importance of our community and the willingness to lean on them in times of hardship and weakness, and be open to accepting help. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – October 15, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los...

In this 2-part series, Fr. Joseph meditates on repentance. In the first part he explains the importance of repentance and how precious it is to God. Fr. Joseph Abraham – October 8, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles www.thegoodsavior.org Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles www.thegoodsavior.org

Fr. Joseph shows us how God’s search for us is always active, much more than our search for Him. We need to always actively search for God, and this becomes easier when we surround ourselves in environments that encourage us to foster our life of prayer. Prayer enables us to seek God actively, without ceasing so that He can reveal Himself to us and enter our hearts. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Josep...

Fr. Joseph explains that Christ showed us how to love through the ultimate example of being crucified on the cross. Through this sacrifice, His love is revealed to us.  And for us to show God our love for Him, we must give without hesitation. Before we can move closer in our love to God, we must first have faith to give our life to Him and His will. And through it all, we are the ultimate benefici...

Fr. Joseph explains that our goal is not to please humanity, which is never satisfied regardless of what we do. Instead, we must be true to ourselves, which is to find my identity in Christ. Even when Christ Himself came down to the level of humanity, they were not satisfied. So, when we anchor our identity in Christ, we can fulfill our true purpose of loving and serving others. Tune in to hear mo...

Fr. Joseph explains that God does not allow us to face struggles to punish us, but instead to chastise us and make us stronger, just as a rose is pruned in order to bloom. He also doesn’t expect us to endure our struggles on our own, but if we allow Him to, He will help us through it. As followers of Christ, we accepted that we must take up our cross and follow Him, which results in facing trials...

Fr. Joseph explains that life was divided in four ways: separation of humanity from God, a divide within humanity, the separation of man from nature, and finally, the division of man within himself (which is often the one that is overlooked or not noticed). To reunite our internal condition back to harmony, we must pray, and the most powerful prayer for this is the Jesus prayer. Tune in to hear mo...

Fr. Joseph explains that God calls each one of us to serve, and provides what we need every step of the way. He transforms our weakness into strength so that we can serve others. Tune in to hear more. Fr. Joseph Abraham – August 20, 2023 Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles www.thegoodsavior.org Christ the Savior American Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los An...