Hearts and Minds

The Virtue of Failure - Part 1 10.10.2017 ↓

Fr. John begins a four part series on the virtue of failure by describing the inevitability and purpose of failure.

The Benefits of Prayer 02.10.2017 ↓

The story of Baker Sullivan reveals the importance and significance of the life of prayer.

The Transfiguration of Jesus 02.10.2017 ↓

The Transfiguration of Jesus shows us the purpose of human life and how to taste of the incomparable heavenly banquet.

Take Up Your Cross 01.08.2017 ↓

"Life is full of small opportunities to baptize these inevitable daily pains in the mystery of the cross."

What Must I Do? 04.12.2016 ↓

With the glorious Paschal season upon us, Fr. John examines the questions being asked of Christians by today's world.

Politics 20.10.2016 ↓

"This is how the Church address politics every Sunday. Not by endorsing or opposing candidates, but by dealing with the spiritual roots of all the issues that affect all citizens. We locate the heart, then work our way out from there."

Praying on the Way of the Cross 05.10.2016 ↓

Every Sunday morning, the six Psalms of Matins carries us on a descent into our brokenness and ascent with a cry of faith. Gently taking us on the way of the cross.

The Fear of Change 05.10.2016 ↓

"Like a scared child on the first day of school, fear turns us into isolated, self-protective individuals. Like an ever-tightening cocoon."

The Good Shepherd 30.08.2016 ↓

"He keeps looking. It is what love does."

Fire 30.08.2016 ↓

"Heaven is the experience of the illuminating energy of God. Hell is the experience of the burning energy of God. The one sun has two properties. It can illumine, and it can blind. It can warm, and it can burn."

The Vine and the Branches 30.08.2016 ↓

"The branches are unique but all attached to the one Vine who gives them life."

The National March for Marriage 17.08.2016 ↓

Fr. John shares his speech from the The National March for Marriage in Washington D.C., and reflects upon his experience with the counter demonstration.

Bowing to the Great Suffering 07.07.2016 ↓

Fr. John illustrates how Christians are those who reach out to people in pain

Suffering 05.07.2016 ↓

The struggle is what we bring to God, only what we bring, because deliverance his His job.

The Journey 29.06.2016 ↓

The journey of Christ-likeness ends in the cross where Christ dies in love for all of His enemies.

Lazarus 29.06.2016 ↓

Nothing in life matters more than the purification of our souls and bodies, so that when we meet Christ in death he recognizes Himself in us.

Our Shared Brokenness 29.06.2016 ↓

Together, we are connected by the forgiveness we all need.

Disappointment 29.06.2016 ↓

Let us remember to lean on each other. "A burden shared is half the burden. A joy shared is twice the joy."

Sharing Our Stories 26.06.2016 ↓

Our Lord's desire is for each of us to have experiences with Him, to be able to say, "My Lord and my God," and to share that experience openly and freely with others.

Purpose in Life 08.06.2016 ↓

The purpose of your life is to become by grace what God is by nature.

God Is Love, but Love Is Not God 06.06.2016 ↓

Love is too precious, too powerful, and too popular to mean anything we want it to. Instead, love needs definition and contour so that we may know what love is not, just as we may know what love is.

The Priesthood: Biblical, Crucible, Miracle 03.06.2016 ↓

Fr. John shares his reflections on the priesthood in anticipation of the 2016 Antiochian Archdiocese Clergy Symposium to be held at the Antiochian Village in Bolivar, PA.

Martyrdom 28.05.2016 ↓

A martyr for Christ is someone who has good reasons to live, but a better reason to die.

Works 24.05.2016 ↓

An old proverbs says, "When you light a torch for another, you illumine your own path too."

Excuses 17.05.2016 ↓

Why work on ridding ourselves of excuses in this life? So we won't face the consequences of our excuses in the next.