Holy Trinity + Holy Cross - Sermons

Today is the first Sunday of Luke. The Gospel is reading comes to us from Luke 5:1-11. The accent of the day is one of obedience and faith. Father Paul shares with us a message of faith and how we might cultivate faith in our lives and encounter God.

Father Ernesto shares with us a message about commitment. Orthodox Christians continually commit themselves and one another to Christ Our God during the Liturgy as well as in our daily prayers. He challenges us to renew our Baptism covenant each day as we strive to live a Godly life as Orthodox Christians.

On this Sunday in Orthodoxy we commemorate both The Nativity of the Theotokos and the Sunday before the Holy Cross. Father Gregory shares with us that the Liturgical year began on September the 1st and we have two Major Feast days in the month of September. We find ourselves between the celebration of The Nativity of the Theotokos today and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in six days on September...

September the 1st begins the Ecclesiastical New Year in the Orthodox Church. Today Father Micah shares with us a message related to time and man's obsession with it for centuries. Everyone sees time differently; which is do to each person's age or cultural influences. Christ is the center of time and our relationship with Him can change time itself into a sacrament.

Father Micah shares with our youth and us a straight forward message about the life of Saint John the Baptist. His life and witness for Christ during his life in this world and in hades is a lesson for all of us who call themselves Christians.

The Epistle reading for today is taken from I Corinthians 3:9-17. In this reading we hear that there is no other foundation to build upon except that of Jesus Christ. Father Ernesto shares with us that Jesus came and laid a foundation through prophecy and miracles proving Him to be the Son of God.

Today is the 8th Sunday of Matthew. The Gospel reading is taken from Matthew 14:22-34 and it narrates for us the feeding of five thousand men not counting women and children. Father Paul shares with us that this miracle prefigures the Eucharist and it confronts us with man's greatest need, which Jesus Christ provides. Man's greatest need is spiritual, intellectual and physical sustenance. Jesus Ch...

Perhaps the most significant question Jesus asks His Apostles and us is, " who do you say that I Am?". Today Father Gregory shares a message with us about suffering, glory and hope; all related to the upcoming feast of The Transfiguration. Before Jesus took Peter, James and John up to Mount Tabor He explained to them He must suffer and die. He then revealed to them as much as they could bare His D...

Today on the 6th Sunday of Matthew the Gospel lesson is taken from Matthew 9:1-8. Father Micah shares with us a practical message of faith and works. In the Gospel lesson Jesus heals a paralytic, who had been carried by four friends and laid at Our Lord's feet. Jesus sees the faith of the friends and heals the man. Father Micah asks us the question, " does Christ see our faith" or do we live our l...

Demon possession is and uncomfortable topic for many people. They either disbelieve, lack understanding or fear the reality of demons existing in this world. In today's Gospel taken from Matthew 8:23-9:1 Jesus meets two people who were demon possessed. Jesus was not intimidated by the demons and in fact intimidated them because they recognized His Deity. Father Paul shares with us that we too can...

Today in Orthodoxy we commemorate the Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council that gathered in Chalcedon in 451 AD. The council ruled that Jesus Christ is "in two natures" in opposition to the doctrine of Monophysitism. Father Ernesto shares with us the definition of heresy and how these Fathers were able to come together to find peace with one mind and heart.

In the gospel reading today taken from Matthew 6:22-33 we hear that "the eye is the lamp of the body". To see clearly we must allow our eyes to focus on that which we seek. Father Gregory shares with us that Jesus came to establish His Kingdom and set the ground rules for its citizens. As Orthodox Christians we must learn to see the world as Christ Himself saw the world and take every opportunity...

Orthodox Christians in the United States are not persecuted as our fellow Christians from other parts of the world. Today in Orthodoxy we commemorate the Twelve Apostles, those men whom Jesus called to be diplomats of the kingdom. Father Ernesto shares with us a message that calls all Orthodox Christians to martyrdom. Saint Paul states in the Epistle that he and others were "like men sentenced to...

All Orthodox Christians are called to be saints. Today in Orthodoxy is the Sunday of All Saints, which is always commemorated the Sunday after Holy Pentecost. Father Paul shares with a message of hope and encouragement as he reflects on the lives of Orthodox saints and how they obtained the Grace of God and manifested Christian living in this life. In our lives we should do what God wants us to do...

In society we have many divisions, some of these are natural like space, time and death. Today is Pentecost in the Orthodox Church a Major Feast Day in which we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. The Holy Spirit brought unity to the Church removing the divisions of time,space and death. Father Micah shares with us that if we have love and humility for God and man it allows t...

In society the truth is seen as subjective. Today in Orthodoxy we commemorate the Father's of the First Ecumenical Council, who were assembled to refute a heresy, of Jesus being created like the rest of the world. Father Gregory expounds on the Epistle Lesson from the Book of Acts and connects St. Paul and the Holy Father's as shepherds who were zealous for the salvation of their flocks.

Today is the Sixth Sunday after Pascha also known as the Sunday of the Blind Man. Father Elias shares with that all of life is a journey from being a slave, to an hireling and then to a son. Each of us must let go of possessions so that we might be purified by Christ and become inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Today is " Youth Sunday" at Holy Trinity - Holy Cross. Father Micah shares with the youth and us a message of hope, that if we seek to know Christ instead of simply knowing about Him we will never be alone.

Today in Orthodoxy is the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. The hymnology and indeed the commemoration today is that of The Resurrection, which is the greatest cosmic and salvific event in the history of the world. Father Paul shares with us that we can inherit eternal life and indeed purpose in this life by believing in the Resurrection and allowing Christ to remove the stones that hinder us at...

Today is commonly known as Thomas Sunday. Father Gregory shares with us a practical and inspiring message of good unbelief. A good unbelief is one that compels us to draw closer to Christ and experience Him for ourselves. The Orthodox Church has given us tools to both draw close to Christ and touch Him in the Eucharist as we do at every Divine Liturgy.

Today in Orthodoxy is Palm Sunday. Father Gregory shares with us two scents we we have read about from this weeks Gospel readings. The first scent is the stench of sin and death that Martha is worried about coming from the tomb of Lazarus. The other is the fragrance of a very costly oil of spikenard being poured out on Jesus' feet by Mary. Her sacrifice of love is at a supper soon after He had rid...

In today's Gospel lesson taken from Mark 10:32-45, Jesus speaks clearly to the Apostle the things that He must endure before His Passion. In there disconnectedness they can only ask a favor and a place next to Him in His Kingdom. Our Lord says that if anyone desires to be great he must first serve. Father Micah shares with us examples of those who served and now enjoy the greatness in Christ's Kin...

We live in a world where peace can be hard to find. Most people do not understand how it is they may find this fruit of the Holy Spirit. Father Paul shares a practical message of how we as Orthodox Christians can find peace through prayer. The two expressions of prayer he mentions are private and Liturgical and both are important in the attainment of peace. Prayer is said to be the greatest of all...

In today's society Christianity has been reduced to the "prosperity Gospel of name it and claim it". Today is the midpoint of Lent and on this third Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church brings out the Cross for our contemplation and veneration. Father Gregory shares with us both the historical setting of the Gospel lesson taken form Mark 8:34 - 9:1 and it's spiritual significance for the Orthodox Ch...