Rain in the Desert

Fr. Apostolos talks about the key of humility that unlocks God's grace.

Fr. Apostolos shares from the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Fr. Apostolos shares from the first epistle from Apostle Paul to the Corinthians. "Trying to overcome our passions, we often feel like our best is not going to be good enough. If that's the case, you should take heart, because you are not the first, nor will you be the last. You are not alone in that feeling."

In this homily, Fr. Apostolos deals with focusing on the positive goal of our faith in Jesus Christ as opposed to getting bogged down in a negative view of merely keeping the "rules."

Fr. Apostolos talks about the importance of the Cross.

Fr. Apostolos shares about the miracle of the feeding of the multitudes with the five loaves and two fish, and encourages us to offer our best unto the Lord.

At the beginning of the Dormition Fast, Fr. Apostolos shares about the role of the Theotokos in our salvation.

Fr. Apostolos reminds us to be who we are—the light of the world.

Fr. Apostolos responds to another week of blood-letting in America.

Fr. Apostolos shares some of the history of Holy Councils through the years, and some reflections about the upcoming council in Crete.

Fr. Apostolos shares about the ministry and mystery of motherhood.

On Graduation Sunday, Fr. Apostolos speaks to the spiritual desert into which our graduates enter when they leave home for college or the workplace.

Fr. Apostolos invites the faithful to complete the journey from the gates of Jerusalem and Christ's triumphal entry to Golgotha and the borrowed tomb that could not hold the Lord of Life.

Fr. Apostolos talks about God's mercy.

Fr. Apostolos begins with the story of Brittany, a young girl he briefly knew who suffered from an incurable skin condition who demonstrated for him how to carry a cross. The gist of the homily is simple: there can be no resurrection without a death and no Paschal celebration without the Cross.

Fr. Apostolos shares the difference between these three words, and calls us to the latter.

On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Apostolos reminds us that unless we see the face of Christ in everyone we meet, to venerate our icons can be a form of idolatry.

Fr. Apostolos speaks about repentance as healing from the cancer of sin. Sin is that foreign substance in us which, if left untreated, will produce in us spiritual death, and God provides the treatment.

Fr. Apostolos talks about the history and importance of fasting.

Fr. Apostolos talks about the Prodigal Son and the loving father.

Fr. Apostolos shares from St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, "We are the temple of the living God."

Fr. Apostolos shares from 2 Corinthians 6:1-10.

Fr. Apostolos talks about the true worship of God, "This week, as we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord of glory into the Temple, may we be reminded that we come into this holy place not in a state of mere passive observance, but in one of active, noetic worship of the One who alone deserves all glory, honor, and worship: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now until the ages of ages."

Fr. Apostolos talks about the ascetic tradition of the Orthodox faith in light of St. Anthony the Great's feast day.

Fr. Apostolos talks about the exclusive nature of our citizenship in the Heavenly Kingdom. "No one may hold dual citizenship in the Kingdom of God and any other kingdom."