St. Paul Naples Podcast

St Paul Naples Podcast March 19, 2023 Sunday of the Holy Cross   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 8:34-38; 9:1   The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose i...

St Paul Naples Podcast March 12, 2023 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas The Gospel According to Mark 2:1-12 At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. John 1:43-51   At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 6:14-11   The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. "And when you fast, do n...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 25:31-46   The Lord said, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 18:10-14   The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortio...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 15:21-28   At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But...

St Paul Naples Podcast January 15 2023 Title Show Notes     Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 17:12-19   At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 4: 12-17   At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by th...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 2:20-21, 40-52     At that time, the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name giv...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (11:1-25)     Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the fathe...

December 11, 2022 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (11:1-25) Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezr...

In commemorating the 3-year anniversary since the repose of our holy father and Geronda Ephraim of Philotheou in Arizona, Fr. Paul reads Homily 18 "Until the End of the Age, Saints Will Continue to Exist". This is found in the book "The Art of Salvation" published by Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Monastery (January 1, 2014). This book is a compilation of different homilies given by the holy elder...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (13:10-17) It is so easy for us to have our vision clouded by our ego, our pride, and by a lack of spiritual clarity and not be able to see the good unfolding in front of us. Always seeing what we think is bad, what we think is evil,...

November 20, 2022 | Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21) The church is where you partake in sweet conversation with the heavenly Father and the Most Holy Queen and Mother of God with the angels of the Lord and saints. The church is where we learn to pray and...

November 13, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples, Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:25-37) Struggle for God for His truth with all your soul and mind. We must look upon the love we show our neighbor as love given to Christ himself.   Love is from Christ. Love is through Christ and love is fo...

November 6, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (8:41-56 Shed blood and receive the Spirit. Christ will make us whole because the Lord desires to help us, his children. Today go out and touch Christ that he may heal you and give you courage. Today, go fall at hi...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (16:19-31) Our Savior teaches us even those suffering…the good things they will enjoy on accounts of the sufferings they will patiently endure in this life. The Lord teaches us those that endure to the end shall be saved and what awa...

October 16, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (8:5-15) There are 3 things concerning being saved. Let this be you. Keep the word of God. Bring forth fruit, do good deeds. Do so with patient endurance.

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42, 11:27-28)   Go home and pray to the Mother of God who is most blessed because she is the one above all human beings who has actually heard the word of God and kept it better than anybody else.  

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (6:31-36)   Become like the Lord in your love. The Gospel must inspire and encourage us to deny ourselves to do what the Lord has commanded us to do, to become the divine likeness we are created in. Become like God in your divine g...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (5:1-11)   If we ignore the Christian struggle which is to be quiet, we will be left exhausted, discouraged, and with empty nets. The struggle is real. The toiling and intense laboring is real. We have to keep going. We have to tak...

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-38; 9:1)   A Christian is one who imitates Christ not just when it convenient but throughout life.     Prayer: Lord, in spite of all my weaknesses, in spite of all my shortcomings, in spite of all my struggles, in spite of al...

September 11, 2022 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42, 11:27-28)   Go home and pray to the Mother of God who is most blessed because she is the one above all human beings who has actually heard the word of God and kept it better than anybody else.  

Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org   Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (18:16-26)   If you think you have done it all, you haven't finished yet. There is still more to do. Christ came free us, to illuminate our life. Detach yourself from the things that separate you from Christ.