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Bring Your Suffering To Christ, That He May Forgive, Heal And Restore You 18.03.2026 12:42 ↓

Gospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12At 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 preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him...

Are We Possessed by Our Possessions? 03.09.2025 21:00 ↓

We can only follow Christ completely if we have removed from ourselves all other attachments.

Luke 17:11 -19 - The Ten Lepers 22.01.2024 12:08 ↓

The story of the 10 lepers teaches us about physical and spiritual illness and healing and the power of calling upon the name of Jesus Christ.

Reclaiming our purpose 07.01.2024 6:55 ↓

Christ changes the nature of water when he was baptized, reclaiming it for our sanctification. In the same way, when we are baptized in Christ, our true identity is reclaimed and our purpose is revealed and we are called to fulfill it.

A new year in the Lord 31.12.2023 12:52 ↓

Welcoming a new year let us prepare the way of the Lord and make his path straight within our hearts and lives.

Luke 5:1-11 Called to be disciples 25.09.2022 12:20 ↓

Called to be disciples

Mark 8:34-38 - Overcoming the false self through our cross 21.09.2022 10:19 ↓

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 it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and...

John 3:16 11.09.2022 20:55 ↓

John 3:16 The love of God and our love for God

Possesions 04.09.2022 9:06 ↓

What do we posses and what possesses us?

Gratitude to God for his mercy 29.08.2022 9:41 ↓

The Lord said this parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Lord, h...

The power of prayer and fasting 22.08.2022 17:45 ↓

The power of prayer and fasting

The Divine Reality 14.08.2022 13:02 ↓

There is another reality that we too often forget about or don’t allow ourselves to see.

It is more blessed to give than to receive 11.08.2022 11:22 ↓

Cultivating an attitude of giving.

Lord have mercy 31.07.2022 22:36 ↓

The blind men cried out the words we say in every Divine Liturgy.  This is the cry of the universe. 

The Light of Christ in us 18.07.2022 12:07 ↓

The Light of Christ in us

Obedience and Trust demonstrates Faith 11.07.2022 10:58 ↓

Obedience and trust demonstrates faith

God and Mammon 04.07.2022 12:27 ↓

Do we desire God or Mammon?

The cost of following Christ 26.06.2022 13:02 ↓

The cost of following Christ

Denying Christ 20.06.2022 14:53 ↓

Denying Christ

The Holy Spirit 19.06.2022 13:06 ↓

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Fathers 05.06.2022 15:05 ↓

The Holy Fathers

Spiritual Blindness 30.05.2022 20:56 ↓

The consequences of spiritual blindness in our world

Laziness 21.04.2022 6:37 ↓

The spiritual dangers of laziness.

Maranatha 28.02.2022 17:03 ↓

Living in expectation of the second coming of Jesus Christ by being always prepared for death.

So that I might change, God's love is unchanging 21.02.2022 1:16:52 ↓

The parable of the Prodigal Son reveals God's unchangeable and unending love and how it attracts us back to Him even though we have spent all our love on something else.