St. Paul Naples Podcast

St Paul Naples Podcast June 25,  2023 3RD SUNDAY OF MATTHEW   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 25, 2023 - 3RD SUNDAY OF MATTHEW   MATTHEW 6:22-33 The Lord said, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of da...

St Paul Naples Podcast June 18,  2023 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 18, 2023 - 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW   MATTHEW 4:18-23 At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. A...

St Paul Naples Podcast June 11,  2023 THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 11, 2023 - THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS   MATTHEW 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 The Lord said to his disciples, "Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me...

St Paul Naples Podcast June 4,  2023 Holy Pentecost   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 4, 2023 - Holy Pentecost   John 7:37-52; 8:12 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his hea...

St Paul Naples Podcast May 28,  2023 Fathers Of The 1st Council   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org May 28, 2023 - Fathers Of The 1st Council   John 17:1-13 At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all...

St Paul Naples Podcast May 21,  2023 Sunday of the Blind Man   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org May 21, 2023 - Sunday of the Blind Man JOHN 9:1-38 At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered...

St Paul Naples Podcast April 30,   2023 Sunday of the Myrth-Bearing Women   Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8 At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilat...

St Paul Naples Podcast April 23,   2023 My Lord and My God   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 20: 19-31   On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and...

St Paul Naples Podcast April 9,   2023 Palm Sunday     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 12: 1-18   Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was...

St Paul Naples Podcast April 2, 2023 5th Sunday of Lent: St. Mary of Egypt Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples FI Fr Paul Gigis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.orq   MARK 10:32-45 At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests a...

St Paul Naples Podcast March 26, 2023 The Ladder of Divine Ascent or The Sunday of St. John Climacus Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples FI Fr Paul Gigis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.orq Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 9:17-31 At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherev...

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,...