Holy Trinity + Holy Cross - Sermons

Father Paul shares the Good News of the Holy Cross with our youth.

Today Father Gregory concludes his sermon series, The Symbol of Faith, with the lines, I expect the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the age to come. Amen. Christians, from the beginning, have had the hope that our bodies, after death and burial, will rise again imperishable. We eagerly anticipate with certainty this resurrection without knowing the time. Supporting the Creed is taken fro...

Today, on the 9th Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 14:22-34. Jesus comes to His disciples, who are unsure who He is, walking on water. Peter steps out of the boat in faith and walks toward Jesus but is distracted and begins to sink. He cries out, Lord, save me! Father Micah shares that this Gospel gives us a map to prayer. We must know that we pray to Christ because He first...

In today's Gospel, taken from Matthew 14:14-22, Jesus has compassion on a gathering of people, healing their sick and feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fish. Jesus' miracle in the wilderness, is the fulfillment of a prophecy from Ezekiel, where God provides for His people. The gathering of God's people or Ekklesia is foreshadowed many times in the Old Testament. Father Gregory con...

Today, the 7th Sunday of Matthew, Father Gregory continues to examine the Nicene Constantinopolitan Creed with part 5 in his series, Symbol of Faith. The Holy Spirit, the third person and often forgotten member of the Trinity, is the topic of discussion. Father considers what we believe about the Holy Spirit by examining this line, " And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, who proceed...

Today, on the 6th Sunday of Matthew, the Epistle reading comes to us from Romans 12:6-14. Father Micah's message encourages Orthodox Christians to use God's gifts, given to us at Chrismation, to build up His body. Everything is a gift from God, purposed for thanksgiving and used for all people. We recognize our gifts through humility and should use them to inspire change in the world. Father Micah...

Today, as we celebrate the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical council, Father Gregory appropriately continues his sermon series on the Nicene Creed. Part 3 of this series dealt with who Jesus is, while part 4 speaks about what Jesus did. Father Gregory continues to educate us that the Nicene Creed summarizes Scripture. The Nicene Creed informs the faithful Jesus offers Himself to all humanity. The...

Today, on the 4th Sunday of Matthew, the Gospel comes to us from Matthew 8:5-13. Therein, we hear of a centurion who is a model for Orthodox Christians because of his extraordinary trust in Jesus as God. Father Gregory continues his series on the Nicene Creed by summarizing his two previous sermons, where we learn that belief is trust and that trust is in one God, the Father Almighty. Part three i...

Today in Orthodoxy we celebrate God's Spirit poured out on all flesh in the last days, Holy Pentecost. Father Gregory continues his series on the Creed, entitled Symbol of Faith, beginning with the line, "one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and all things visible and invisible." Orthodox Christians believe or trust in One God worshipped in three persons. This sermon examines the...

Today we celebrate 318 Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council who gathered in Nicaea in 325 A.D. The Orthodox Church recognizes several councils as the highest authority which produced the Bible and the Creed. Father Gregory begins a new sermon series on the Symbol of Faith known to Orthodox Christians as The Creed. This idea of a statement of faith is found in the writings of Saint Paul and pred...

Today, on the Sunday of The Blind Man, the Gospel is read from John 9:1-38. In this pericope, we hear about the healing of a man born without eyes. Jesus spits on the ground to form mud which he turns into eyes for the blind man, showing He is the same as the Living God who made Adam from clay. Father Micah shares with us that Jesus did not need to make mud to heal the blind man but does because H...

Today, on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the Gospel is read from John 4:5-42. In the abundance of richness in this Gospel, Father Micah shares one part of one line, "spirit and truth." Worship is central to humanity. The importance of worship is evident in the Old Testament as Israel shows concern for how people worship. The modern world condones the worship of God however seems comfortable an...

Today is the Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women, who came to the Tomb to anoint Jesus with spices. The Gospel is taken from Mark 15:43 - 16:1-8 and is also read at the midnight Resurrection service. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection of Jesus, the first fruit of our resurrection. The Resurrection gives us hope that we will overcome life's greatest enemy, death. Hope gives purposeful meaning in l...

Today, on Thomas Sunday, the Gospel is taken from John 20:19-31. Jesus appears to His Apostles, giving them peace and showing them His hands and side. Thomas, who was not present, is told of Our Lords appearing. He replies that unless he sees the print of the nails in His hands and places his finger in the mark of the nails and places his hand in His side he will not believe. Father Gregory gives...

Today Father Gregory concludes his series on the Lord's Prayer by contemplating the line "But deliver us from evil." The previous sermon in this series reflected on different types of temptations. Temptations that bring pleasure are voluntary, and those that bring pain are involuntary. Temptations are a benefit for Christians and necessary to work out their salvation. The devil is the source of te...

Today is known as the Sunday of The Holy Cross. The Church places the Cross of Christ in our midst as a signpost on our journey toward Pascha. The Gospel for today from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 says that to follow Jesus we must deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. In today's world, we tend to avoid discomfort and inconvenience. Father Micah shares in his message that to take up our cross we...

Today Father Gregory continues his series on the Lord's Prayer with the line, "and lead us not into temptation." Temptations in life are unavoidable. The Israelites were tempted in the wilderness for forty years and Jesus forty days in the desert after His Baptism. Temptations or trials are a necessary struggle for Orthodox Christians in their journey toward salvation. The Fathers teach temptation...