St Mark Sermons

Fr Mark reflects the three stages of experiencing God's Grace: experiencing God's overwhelming grace, recognising our weakness and sin, and responding to God's call to mission by sharing Jesus with others.

Fr Mark reflects the three stages of experiencing God's Grace: experiencing God's overwhelming grace, recognising our weakness and sin, and responding to God's call to mission by sharing Jesus with others.

Fr Mark reflects the three stages of experiencing God's Grace: experiencing God's overwhelming grace, recognising our weakness and sin, and responding to God's call to mission by sharing Jesus with others.

How do we make sense of the moments when Jesus seems fully human, weeping at a tomb, growing as a child, saying "My Father is greater than I," while also being fully God? This final session in a four-part series gives us two powerful tools from St. Athanasius and St. Cyril of Alexandria that unlock how the Church has always read the life of Christ. This sermon explores: - St. Athanasius's three qu...

Fr Anthony Messeh takes us through Romans 8 which explores how believers are freed from condemnation through Christ and receive new life through the Holy Spirit. The teaching emphasizes humility in overcoming sin, examining our thoughts and intentions, and living with the confidence that we are God’s children and co-heirs with Christ.

How do we make sense of the moments when Jesus seems fully human, weeping at a tomb, growing as a child, saying "My Father is greater than I," while also being fully God? This final session in a four-part series gives us two powerful tools from St. Athanasius and St. Cyril of Alexandria that unlock how the Church has always read the life of Christ. This sermon explores: - St. Athanasius's three qu...

Tune in to Fr Anthony as he contemplates on how the standard of the world is very different to the standard of God.

Tune in to Fr Anthony as he contemplates on how the standard of the world is very different to the standard of God.

Tune in to Fr Anthony as he contemplates on how the standard of the world is very different to the standard of God.

Tune in to Fr Michael as he contemplates on the great, John the Baptist.

The Lord wants to come as we are so that He can heal us through the power of His love

Reflecting on the sinful woman at Christ’s feet (Luke 7), this sermon challenges us to let go of spiritual excuses and self-righteous pride, urging us instead to run to Christ with genuine humility and repentance.

Tune in with Fr. Arsenius as he reflects on Christ’s call to forgive as He has forgiven us and how forgiveness brings freedom, love, and draws us closer to Him.

Welcome to SMS at SMSK! We are so happy you are here! Join us as we continue our series on Forgiveness. This week Fr. John talks about forgiving God and the symptoms that highlight our upset. Join is every Sunday at 11:30AM at St. Moses and St. Katherine Coptic Orthodox Church in downtown Toronto. Come, sit with us! www.smsk.ca ‪@StMosesStKatherine‬

Welcome to SMS at SMSK! We are so happy you are here. Join us as we continue talking about forgiveness. Join us every Sunday at 11:30AM at St. Moses and St. Katherine Coptic Orthodox Church in downtown Toronto. www.smsk.ca ‪@StMosesStKatherine‬

Welcome to SMS at SMSK! We are so happy you are here. Join us as we kick start a new series about forgiveness. Join us every Sunday at 11:30AM at St. Moses and St. Katherine Church in downtown Toronto. www.smsk.ca

• Mark 2:1-12 Fr Anthony Messeh takes us through the true richness of lives: 4 friends who were willing to take this man to Christ; the difference between life and death, misery and joy. This sermon reflects on the paralyzed man whose four friends carried him to Jesus, emphasizing how genuine friendship can bring hope, healing, and a life-changing encounter with Christ. This talk challenges listen...

The word faith carries ideas like faithfulness, trust, reliability, and fidelity. In this passage we see the four friends, carry, climb, tear, lower, and persevered. These are all action words. In fact, in Hebrews 11, the hall of faith, we see similar descriptions when Paul mentions a person, it is what action they took. Faith moves.

Sainthood is simplicity of faith. The Lord gives us many examples of saints and their holiness so that we may emulate them and begin to exude a fragrance. One that is a pleasing aroma rising up before God and also that it may attract those around us to glorify God and to seek Him more wholeheartedly.

Sin burdens us until we can carry it no more. It weighs us down and seeks to master us and in turn turns us away from the very One who can take alleviate our burden and loosen every bond of our sin. The story of the sinner woman receiving forgiveness from our Lord reminds us that those who have been forgiven little love little and those who have been forgiven much love much.

This sermon celebrates the growth of the church ministry dedicated to sharing Christ’s love and challenges us to become living witnesses of Him through evangelism, prayer, and faithful service.

This sermon concludes the 'Sacred Spaces' series by exploring how a heart cleansed of sin and filled with prayer and thanksgiving can overflow into the lives of others. It calls us to reflect Christ through sacrificial love, humility, and mercy, showing His love through everyday actions, especially when it requires personal sacrifice.

This sermon reflects on the sinful woman who washed Christ’s feet to show three ways to offer ourselves fully to God: serving with our whole lives, using our mouths for silence and prayer rather than pride or complaint, and offering our tears in repentance and desire for God.

Our thoughts shape how we see ourselves, others, and even God. But what happens when those thoughts become obstacles to faith, forgiveness, and healing? Through the healing of the paralytic, Christ invites us to surrender not only our struggles, but also the hidden thoughts of our hearts—allowing His grace to renew our minds and transform our lives.

SBSS Church - Sermon by Fr David Milad on the gospel of the paralyzed men who was helped to Christ through the roof by his 4 friends. Just as the man who was served was brought to Christ, the 4 fours through their service were also brought to meet Christ