Category: Sermons

What is the Secret to Eternity?

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost / Twelfth Sunday of Matthew, August 23, 2015 I Corinthians 15:1-11; Matthew 19:16-26 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. ā€œWhat good deed must I do, to have eternal life?ā€ So asks the rich young man who approaches Jesus. He is looking for theā€¦

From “Membership” to Ministry: Feeding the Five Thousand

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Feast of St. Paraskeva / Eighth Sunday of Matthew, July 26, 2015 Galatians 3:23-4:5; Matthew 14:14-22 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. We are all familiar with this account from the Gospels of the Feeding of the Five Thousand. Though we read today from Matthew 14, thisā€¦

Not Abolition, But Fulfillment: Reading Everything in the Light of Christ

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council, July 19, 2015 Titus 3:8-15; Matthew 5:14-19 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. I would like us to hear the short text of todayā€™s Gospel again, because this is what we will speak on today. These are the words of theā€¦

St. Paisios and Salvation from Distraction

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost / Sixth Sunday of Matthew, July 12, 2015 Romans 12:6-14; Matthew 9:1-8 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Today we have a rare privilege in church life in that today is the very first time the feast of a saint is celebratedā€”St. Paisiosā€¦

The Fruit of the Spirit Who is God: St. Ambrose on the Spirit’s Goodness

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
St. Athanasius of Mt. Athos / Fifth Sunday of Matthew, July 5, 2015 Galatians 5:22-6:2; Matthew 8:28-9:1 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. On the fifth of July, we celebrate St. Athanasius the Athonite. This is not the same Athanasius whose theology won the day at theā€¦

Hearing and Doing God’s Law in the Information Age

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Second Sunday after Pentecost / Second Sunday of Matthew, June 14, 2015 Romans 2:10-16; Matthew 4:18-23 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. St. Paul, in his words from the second chapter of Romans which we heard today, has something to say about what weā€™re supposed to doā€¦

The Christianity of the Ascension: Our Potential in Christ

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Sunday after Ascension, May 24, 2015 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. From middle school all the way through high school, if you could chart a single theme in the comments that teachers would make to my parents, whether in parent-teacher conferences, report cards, or notes sentā€¦