... of the Blind Man, May 20, 2015 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of ... it was not a lucky day in 1453, and what was formerly known as Pontus or Asia Minor came to be called Turkey, and the city known as ... encounter this same kind of narrative dynamic in the Gospel of Christâs healing of the blind man. The Lordâs Apostles provide ...
... is exactly the halfway point between the beginning of Great Lent and the holy day of ... then there's really no point to any of this. That's the Gospel we're living. There's no other purpose to this holy season than ... on the Mount from Matthew and the Gospel of John." You know, Lord, that we Orthodox read the entire Gospel in our homes during Holy ...
... align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Christ and the Paralytic[/caption] Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, March 8, 2015 Rev. ... heretics, whose assertion was that the highest form of knowledge of God was intellectualâthe philosophers, they said, had greater ... from the beginning of the second chapter of Markâs Gospel. Jesus was at Capernaum, teaching in a house which was said to be His ...
... align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Fr. Matthew teaching at Hellenic College[/caption] It's been astounding over the ... of spirit are part of what makes the actual pursuit of knowledge possible. Reason and learning without love are just cold calculation ... Holy Spirit in a communion of eternal love. This is the Gospel, that God so loved the world. One of the gifts that Fr. Matthew gave ...
... align="alignright" width="320"] Fr. Matthew Baker at his ordination on January 19, 2014[/caption] I awoke this ... with the charity that comes of being dedicated to knowledge and not making knowledge some kind of competition of possession. He ... I did indeed see), he somehow had a special gift for the Gospel. [caption id="attachment_3427" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Fr. ...
... align="aligncenter" width="646"] Icon of the Last Judgment[/caption] This sermon can be heard as an audio recording ... one God. Amen. Today our series on preaching the Gospelâevangelismâcontinues with the Sunday of the Last Judgment, commonly ... it is a promise of rescue from eternal suffering. Look, I know that heaven and hell stuff isnât fashionable, but itâs still real. ...
... id="attachment_3183" align="aligncenter" width="468"] The Ecstasy of Saint Paul, by Nicolas Poussin (1643)From Wikimedia ... it is himself he is talking about. He simply says âI know a man in Christâ who had this experience. But it has long been ... teaches us patterns for spiritual life. He preaches the Gospel, which includes teaching what it all means and how to live by it. His ...
... of the Blind Man, May 25, 2014 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the ... of this celebration with the account from Johnâs Gospel of the healing of the man born blind. Having fasted and prayed our way ... blind. It is also not his parentsâ fault. He does not know any other way of living. Seeing is something he hears people talk about, ...
... March 2, 2014 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. ... It is the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. We know what happens when Adam and Eve sin, when they eat of that one thing ... He loves us without any question. The good news of the Gospel that is revealed to us in a particular, powerful way during this holy ...
The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian ... and strategies we are going to need to pass on what we know to be true to future generations in a culture, legal and otherwise, that ... but were instead concerned with getting the light of Gospel into a world covered in darkness. So what, then, do we do? I think we ...
There have been several postings online in the past few days of various articles claiming that the Christian Church at ... I really am not making this up) are those who either don't know better or quite desperately want him to be right. Boswell himself was gay ...
... of the Theotokos, 2012 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ... news, closely related to Evangelion, the word for âthe Gospel.â And yet, somehow, even 2,000 years after the proclamation of this ... for so much in lifeâif we want something, we have to know how to ask for it or perhaps how to look for it. The same is very much ...
... align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="The Hill of Crosses, Ĺ iauliai, Lithuania"][/caption]Sunday of the Adoration of ... of this world. The Lord Himself says this in todayâs Gospel: âIf any man would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up ... glory? Doesnât your heart burn within you not just to know about what is good, what is holy, what is filled with light and ...
... Schweine," Sebald Beham, 1538"][/caption] Sunday of the Prodigal Son, 2012 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the ... think this is a real problem for many of usâwe do not know that we are separated from God, and probably worse yet, we may not even ...
... and Heterodoxy have been posted recently. You can read them here: The Hair-Shirt Agenda On Behalf of All Also, for those who don't ... my posts on Facebook and Google+, you may be interested to know that I am currently at work on a new book (title to be announced later) on ...
... width="540" caption="This document was ratified by the British Parliament on Dec. 11, 1936"][/caption] December 11, 2011 In the ... gloryâ? How can you and I appear in glory? I donât know about you, but my day-to-day life is not really one in which the word ...
... width="568.8" caption="Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon (by John Martin)"][/caption] October 9, ... fundamentalism that they would never consider eventually acknowledging him as a colleague. I asked him why he was there, since he knew he ... in an empire that is becoming more and more hostile to the Gospel. This time it is not paganism, however, but secular fundamentalism. ...
... Sunday After Pentecost, August 21, 2011 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. ... His beyond the Twelve who were commissioned to bring the Gospel to the world. Thaddeus, whose feast day is today, was originally from ... an imprint of His countenance. That cloth has come to be known as the âIcon Made Without Handsâ or the âHoly Napkin,â and it has ...
... was recently passed on a question by my grandmother from some of my non-Orthodox relations who live out in the mountains of ... whether, in my preaching, there is room for a "personal Gospel." I must be honest that I don't know exactly what that phrase means, but I cannot imagine they are asking ...
... Elizabeth as she speaketh with the Virgin Mary: Wherefore art thou, the Mother of my Lord, come unto me? Thou ... festal commemoration is the birth of John the Forerunner, known to most English speakers as John the Baptist, which is narrated for us in the first chapter of Luke's Gospel. A major thematic element for today is the Voice. Zachariah, not ...
... align="alignright" width="205" caption="The Women at the Grave of Christ and the Ascension of Christ"][/caption]The ... all of us to âcome to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of ... Light that illumines the darkness. Truly, as the Gospel reading says to us today, âthe people who sat in darkness have seen a ...
... width="600" caption="Emmaus, Autumn 2010"][/caption] The following is Part VI (the conclusion) of a talk I gave on April 2nd at the ... If you spend any time around me at all, you will know that I love Emmaus. Itâs a beautiful place to be during all the seasons ...
... id="" align="alignright" width="278" caption="The Exile from Paradise"][/caption]The following is Part III of a talk I gave ... village,â but if so, then it is a village where no one knows each otherâs names and where no one sees each other, yet we trade bits ...
... width="220" caption="St. Irenaeus of Lyons, the Gnostic's least favorite guy"][/caption] I sometimes encounter folks who ... the SBNR are those who are often likely to respond to the Gospel not so much with outright rejection but rather with "Sure, ... of private revelation and opinion over corporate knowledge and tradition. It is also essentially Protestant, in that its basic ...
... align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Lion of St. Mark, from the Echternach Gospels (8th c.)"][/caption] The Sunday of Forgiveness, March 6, 2011 In the ... hear his name, they have no idea who he is. But they know that he is coming, and with him, comes the springtime. In most languages, ...
... align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Publican and the Pharisee"][/caption] In the Name of the Father and of the ... Ever since Adam and Eve thought to themselves, âYou know what? We like our way better than Godâs way,â human beings have not ... put ourselves first? Why does the Pharisee in todayâs Gospel pray âwith himself,â âGod, I thank Thee that I am not like other ...
... align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan River"][/caption] In the name of the Father ... No one who lives in the endless Twelfth Night can know who he is, because the whole world is designed to deny it and keep it ... St. John the Baptist, called John the Forerunner. In the Gospel account, John is baptizing people in the River Jordan when he sees Jesus ...
The following is a recycled post from my previous weblog, originally posted in October ... to questions of eternal significance. What I didn't know was that that statement would reveal that I "live in la-la land." ... in the next. That's been true from the beginning of the Gospel's preaching. But what really astounds is that this is a hard sell even ...
... align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Church of the Dormition, Jerusalem"][/caption] Holy Dormition, August 15, ... yet how often do we find ourselves saying, âI donât know how I lived without thatâ? Today letâs spend a few moments thinking about attention and how we divide and focus it. The Gospel reading which is appointed for this Great Feast of the Virgin Mary, her ...