Tag: Sermons

Warnings at the Wedding Feast

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost / Fourteenth Sunday of Matthew, September 6, 2015 II Corinthians 1:21-24, 2:1-4; Matthew 22:2-14 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. The Gospel passage this morning is one that we do not hear every year in our lectionary. It is appointed for the Fourteenthā€¦

The First Fruits of Achaia: Setting Ourselves for the Ministry of the Saints

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost / Thirteenth Sunday of Matthew, August 30, 2015 I Corinthians 16:13-24; Matthew 21:33-42 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Many times when weā€™re reading something, we come across a phrase or two in parentheses, and we might skip over that part because itā€™sā€¦

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€¦

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€¦