(Fr. Patrick’s Pascha Sermon—2011)   In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Christ is Risen!  Let us take a moment to rest on this long beautiful night, which has begun with a few interesting moments.  Wouldn’t you say? …

“Joy, like thanksgiving, is at once a gift and a decision. They are nothing without both. God provides the occasion; we respond by entering. Turning away from the occasion, neither glorifying God nor thanking Him, blinds us to His presence…

ST. NIKOLAI VELIMIROVIC: Commentary of the Sunday of Forgiveness and Fasting (abridged)

“When God sees that we are proud and arrogant, He allows for the presences of temptations in our life. He will take them away from us only when He sees that we humble ourselves.” Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain

The Nativity and Epiphany: The fullness of celebrating the coming of our Lord By Father Nicholas Speier In approaching the Christmas Feast and celebrating the beginning of the New Year (2009) we recall that the historic Christian center of this…