What Does It Mean to Love God?
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
1M ago
Yes, indeed, what does it mean to love God? We understand to love to mean many things. It is, in truth, as the poet says, “a many splendored thing.”   The question is very real for Christians because the leader of our Faith, Jesus Christ, commanded us to love God. He said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37). Yet, we hear so often that people “fall in love,” suggesting that love for God is not something that can be commanded. It should just “happen,” they think. Nevertheless, the Church speaks to believer ..read more
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Healing the Ten Lepers: The One Who Sees is Thankful
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
2M ago
12TH SUNDAY OF LUKE, Luke 17: 12-19 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. They were lepers. They were respectful, they were obedient, they were humble. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” They were reverent, faithful, pathetic, needy, helpless, desperate. So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. Jesus was commanding, directing, ready to achieve, filled with power. He orders them to act as if they are already ..read more
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SUNDAY AFTER EXALTATION OF PRECIOUS CROSS, Mark 8: 34-38, 9: 1
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
6M ago
Dear brothers and sisters, We heard today the Gospel narrative the Lord’s teaching on the salvation of the soul and how our salvation is deeply rooted in the Cross. Jesus said today in the Gospel, “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Taking up one’s cross does not imply wearing a cross around your neck, neither does it suggest to lift up on your shoulders and giant and heavy cross. The experience of the cross is when we sacrifice our own will and subject it to the will of the other, repeating in ourselves what the Lord did in Gethsemane in ..read more
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13th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW, Matthew 21: 33-42
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
7M ago
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel for the 13th Sunday of Matthew is the parable of the vineyard. An owner built a vineyard, hedged it around, built a wine press and a tower and then let it out to tenants. When he sent servants to take the rent, they were beaten and stoned. He sent others, but they did the same. And when the owner sent own his son, they killed him. In this parable, the vineyard is Israel. The owner is God. Israel is hedged around with natural borders. The wine press is the altar, the tower is the Temple. The tenants are the Jews. The s ..read more
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On Wealth and the Wealthy
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
7M ago
12th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW, Matthew 19: 16-26 Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea In today’s Gospel reading, we hear about a rich young man who was unwilling to share his wealth and thus become an heir to the kingdom of heaven. The Lord then told his disciples that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Before we give any interpretation of the words spoken by Christ to the rich young man, let’s hear what the Apostle Saint James has to about the wealthy: ‘Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the mis ..read more
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On Forgiveness
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
7M ago
11th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW, Matthew 18: 23-35 Jesus said “Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him t ..read more
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TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
8M ago
Matthew 17: 1—9 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we commemorate the event when our Lord’s human nature was transfigured by the Holy Spirit, proceeding from Our Heavenly Father, Whose voice witnessed to His Son’s divine nature. This Feast shows us firstly that the human and the divine natures of Our Lord Jesus Christ are united in One Person, secondly that, therefore, there is no unity without the Holy Spirit, and thirdly that our Saviour and Lord, dominates over Life and Death, for prophet Moses, who died, and prophet ..read more
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The Gospel Lesson of Matthew 14:14-22
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
8M ago
8TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW, Matthew 14: 14-22 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” He said, “Bring them here to Me.” Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the gr ..read more
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Sermon about two blind men
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
8M ago
7TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW, Matthew 9: 27-35   Dear brothers and sisters in Christ!   In yesterday’s Gospel reading about the two blind men (Mat.9, 27-35) the path towards faith is depicted: we are shown how from a state of blindness one can be transformed to a state of seeing, how one can receive what one asks. Sin makes man blind, for the devil does not wish man to see God—his Creator. Spiritual blindness might be acknowledged only by admitting ones sinfulness. Furthermore, it is essential to follow Christ – that is to fulfill His commandments, God’s will, and patiently carry one’s c ..read more
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Would You Invite Him to Stay, or Ask Him to Leave?
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by stvasiliosbrunswick
9M ago
Matthew 8: 28-34, 9:1 And when Jesus came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met Him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged Him, “If You cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.” And He said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and ..read more
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