Fr. Philip invites us to follow Jesus through his passion, bringing victory through the cross.

On Thomas Sunday, we are reminded that Christ rose victoriously with his wounds and that we too may bring our bodily limitations and challenges into the redeeming light of the risen Christ.

Fr. Philip challenges us to respond in humble obedience to the resurrected Christ, following the example of the Myrrhbearers.

Do you understand the Gospel as being good news for all, even for those whom you hate?

Are you experiencing healing from the blinding power of sin and death through the resurrection of Jesus?

Are we ascending in holiness with Christ through the pains and challenges of this world?

Fr. Philip reminds us of the significance of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church.

Like the Saints, our path to holiness will be through the daily struggle to be faithful in small ways that few will notice or celebrate.

Fr. Philip calls us to engage in the practices of prayer, fasting and generosity - the basic building blocks of Christian faithfulness.

Fr. Philip calls us to endure suffering in striving for the salvation of our souls as modeled by St. Joseph of Damascus.

Fr. Philip calls us to become vessels of the shocking love of God that is the salvation of the world.

Fr. Philip encourages us to be the light of the world by serving Christ in our immediate circumstances.

Fr. Philip calls us to actively engage in the journey towards the Kingdom of God through the Dormition Fast.

Are you stumbling around in spiritual darkness? Prayer is how we open the darkness of our soul to the brilliant light of Christ, presenting ourselves in faith for His healing.

The dormition of the Theotokos is an icon of our hope for eternal life.

Are you keeping your eyes on Jesus when the stormy seas of life stir up the fear of death?

How quickly are we to forgive those who have wronged us in some way?

Are we participating in the new creation that Christ offers to us through his life, death and resurrection?

Jesus called the Apostles to leave everything to follow Him and become fishers of men. And He calls all of us to take up our cross and follow Him right in the midst of our daily lives, making those places of weakness and failure become occasions of beauty and blessing.

In the story of Jesus raising to life the son of the widow of Nain, we see the author of life entering into the painful realities of our world. We too are called to extend the compassion of Christ to the world around us as living icons of His great mercy and salvation.

Jesus Christ gives us back our true identities, making us into faithful witnesses of His redeeming work.

Are we coming to Christ with a humble and sincere faith? If so, then we too will experience the gracious mercy which Jesus gives to all who reach out to Him in faith.

Does worshipping God in beautiful liturgical services distract us from serving those in need in the world around us? Do we need to pick one over the other?

Like the Theotokos, we are called to welcome Christ into our own lives and become the Temple of God.

Does your approach to this Advent season reflect an attitude of self-sufficiency, or does it reveal your reliance on the mercy and grace of God in Christ Jesus?

What is keeping you "stooped over," hindering you from becoming more like Jesus?

Are you prepared to receive the great blessing of the coming of Christ?

Who exactly belongs in the story of Jesus - the perfect as well as the imperfect, the sinner as well as the saint? Perhaps the true meaning of Christmas is more shocking than we first imagined.

The circumcision of Jesus is a sign that He fulfilled the requirements of the Law, and an invitation for us to receive the circumcision of our own hearts.

We are called to become living epiphanies of God's salvation by offering every dimension of our lives to Christ.

Does everyone walk the same path of repentance into the Kingdom of God?

The Savior came to heal, bless and sanctify all who bear his image and likeness. Are we living into that healing and blessing?

During the coming Lenten season, spiritual disciplines like prayer are intended to help us humble ourselves before the Lord and make us aware how far we are away from God. Pride threatens to weigh us down, while humility lifts us up to God.

Is pride derailing your spiritual life? The season of Great Lent helps us see our need for repentance and humility.

Are we truly becoming partakers of the divine nature? Our actions reveal what is true our about lives, and will be revealed at the last judgment.

Are you prepared to enter the Kingdom of God? If not, the Church calls us to enter through forgiveness into the journey of repentance of Great Lent.

How can we find joy and healing for our souls as image bearers of God?

How do we break free from the paralysis of our own sin and brokenness? The disciplines of Lent are tools given to us to help us move towards our own salvation.

Is the cross a symbol of death or life, victory or defeat? This Lent we are called once again to take up our cross and follow our Savior, setting us free from the fear of death.

During the season of Lent, we are called to crucify our passions and turn from sin so that we can gain the strength to respond like the Theotokos in simple, trusting obedience.

Entering the final week of Lent, we are reminded once again of our own weakness and failings and our needs for the mercy of God.

Why did Jesus come as one of us, entering on the foal of a donkey on his way to the cross?

We are called to bear witness of the resurrected Lord, along with St. Thomas, who sought to know Christ through a personal experience with Him.

The Myrrh-Bearers lived a life of service for the flourishing of the Church, much like the early Deacons, modeling the kind of life that all Christians are called to live.

Along with the paralytic man, Jesus asks us, "Do you want to be healed?" Or have we become so accustomed to our illnesses that we no longer feel the need for healing and transformation?

How do you decided whether you measure up or not? Does shame or blame keep us from opening our souls to the new life offered by our Lord?

Each of us are in need of the healing and illumination of our risen Lord, opening the eyes of our souls to himself.

Christ calls us to ascend with Him into the Kingdom of Heaven, becoming like Him in His holiness even now in the Church.

All disciples of Jesus are called to follow Him, in the power of the Holy Spirit, into a new life of holiness.

Being set free from those things which possess us is just the beginning of the process of salvation.