my How to Know that God is Working in My Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-10-06T04:18:50+00:00 In an age when people are cynically feeling distant from (the concept of) God, it is important to be reminded that God is nearer than our very breath. Citing the gospel story of the great catch of fish, Fr Thomas teaches us concerning the assurance of the living God in our lives and the abundant life He promises. Full Article
my The Mystery of Christ's Resurrection By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-06-03T02:40:19+00:00 Christ appeared to his apostles, and Thomas, eight days after his Holy Resurrection. Fr Thomas teaches us that we learn of the mystery of the Resurrection, the mystery of the Church, and the mystery of Faith, all in a single life-changing encounter. Full Article
my How Can I Love My Enemy? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-12-21T02:33:16+00:00 One of the most challenging commands of the teachings of Christ is to love our enemies. Fr Thomas explains what it looks like and why it's so important. Full Article
my How Do I Find the Will of God for My Life? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T03:09:09+00:00 Christians are called to live in the will of God, but how do we find it? Fr Thomas teaches us that living in the will of God means identifying with God's Kingdom and not with the values of this fallen world. Full Article
my Where is God In My Problems? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T18:08:29+00:00 The dramatic story of Peter attempting to walk on the water to come to Jesus is a reminder that God is with us in our problems even if we can't see Him. Fr Thomas teaches us that we're not called to a life without problems, we're called to be faithful through them. Full Article
my The Mystery of Time By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-01-14T00:33:27+00:00 Listen as Fr. Tom explains how Christ completely shatters our concept of time! Full Article
my Three Myths About Christianity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-06-15T02:55:27+00:00 In the second of his Holiness Month series, Fr Thomas dispels three myths about Christianity. (Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30) All Saints Sunday, June 11, 2023 Full Article
my Mystical Supper By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T03:58:01+00:00 Fr. Gregory Hallam examines the hymn we sing throughout the Liturgy in commemoration of our Lord's institution of the Holy Eucharist. Full Article
my God Keeps His Holy Mysteries By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-03-24T05:22:08+00:00 Fr. Emmanuel Kahn gives the sermon for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. Full Article
my Heaven and Earth Meet in a Sacred Mystery By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2021-05-04T16:48:01+00:00 Full Article
my My Time Has Not Yet Come By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-03T21:55:32+00:00 Full Article
my My Sheep Hear My Voice By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-10T23:37:17+00:00 Full Article
my The Enemy of My Enemy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-18T13:04:30+00:00 Full Article
my Tax Collectors and Sinners, Oh My! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-15T22:07:05+00:00 Full Article
my With A Little Help From My Friends By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-01-10T13:42:34+00:00 Full Article
my Not Seeking My Own Advantage By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-08-07T23:35:12+00:00 Full Article
my The Mystery of Lawlessness is Already at Work By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-06T20:32:13+00:00 Full Article
my Out of Egypt Have I Called My Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-12-24T11:40:38+00:00 Full Article
my I Will Kill My Brother By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-04-02T20:34:46+00:00 Full Article
my You're Breaking My Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-05-28T23:30:54+00:00 Full Article
my God is No One's Enemy By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-02-11T20:49:01+00:00 Full Article
my Not Seeking My Own Advantage By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-06-12T19:42:58+00:00 Full Article
my Out Of Egypt Have I Called My Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2018-12-15T01:55:22+00:00 Full Article
my I Will Kill My Brother By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-04-14T21:08:20+00:00 Full Article
my Eat My Flesh; Drink My Blood By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-05-14T18:55:40+00:00 Full Article
my Not Myths, But Eyewitnesses By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-08-05T20:52:23+00:00 Full Article
my You Are My Son! Today, I Have Begotten You By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2019-12-24T07:14:28+00:00 Full Article
my The Edge of Mysterion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-18T04:57:59+00:00 Bobby interviews Fr. Richard Rene, author of The Edge of Mysterion: Another Tale of Mysterion. Full Article
my Children of My Heart By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-23T02:48:47+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Ashley Lackovich-Van Gorp, the author of the new AFP book Children of My Heart: Finding Christ Through Adoption. Full Article
my The Mystery of Art By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-23T02:55:58+00:00 Bobby interviews Emmy Award-winning actor, musician, and writer Jonathan Jackson about his new AFP book The Mystery of Art: Becoming an Artist in the Image of God. Full Article
my Passion: Enemy or Friend? By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2012-07-17T15:07:21+00:00 Metropolitan Kallistos Ware continues to address the theme of Passion during the 2010 IOCS Summer School. Full Article
my A Myrrh-Gushing Icon By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-11-04T04:05:11+00:00 Dr. Rossi takes us to Taylor, PA, and share his experience with the myrrh-gushing icon at St. George Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church. He interviews a college student and plays a clip of the singing of the faithful gathered there. Full Article
my My Favorite Bible Quotes By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T05:06:50+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi reflects on some of his favorite Bible quotes and shares how they speak to him. Full Article
my My Conversion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2020-01-31T21:56:14+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi shares his faith journey and conversion to the Orthodox Church. Full Article
my My Guiltless Past By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2022-10-10T13:32:04+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi contemplates the depth of forgiveness and our difficulty in accepting it in repentance. Full Article
my My Eye as a Guide By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2023-05-18T00:49:46+00:00 Dr. Albert Rossi shares about his experience of having eye surgery and how it compares to our spiritual sight. Full Article
my Male Converts and Female Saints: Strong Women in Orthodoxy and in My Family By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-24T20:28:08+00:00 Fr. Philip LeMasters marvels at how central the balance of the masculine and the feminine is to our Orthodox faith and spiritual life. Full Article
my St. Mary of Egypt and the Grace of the Holy Mysteries By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T15:58:18+00:00 During this week of Great Lent, wherein the Church reads the Life of St. Mary of Egypt, we explore a section of that text which reveals the relationship between "mystical theology" in ascetical life, to the grace of the Holy Mysteries in the Church. We are prompted to ask ourselves: Do I lose sight of the chalice in my desire to find Christ? Full Article
my The River of Jordan Streaming from my Eyes By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T17:54:17+00:00 This week, Fr. Irenei reflects on one of the "Steps" from St John Klimakos’s Ladder to Paradise, in which the saint considers the life of the Christian and the judgement of others. Have we begun to live the life of repentance? Or does our judgement of our neighbor reveal that we have yet to grasp the true nature of our sin, and make a true beginning of abandoning it in Christ? Full Article
my All to No Purpose Have I Left My True Home By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-05-13T18:11:07+00:00 The second of the pre-Lenten Sundays draws our attention to the Prodigal Son and his departure—and return—to his father’s house. In this week’s episode, Archimandrite Irenei examines the Fathers’ testimony to this event, found in the Church’s hymns, and examines the nature of sin as exile in every Christian’s life. Full Article
my The Holy Mysteries of the Sacraments By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-10-23T06:26:14+00:00 Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses the sacraments of Marriage and Baptism. Full Article
my The Edge of Mysterion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-25T16:24:55+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Fr. Richard Rene, priest at St. Aidan's Orthodox Church in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and the author of Conciliar Press' first ever young-adult fantasy novel The Edge of Mysterion. Full Article
my Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-25T16:27:42+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Norris Chumley, the Executive Producer, Director, and Co-Narrator of the film Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of an Ancient Spirituality. HarperOne has also released a literary companion to the film that bears the same title. Full Article
my This Is My Beloved Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-26T00:58:43+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Andreas Andreopoulos, Reader in Christianity at the University of Winchester, about his new book This Is My Beloved Son: The Transfiguration of Christ, published by Paraclete Press. Full Article
my My Soul, My Soul—Arise! By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-07-26T14:46:20+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews the conductor Peter Jermihov about a concert of Orthodox Lenten and Marian hymns that will be performed by the St. Romanos Choir at Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 7, 2013. Full Article
my My Beautiful Lent By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2016-02-22T20:24:38+00:00 Are you dreading Great Lent? Is the Fast a struggle for you every year? Now there's help! Bobby Maddex interviews Cynthia Damaskos and Rita Madden, the individuals behind the new website My Beautiful Lent. Full Article
my My Beautiful Lent By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2017-03-02T04:53:16+00:00 Bobby Maddex interviews Cynthia Damaskos, CHC, one of the individuals behind the website My Beautiful Lent. Full Article