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Sermon Jan. 13, 2013 (Sunday after Theophany)

On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew discusses the gifts we have received from Jesus.




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Sermon Feb. 3, 2013 (Sunday of Zacchaeus / Synaxis of Ss. Symeon & Anna)

On this Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks about Expectation, Action, and Fulfillment, which lead to Salvation.




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Sermon Feb. 17, 2013 (Sunday of the Canaanite Woman)

On this Sunday of the Canaanite Woman, Fr. Andrew speaks about the virtue of humility.




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Sermon Feb. 24, 2013 (Why Do We Come to Church? Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee)

On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew asks the simple, but complicated question, why are we here, why do we come to church?




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Sermon Mar. 3, 2013 (Sunday of the Prodigal Son)

On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Fr. Andrew asks the question: What is Forgiveness?




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Sermon Mar. 17, 2013 (Forgiveness Sunday / St. Patrick's Day)

On this Sunday of Forgiveness, Fr. Andrew discusses the Forgiving Spirit of St. Patrick.




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Sermon Mar. 24, 2013 (Sunday of Orthodoxy: Seeing God)

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks if we want to reconnect with God, do we want to see God.




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Sermon Mar. 31, 2013 (Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas)

On this Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew discusses the on-going debate about how a Christian comes to know God.




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Sermon Apr. 14, 2013 (Sunday of St. John of the Ladder)

On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew tells us that being an Orthodox Christian gives us 'something to do'.




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Sermon Apr. 21, 2013 (The Springtime of Repentance: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt)

On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew discusses what it really means to Repent.




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Sermon Apr. 28, 2013 (Palm Sunday)

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew tells us that we must truly put our hearts into honoring Christ.




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Sermon May 12, 2013 (Thomas Sunday)

On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew reminds us that we too have received a Vision of the Risen Christ.




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Sermon May 19, 2013 (Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers)

On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew discusses the similarities between being a deacon and being a waiter or waitress.




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Sermon June 2, 2013 (Sunday of the Samaritan Woman)

On this Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, Fr. Andrew tells us that worshiping in Spirit and Truth is the essence of Orthodox Liturgical life.




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Lenten Evangelism #5: Come and See (Sunday of Orthodoxy) (Sermon Mar. 1, 2015)

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks what we really mean when we say 'Come and see' in our evangelism.




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Lenten Evangelism #10: Palm Sunday and the City of Man (Sermon Apr. 5, 2015)

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew completes his Lenten series on evangelism with a meditation on our entrance into the City of Man along with our Lord Jesus.




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Thomas Sunday: Death, Resurrection and Daily Life (Sermon Apr. 19, 2015)

On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the pervasiveness of death in human life and how the resurrection undoes its power.




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College Student Sunday

Timothy interviews Jonny Braun, the OCF Southwest Representative, about College Student Sunday, which will take place this coming September 16th.




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Preparing for Lent: Judgement Sunday

In this episode, Danielle and Fr. Timothy explore how Judgement can bring us closer to Christ as we embark on journey towards Lent




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Beginning Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy

In the final episode of the six-week series, Danielle and Fr. Timothy examine the Triumph of Orthodoxy through iconography, and conclude the series with some Lenten advice for young adults.




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Preparing for Lent: Forgiveness Sunday

In this episode, Danielle and Fr. Timothy discuss the liberation found in humbly forgiving ourselves and others before Christ.




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Bagpipes & Liturgical Dance, Next Sunday

Fr. Joseph, in this Sunday morning sermon, announces the pending changes to the worship services of St. George, Houston. Well, kinda ...




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Setting Up a Small Sunday School: Stepping Outside the Box

Rather than picture a perfect, established, normal Sunday school and try to fit yourself into that plan, maybe it's better to start by looking at what you do have and find a flexible, innovative way to make it work.




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Aceticism: Facing The Sun

Keep nurturing the disciplines and activities that tend to produce the fruit of the Spirit, and work to avoid the activities or relationships or situations that stir up your passions. This is what the Church calls asceticism.




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Jesus - The Sun of Righteousness

In our Troparia for Nativity, we sing "Your Nativity, O Christ our God, has shone to the world the Light of wisdom! For by it, those who worshipped the stars, were taught by a star to adore You, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know You, the Orient from on High. O Lord, glory to You!" In today's episode, Fr. Tom reflects on these terms for Christ.




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Moving Up by Moving Down: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent

On this Sunday of "The Ladder of Divine Ascent," by St. John Climacus, we are called to ever greater heights of union with God by lowering ourselves through humble repentance.




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Palm Sunday

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




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His Bodily Wounds and Ours: Homily for Thomas Sunday

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.




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Christ's Shocking Mercy: Homily for “St. Timon” Sunday

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




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Sunday of the Forefathers

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




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Forgiveness Sunday

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.




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Icons: The Sunday of Orthodoxy

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




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Paralysis: The Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

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.




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Palm Sunday

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




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The Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

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.




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Sunday of the Paralytic

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?




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Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

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?




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Sunday of the Blind Man

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




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St. Timon Sunday

Fr. Philip explains how the hatred and rejection of other people in the name of Godliness leads to the hatred and rejection of our Lord Himself. He also discusses St. Timon and the plight of the people in Syria.




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Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Fr. Philip LeMasters calls us to open our lives to the Holy God in humility, following the example of the Publican.




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Sunday of The Prodigal Son

Fr. Philip LeMasters invites us to embrace the courageous humility of the Prodigal Son as we prepare to enter Great Lent.




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Forgiveness Sunday

Fr. Philip LeMasters calls us to live in a life of genuine forgiveness that is empowered by the divine energy of God.




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Sunday of Orthodoxy

Fr. Philip LeMasters explains how the Sunday of Orthodoxy calls us to become living icons of the risen Savior.




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Sunday of the Paralytic Man

Fr. Philip LeMasters calls us to embrace the Good News of our Savior's resurrection over all the corrupting power of sin.




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St Timon Sunday

Fr. Philip LeMasters calls us to keep our faith firmly fixed in Jesus Christ on St Timon Sunday.




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Sunday of All Saints

Fr. Philip LeMasters shares the importance of becoming saints in the Orthodox Church.




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Saint Timon Sunday

Fr. Philip LeMasters shares the story of Saint Timon, and how his parish and the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America help participate in a Sister Diocese relationship with the venerable Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran.




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Don't Be a Pharisee This Lent: Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican

In preparing for Great Lent this year, we must remain on guard against the temptation of self-exaltation in any form.




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Thomas Sunday

Fr. Philip LeMasters shares about the reality of Christ's resurrection.




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Homily for the Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ and Spyridon the Wonderworker

As “the poor and maimed and blind and lame,” we must prepare to accept the extraordinary invitation that is ours in Jesus Christ by gaining the strength to make our daily responsibilities points of entrance to the heavenly kingdom. They are not reasons to shut ourselves out of the heavenly banquet, but opportunities to unite ourselves ever more fully to Him in freedom.