The story of the Good Samaritan calls us to treat everyone as our neighbor through the love of God for the whole world.

Fr. Philip calls us to a life of repentance like St Mary of Egypt.

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

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.

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?

"Loving our neighbors as ourselves foreshadows the blessedness of the Kingdom where there are no hated foreigners."

Fr. Philip LeMasters encourages us to follow the example of St. Photini who repented of her sin without excuse in order to find healing.

Fr. Philip LeMasters helps us to understand the deeper meaning of the parable of the Good Samaritan so that we too can live the Gospel with our Neighbor.

St. Photini’s encounter with the Lord was truly transformative. He did not merely give her ideas about religion. He gave her the “Living Water” of the Holy Spirit which made her a participant in eternal life by grace.

The good news of our Lord’s resurrection extends to everyone and the entire world. The Church directs our attention during the Paschal season to how some very different people came to share in the life of our Lord, such as the disciple Thomas, the Myrrh-Bearing Women, Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, and the paralyzed man. Today we focus on someone who was different from all of them by worldly standards, for they were Jews and she was a Samaritan. We know her in the Church as the Great Martyr Photini, but in that time and place she would have seemed a very unlikely candidate to become a great evangelist of Christ’s salvation.

Fr. John tells the story of when St. Macarius journeyed from the desert to the city to meet two laywomen who were superior to him in their spirituality.

Fr. John explores marriage within the life of early Christendom.

Fr. John gives an account of the atmosphere in Italy in which Orthodox and Roman Catholic delegates met to discuss the possibility of union in the middle of the fifteenth century. Only one of the Orthodox would refuse to sign the resulting Treaty of Union, Saint Mark of Ephesus.

Returning after a long absence from the podcast, Fr. John in this episode introduces a new reflection on the crisis of western Christendom prior to the Reformation by discussing the penitential context of Martin Luther's famous Ninety-Five Theses.

In this episode, Fr John Parker address same-sex marriage and homosexuality, in response to the frenzy of discussion on these topics today in the public sphere.

On this holy day when we celebrate the Annunciation of the Mother of God, Fr. John Parker reflects on the evangelistic meaning of the feast.

You no doubt know of St. Mary of Egypt but have you read her story? Today on Lord Send Me, Fr. John reads the miraculous story of this saint's life. You can also read it here: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/maryegypt.asp

Fr. John Parker gives his second reflection on his participation on the Faith Encouraged Live inaugural call-in program and shares four marks of a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Fr. Josiah Trenham speaks about marriage at a parish retreat earlier this month at Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

Fr. John shares the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman, her response, and our response in light of recent statistics about faith and culture.

Genesis 5:1-24; Proverbs 6:3-20.

Genesis 5:32-6:8; Proverbs 6:20-7:1.

Genesis 6:9-22; Proverbs 8:1-21.

Genesis 7:1-5; Proverbs 8:32-9:11.

Genesis 7:6-9; Proverbs 9:12-18.

Genesis 7:11-8:3; Proverbs 10:1-22.

Genesis 8:4-21; Proverbs 10:31-11:12.

Genesis 8:21-9:7; Proverbs 11:19-12:6.

Genesis 9:8-17; Proverbs 12:8-22.

Genesis 9:18-10:1; Proverbs 12:23-13:9.

Genesis 10:32-11:9; Proverbs 13:19-14:6.

Genesis 12:1-7; Proverbs 14:15-26.

Genesis 13:12-18; Proverbs 14:27-15:4.

Genesis 15:1-15; Proverbs 15:7-19.

Genesis 17:1-9; Proverbs 15:20-16:9.

Genesis 18:20-33; Proverbs 16:17-17:17.

Genesis 22:1-18; Proverbs 17:17-18:5.

Genesis 27:1-41; Proverbs 19:16-25.

Genesis 31:3-16; Proverbs 21:3-21.

Genesis 43:26-31, 45:1-16; Proverbs 21:23-22:4.

Genesis 46:1-7; Proverbs 23:15-24:5.

Zechariah 8:7-17; Zechariah 8:19-23.

Jude 1:11-25; Luke 23:2-34, 44-56.

3 John 1:1-15; Luke 19:29-40, 22:7-39.

Jude 1:1-10; Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1.

Joel 2:12-26; Joel 3:12-21.

Genesis 1:1-13; Proverbs 1:1-20.

Genesis 1:14-23; Proverbs 1:20-33.

Genesis 1:24-2:3; Proverbs 2:1-22.

Genesis 2:4-19; Proverbs 3:1-18.