Sermons & Homilies – Tagged "Spiritual Warfare"– Page 3 – Holy Cross Monastery

Sep 27, 2020

The Power of the Image of the Cross - A Homily on the Feast of the Exaltation (2020)

All that is good in the world is imbued with power from the Holy Spirit, and this is significantly true of images, the greatest of which is the Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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America Under Siege - A Sermon for the Feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov

Look at the life of the saint that we commemorate today, St. Seraphim of Sarov. In spite of the fallen world that he lived in, he achieved perfect peace and union with God and all mankind. How could such peace and unity happen in this fallen world? Because through a life of prayer and asceticism he achieved union with Christ in this life. He transcended this life. You might say that he connected heaven and earth in his own person.

Feb 15, 2020

Patient Endurance and the Tribulations of the Christian Life - A Homily on the Meeting of Our Lord (2020)

Today is the fortieth day since we celebrated the Nativity of Christ. On this day, we celebrate the Meeting of the Lord. In the book of Exodus, the Lord gave the command to Moses: “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.” (13.1-2, cf. Luke 2.23). Today, we celebrate this event, as Christ is brought into the Temple by his parents and we note their obedience to the Law, and this particular law which acknowledges God’s beneficence.

Jul 09, 2017

Sermon for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost 2017

With this saving hope, let us fix our whole mind and heart upon Christ, always watching and waiting for Him to appear at His second and glorious coming. For, those who await Him and hope in Him are always being made more like God.

Nov 12, 2012

The Way of Walter Mitty - A Homily on the Healing of the Gadarene Demoniac (2012)

In 1939, the American writer, James Thurber, wrote a short story entitled The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.¹ The narrative deals with an aging Walter Mitty on a trip into town with his overbearing wife. Walter is inept at many things; he is an absent-minded driver, he can’t handle simple mechanical tasks, and he forgets things easily. While he goes through a day of ordinary jobs and errands, he escapes into a series of romantic fantasies, each spurred on by some mundane reality.