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Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church in Liberty Hill, Texas, located at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, brings you the weekly homilies from our clergy. Suited for Orthodox faithful and...
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Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church in Liberty Hill, Texas, located at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, brings you the weekly homilies from our clergy. Suited for Orthodox faithful and inquirers alike, join us for this weekly teaching on the Holy Scriptures and great saints of the Church.
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20 OCT 2024 · In today's Gospel account, Christ shows compassion upon the grieving widow of Nain and raises her son from his funeral bier. In his homily, Abp. Irineos challenges the faithful to go beyond the literal account of the scripture and consider how the weeping mother stands in the stead of each of us, and how Christ's compassion extends to our tears as well.
29 SEP 2024 · Today's Gospel Readings included Matthew's version of the parable of the wedding feast.  Abp. Irineos draws on the patristic understanding of those who decline the invitation and then urges the faithful to be transformed in love and righteousness, so that their own wedding garment be found fitting when the king calls!
21 SEP 2024 · For the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Abp. Irineos delivers a homily in Spanish and then in English on the reason why we remember the birth of the Theotokos as a great feast of the Church, and how she is truly the beginning of our salvation!
14 SEP 2024 · In this homily on the day of the Ecclesiastical New Year, Abp. Irineos speaks about the history of the feast and its origins. He discusses the relationship between the Incarnation, our understanding of time, and of salvation. May God bless the crown of the year!
8 SEP 2024 · The Gospel of Matthew's Parable of the Unmerciful Servant is appointed for today's Gospel. Discussing the parable, Abp. Irineos considers the debt incurred by the unmericful servant, the purpose for which he received forgiveness of the debt, and the immensity of the penalty he suffers on revocation of the gift. Finally, we explore the connection between the debt owed in the parable and the payment of the penalty for our sins on the Cross.
26 AUG 2024 · The Gospel reading of Christ walking upon the water and bidding Peter to come to him is instructive in many ways for Orthodox Christians.  Peter conquered the sea, walking upon the waters as he drew near to Christ fell prey to a far lesser threat - the wind - as his faith turned to fear and he began to sink. Today, we Orthodox have accomplished the more difficult feat - finding Christ in His Church in a world that mocks and belittles faith and piety. Yet, like Peter, we too remain subject to temptations and assaults of far lesser weight, as the evil one works to sink us!
23 JUN 2024 · On the Feast of Pentecost, Abp. Irineos looks back at Genesis and the account of the building of the tower of Babel. In this short homily he considers the Fall and the confusion of tongues together in their contribution to the state of mankind before the Incarnation. Expounding on the Orthodox understanding of Pentecost as the reversal of Babel, he then explains how the Incarnation, Pascha, Ascension and Pentecost work together to join a fallen and divided mankind into the unity of Christ in His Church.
17 JUN 2024 · On the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, Abp. Irineos looks at both the Epistle and Gospel appointed for today. He urges the faithful to heed the warning of Paul and always be on guard for those who would pervert the faith. He then looks at the High Priestly Prayer as both a confirmation of the Creed and a confirmation of the unity and oneness of the Church.
13 JUN 2024 · On this Great Feast of the Ascension of Christ, Abp. Irineos draws on the homilies of St. Leo the Great to discuss how Christ's parting from His disciples on the day of His Ascension, rather than being a time of sorrow and mourning became instead a source of great joy and strength.
9 JUN 2024 · On the Sunday of the Blind Man, Abp. Irineos looks to the next verse that follows the Gospel reading, where Christ, having revealed His divinity to the man born blind, declares "For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind." Explicating Christ's meaning, Abp. Irineos then contrasts the life of an Orthodox Christian - one who is born blind but comes into the light - with those "spiritual but not religious" modernist who, like the Pharisees of old, are so beholden to their own wisdom, they fall into the darkness of their own spiritual delusion.
Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church in Liberty Hill, Texas, located at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, brings you the weekly homilies from our clergy. Suited for Orthodox faithful and...
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Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church in Liberty Hill, Texas, located at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, brings you the weekly homilies from our clergy. Suited for Orthodox faithful and inquirers alike, join us for this weekly teaching on the Holy Scriptures and great saints of the Church.
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| Author | Abp. Irineos |
| Organization | Bp. Irineos |
| Categories | Religion & Spirituality |
| Website | - |
| priest.irineos@gmail.com |
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