Sermons & Homilies – Tagged "Feasts of the Lord"– Page 3 – Holy Cross Monastery

1 comment ·Apr 25, 2021

What Kind of Triumph Do We Seek? - A Sermon for Palm Sunday (2021)

We celebrate today the Great Feast of the Triumphal Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Today Christ enters openly and boldly into the holy city, no longer in secret, no longer hiding Himself to forestall the fury of the Jews, for He knows that His hour to be glorified is now at hand. And so on this day He makes his entry into Jerusalem with glory — at least, in a certain sense with glory.

Jan 24, 2021

Christ Descends - A Sermon for the Sunday after Theophany (2021)

We must call upon Christ Who has gone before us, showing us that He descended in humility, from beyond the heights of heaven, down to earth, and further than the earth, into its depths, into hades, seeking out His lost sheep, bringing them gladness and light, taking them by the hand and raising them up out of darkness into Paradise again.

Jan 19, 2021

Zealous of Good Works - A Homily for the Feast of Theophany (2021)

Let us make this yearly renewal of the vows we took in baptism, for Christ did not shed His Spirit upon us so abundantly to no purpose, but rather that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works (Tit. 2:14).

Jan 07, 2021

The Fullness of Time - A Homily on Patient Endurance for the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (2021)

God has made promises and continues to make promises. Whether the promises relate to the coming of the Messiah, the Second Coming of the Lord, or in response to our prayers, He will fulfill His promises in his own time.

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.