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Singing the Triumphal Hymn
Sanctification of Life: Part 6
Episode date: October 20, 2010
Transcript published: April 28, 2013
Continuing in our series on the sanctification of life, and in particular that second group of sacraments, the sacraments of healing, and having discussed the sacrament of repentance, we now move to the sacrament of holy oil or holy unction. I’d like to read what Fr. Alexander says about this sacrament of the Church and then to read a few excerpts from the service itself. Fr. Alexander begins his commentary in the book Liturgy and Life:
How are we to understand that mysterious sacrament of holy oil? Man is a suffering being. Each one of us has visited…
Singing the Triumphal Hymn
Sanctification of Life: Part 5
Episode date: October 14, 2010
Transcript published: April 27, 2013
We continue in our series on the sanctification of life, having discussed the sacraments of initiation, we move now into the second group of sacraments, that of repentance and holy oil, which deal with healing. In his book, Liturgy and Life, Fr. Alexander says:
We know and experience every day, in spite of our entrance into the joy and peace of the kingdom, that our life, more often than not, remains dark and sinful, and that we constantly fall from that wholeness which was given to us in the sacraments of initiation. Therefore we must be healed and reconciled…
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Fear of Change
Episode date: April 22, 2013
Transcript published: April 26, 2013
Today is the fifth Sunday of Lent. It is the last Sunday before the beginning of Great and Holy Week, and it is dedicated to the saint, Mary of Egypt, who is perhaps one of the greatest sinners in the history of the saints of the Church. St. Mary was known as—I don’t want to use the word “prostitute” necessarily, because her life was much more depraved than that.
She left her parents at twelve years old and moved to Alexandria, where the story of her life does not say that she was a prostitute, that she was forced into a life of sleeping with different people living in extreme immorality because she needed…
The Arena
The Way Up Is Down
Episode date: April 24, 2013
Transcript published: April 26, 2013
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
I greet you, brothers and sisters, on this fifth Sunday of the Great Fast, the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt. We have one more week of Lent, and then, having done with ourselves, we enter into the sublime Holy Week and hope to greet our Lord’s Passion and to be accounted worthy of partaking in the Resurrection.
This morning I want to speak with you about the Gospel text, and especially to start by asking you if you have all availed yourselves of this nice, new application for your phones and for your computers and tablets or whatever you use, from…
Sweeter Than Honey
Post-Episcopalian Stress Syndrome
Episode date: October 28, 2011
Transcript published: April 26, 2013
Hello and welcome. There have been a lot of articles, commentaries, podcasts about the difference between cradle Orthodox and converts, and, like all generalizations some may have a grain of truth to them and some may not. There are observations that don’t take any particular genius of insight to make, such as: Newcomers are quick to criticize or Their criticism is often right, but often unreasonable, etc., etc., and you really wonder in all of this chatter about converts versus cradle Orthodox if there’s anything new to say or anything worth saying.
I would posit that there is a factor that might merit more attention…
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