http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/ Orthodox Homilies Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:43 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/543 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/543 Acts 6:1-7 Today we remember the Holy Myrrh-bearing women who, on the day the Resurrection, came to the tomb and discovered that our Lord Jesus Christ was no Sun, 12 May 2013 19:53:26 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/542 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/542 Acts 5:12-20 ?They were all of one accord?? This is how the Acts of the Apostles describes the nature of the Church during the time immediately after Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:26:03 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/541 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/541 This is the last Sunday of Great Lent. Next weekend we begin Holy Week with the raising of Lazarus and Palm Sunday. Today, we are given the life of St Mary of Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:26:02 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/540 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/540 John 12:1-18 Today we celebrate the feast of the Triumphal Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem. Last night at the Vigil service we all received blessed branches Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:24:05 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/539 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/539 Mark 9:17-31 There are three things, my brethren, by which Faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:19:15 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/538 There are those who say that religions exist because of some psychological need that human beings have to find God. We need to relate to something larger than Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:37:20 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/537 Last week we began the Sundays of Great Lent with the recognition of the triumph of the Orthodox Faith over the heresies that have (and continue to) assail it. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:27:16 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/536 We all have expectations of what things should be like before we actually experience the reality of what things are like. Sometimes reality far exceeds our Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:29:25 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/535 A couple of weeks ago, we heard the parable of the prodigal son and were reminded that like the prodigal, we are exiles from our Father?s house. We also Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:10:36 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/534 Once a year, before we enter Great Lent, we get this same ?wake up call?. We are reminded of the final and great judgment which we will all face. But this Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:00:55 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/533 Luke 15:11-32 These preparatory Sundays before Lent help us to identify and understand the tools that we will need as we enter our Lenten journey in a couple Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:08:06 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/532 When a person undertakes a big project, he does not begin right away but spends some time in preparation, making a plan, gathering materials, organizing his Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:16:50 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/531 The cycle of the Sunday services revolves around Pascha each year. The theme of the Sunday readings starts over each year when we begin to prepare for Pascha, Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:12:40 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/530 The new martyrs and confessors of Russia stand today for us as a bright beacon of the necessity of maintaining a bold and unwavering faith in Christ in every Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:50:29 GMT Fr David Moser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/propoved/message/529 Luke 18:18-27 Col 3:12-16 In the life of the Equal to the Apostles, St Nino the Enlightener of Georgia, we see the words of our Lord lived out. St Nino was the