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Category: Lent, Holy Week, & Pascha

The Struggle of Faith

The 9th chapter of the Gospel of Mark opens with the account of the Transfiguration, then is immediately followed by the the story of Jesus healing a boy possessed by an unclean spirit, a spirit which Jesus’ disciples were unable to cast out. Fr. Pat makes three observations about faith . . . Read more

Melchizedek: The Prefiguration of Christ

Melchizedek, the first person in Holy Scripture called to be a priest, a gentile living nearly a thousand years before the sons of Aaron served in the temple of Solomon, provides for us a prefiguration of Christ, whose roles as our King and our Priest are inseparable. Fr. Pat preached . . . Read more

Saint Paul or Faust?

Both Saint Paul and Faust, the man who sells his soul to the devil, have something to say about faith, hope, and patience. Fr. Pat considers the great divide between these two men. Fr. Pat preached this homily on the second Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2008. To see audio . . . Read more

Our Elders in the Faith

In this homily from 2008 preached on the Feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (which was also Forgiveness Sunday), Fr. Pat reminds us of the great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. The text is Hebrews 12:1-10. To see audio options, select the three dots on the right side of . . . Read more

What God Does For Us

We must not imagine that the meaning of Lent consists in what we do for God during this time. Rather, the importance of the season lies in what God does for us. Fr. Pat preached this homily on March 27, 2005. To see audio options, select the three dots on . . . Read more