Christ God shatters the myth that being ‘good’ is ‘good enough’. Inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven is not just about following God’s commandments, as important as they are, but doing so because of love for God, a desire to be made compatible to be in His near presence, which is what it means to have […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – January 10, 2016
“Today the waters of the Jordan are transformed into healing by the coming of the Lord. Today the transgressions of men are washed away by the waters of the Jordan… Today we have been delivered from darkness and illuminated with the light of the knowledge of God. Today the blinding mist of the world is […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 27, 2015
I pray for each of you a most blessed celebration in continuation of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ’s holy Nativity! Even as our preparation for the Feast has its own season (the Nativity Fast or Advent), as Orthodox, we remember that Christmas/Nativity is a season in-and-of itself, consisting of twelve days and not […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 13, 2015
The parable of the wise Virgins, whose lamps where lit and ready to meet the Lord echoes the theme of vigilance that is at the heart of the Gospel and life in Christ that we see in today’s Gospel as well, in which Christ God admonishes us to ready ourselves for participation in His Kingdom […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 6, 2015
Today’s Gospel is another reminder of the importance of giving thanks to God for His work in our lives: healing us, growing us, saving us. Of the ten lepers that were healed, only ONE came back to prostrate himself before God and offer his humble thanksgiving to God. We can easily take God’s work in […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 29, 2015
Having just celebrated Thanksgiving, we’re reminded of the importance of giving thanks to God for His work in our lives: healing us, growing us, saving us. Giving thanks is not something we can afford to do just once a year, of course: thanking God, remembering God as the Giver of all that is good, is […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 22, 2015
“God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” How do we become ‘rich’ toward God? Christ God is meant to be everything to us […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 15, 2015
The Parable of the Good Samaritan calls us to come outside ourselves, our own self-focus, to live as Christ in the midst of a world that is torn apart—a world that ravages the souls of those who are caught by the ‘thieves’ that rob mankind of its greatest treasure: our life in and with God […]
23rd Sunday After Pentecost – Orthodox Homily on the Holy Archangels
According to a poll last year, more Americans believe in angels that in God who created the angels. Not surprisingly then, there’s also a lot of confusion in our world today regarding the role of the angels: some attribute too much to the holy angels, almost worshipping them in the place of God; others live […]
Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 8, 2015
Commitment Sunday is November 8, our Patronal Feast of the Holy Archangels! Today is our Patronal Feast and also the Sunday we offer our commitments to the Lord for 2016. We do so, knowing that “he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” God always gives us more in return than what we manage to […]