The Good Samaritan: Love above Divisions
Varnavas, Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis In the text of the Old Testament, we read that, when Cain killed Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Still angry, he retorted: “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”. This question, so full of hate and indifference, is answered...
The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10, 25-37)
Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani † ‘Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus’. This ‘lawyer’ approached Jesus Christ, supposedly to ask what he should do to inherit eternal life, but...
The Self-Sacrifice of Love for our Neighbour
Rafael Ch. Misiaoulis, Theologian Today’s Gospel reading is the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan. The immediate message of the reading is obvious- that we should aid those in distress- but the following commentary puts this teaching into context. Christ is approached by a lawyer, asked a question meant...
Changing Your World, Part 3: Loving Your World
We all have someone who accepted us into their influence and gave us encouragement, respect, hope. It is now our turn to accept new people into our circle of influence, expanding it in a way that would please God. Comparing Christ’s open arms as He hung on the cross, our...
Sunday’s Gospel: The Good Samaritan, November 15, 2015
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a classic. Watch and listen as Fr. Constantine Lazarakis offers a fresh insight to clarify the teaching through the relationships between the characters of the story. Where do we fit into the story? Who do you hold in contempt? Who is your...
Addiction
Be Transfigured – Addiction The Church is filled with them; people who live sinful lives and then arrive Sunday morning acting like angels. It turns many people off from “religion” and even more from attending Church on Sunday mornings. It is common to hear the excuse, “I have no intention of...
Expectations in Relationships
Expectations can be a burden. How can we keep our expectations in relationships reasonable and manageable? Listen as Fr. Chris speaks with Fr. George Morelli, Assistant Pastor at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in San Diego, CA, about the difference between demanding expectations and preferential expectation, and where free will...
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