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Homilies
You also will appear with him in glory (Luke 14:16-24).
You fool! This very night, your life shall be required of you (Luke 12:13-21).
You are members of the household of God (Luke 5:4).
Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch (Luke 5:4).
The reign of God is like to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son (Matt 22:2-14)
I want to remind you of the Gospel I preached to you (1 Cor 15:1)
We have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men (1 Cor 4:9)
He withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart (Matthew 14:13)
Accept one another as Christ as accepted you (Rom 15:7)
Your love must be sincere (Roman 12:8)
The Word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (Roman 10:8)
My Lord and my God! (John 20:19-31)
Come and see (John 1:43-51)
Come; for all is now ready (Luke 14:16:17)
Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? (Luke 17: 12-19).
Where are the other nine?(Luke 17:12-19)
At that time, a lawyer stood up to pose this problem to Jesus (Luke 10: 25-37)
You fool, this might your soul is required of you. (Luke 12:16:21)
Why do you meddle with me? (Luke 8:26-39)
I am tortured in these flames (Luke 16:19-31)
Go back home and recount all that God has done for you (Luke 8:26-39)
Some fell on good soil, grew up and yielded grain a hundredfold(Luke 8:8).
And He said to her, "Do not weep"(Luke 7:11-16)
What credit is that to you? (Luke 6:31-36)
We find it marvelous to behold (Matt 19:16)
What good must I do to possess everlasting life? (Matt 19:16)
Have patience with me!(Matthew 18:27).
Lord, save me! (Matthew 14:30).
He took the fives loaves and two fishes, and look up to heaven (Matthew 14:19).
That which is not assumed is not healed (St. Gregory of Nazianzus).
He who rules should exercise his authority with care(Romans 12:8).
Their thoughts will accuse or defend them (Romans 2:15).
Eternal life is this... (John 17:3).
To know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent (John 17:3).
We know this man is a sinner (John 9:24).
Give me a drink (John 4:10).
Stand up, take your mat and walk (John 5:8).
We are on our way up to Jereselem (Mark 10:33)
What an unbelieving lot you are! (Mark 9:19)
If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny his very self, take up his cross, and follow in my footsteps (Mark 8:34).
Why does this man speak like this? (Mark 2:7)
You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness (Exodus 20:4).
Where your treasure is there is your heart also (Matt 6: 21).
Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt 25:41).
When this son of yours returns, after having devoured your property with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him!(Luke 15:30).
Believe me, this man went home from the temple justified(Luke 18:10-14)"
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit(Mark 1:1-8)
Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us(Hebrews 11:9-11, 17-23, 32-40)
A sower went out to sow his seeds (Luke 8:5-15; John 17:1-13)
You shall not make for yourself a graven image (Exodus 20:4)
If any man would come after me...(Mark 8:34-9:1)
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor the heart of man conceived (John 3:13-17)
God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son(John 3:13-17)
He will bring that wicked crowd to a bad end (Matthew 21:33-42)
Sell your possession (Matthew 19:16-25)
You worthless wretch (Matthew 18:23-35)
What an unbelieving and perverse generation you are (Matthew 17:14-23)
It was 3:00 am (Matthew 14:22-34).
Are you confident that I can do this?(Matthew 9:27-35)
Son of David have mercy on us (Matthew 9:27-35)!"
Take heart my son; your sins are forgiven(Matthew 9:1-8)
Why meddle with us, Son of god? (Matthew 8:28-34)
I am not worthy to have you under my roof(Matthew 8:5-13)
If your light is darkness, how deep with the darkness be?(Matthew 6:22-34)
Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone(Ephesian 2:20; Matthew 4:18-23)."
He who will not take up his cross and come after me is not worthy of me (Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 9:27-30)
You shall be holy, for I am holy (Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38; 9:27-30)
Special Feasts & Holy Days

The Feast of Our Lord's Nativity (vigil)
"She gave birth to her firsborn, a son."
The Feast of Our Lord's Nativity (day)
"Today, the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent One; and earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable. The angels sing His glory with the shepherds; the wise men journey with a star. The Eternal God is born for us as an infant child" (Nativity Kontakion)
The Maternity of the Holy Anna (Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
"The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by the obedience of Mary" (St. Irenaeus of Lyons)
Feast of Michael the Archangel and All Angels
Beheading of John the Baptist (Mark 6:14-29)
"Bring me the head of John the Baptist"
Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9)
"His face shone like the sun and his garments became as white as the light."
Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption) (Luke 10:38; 11:27-28)
"The grace and death did not detain the Theotokos...for he who dwelt in the womb of the Ever Virgin transferred to life the Mother of Life" (Kontakion of the Dormition)
Palm Sunday (John 12:1-19)
"Shall I crucify your king?"
Holy Thursday (Isa 50:4-11, 1 Cor 11:23-32; Mt 26:2-20; John 13:3-17; Mt 26:21-39; Lk 22: 43-44; Mt 26:40 - 27: 2)
"He was dispised and rejected by men"
Great and Holy Friday (Ex 33:11-23; Jb 42:12-17; Is 52:13-54:1; 1 Cr 1:18-2:2; Mt 27:1-38-61; Jn 19: 31-37; Lk 23:39-44
"He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows."
Holy Saturday (Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 28:1-20)
"Have you anything here to eat?
Pascha - The Resurrection of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ (St. John Chrysostom)
"Christ is Risen from the dead. By death He has trampled upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life!"
Ascension of Our Lord
"You have lifted up our lowly nature in yourself and enthroned it in the highest with the Father" (Ambon Prayers of the Byzantine Church, 41).
Pentecost
"He was referring to the Spirit, whom those that came to believe in him were to receive" (John 7:39).