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A Form of Acknowledgment, 251 episodes. Page 2 of 3.

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"Ascent to humility" - Sunday of St. John Climacus

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“Our friend…the terrible, precious, and life-giving Cross”

103

“Pray simply, pray without ceasing”

104

"The power of the image" - Sunday of Orthodoxy

105

"Fasting and Forgiveness - 'Bless, and do not curse'"

106

“Love and judgment”

107

"Returning to the Father's Embrace" - Sunday of the Prodigal Son

108

"The dispositions with which we approach God"

109

"A righteous rebuke"

110

"Jesus is calling YOU"

111

"Outflanking distraction with prayer"

112

Homily, 1/9/22 - Sunday After Theophany

113

"Real Love changes those who will be changed" - Sunday before Nativity

114

"Types, Foreshadowings, Expectations - All things lead to Christ" - Sunday of the Holy Forefathers

115

"'Beauty will save the world' - stand upright and let every breath praise the Lord!"

116

"The Church provides all that we need"

117

"Kiss the ground"

118

"Saints came home with me"

119

"The evangelical life of the Orthodox Christian (i.e. do not receive the grace of God in vain)"

120

Children's Homily: "Earthen Vessels, Living Chalices"

121

"Unlocking the mystery of life through the cross of humility"

122

"The Cross - our answer, our solution, our way"

123

"Deep forgiveness - the Christian's prerogative"

124

"To be free, to set paths straight, to live according to the conscience!"

125

"We fall down, and we get up"

126

"The funeral of the Mother of Christians - our Summer Pascha"

127

"Grace always precedes temptations as a warning to prepare…"

128

"The Tapestry of Our Faith" (delivered by Protodeacon Philip)

129

"The One Who meets us in the tempest of life"

130

"Bearing witness to the union without confusion"

131

"Inspired compositions" - a homily for Holy Pentecost

132

"In the Church...this conciliar life that we live"

133

READING: “Will you endure everything for My love?”

134

"Malady within the scheme of God's providence"

135

"Christ was known by His love; they will know we are Christians by our love"

136

“Do you want to be healed? An Invitation to Synergy with God”

137

"Faith, doubt, and humility - sacred means to knowing God" (Thomas Sunday)

138

The Life of our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt

139

"The death of death and the tree of life" - Sunday of the Cross

140

"Prayer of the Heart: Humble entry into the mystery of life in God"

141

"Seeing beneath the surface, taking seriously the incarnation of our Lord"

142

"Let love eclipse judgment, and forgive"

143

On Judgment, and No Longer Being Foreigners to the Light

144

"Prodigality, complacency, or passivity? The story of the whole of humanity in a parable"

145

"Season of repentance, season of forgiveness"

146

"The parable of the talents, and Fr. Elias Diamandides"

147

"Zacchaeus as a mirror and an inspiration"

148

"The veiled glory of God'

149

"The threefold path - our process of salvation"

150

"'This was from me' - radical trust in God's providence" (a homily for the New Year)

151

"On realizing the humility and love of God, and accepting such a threat to the human condition"

152

"A gift for the King"

153

"Our 'Apa' Herman: Living invocation of the Holy Spirit"

154

"What fruit has your zeal borne?"

155

"Follow Christ, lay aside all cares, and become earthly angels"

156

"Love, and let Christ preside"

157

"The love of the one - lessons from encounter with the Gadarene demoniac"

158

"Serpents and scorpions don't make good pets"

159

"Because we love Him" (i.e. why we have icons in the Orthodox Church)

160

"The dissolution of hatred by way of intercession" (i.e. "love your enemies")

161

"Charismatic despair"

162

"On the cruciform life"

163

"What the Cross is"

164

"Meet me in the middle"

165

"The Human Vocation of Co-Creation" (a homily for the Nativity of the Theotokos)

166

"Setting the mind at the door of the heart - on watchfulness & prayer"

167

The Twofold Confession of a Christian: Confess Sin, and Confess Christ

168

"Hypocrisy & forgiveness: Lessons from the Desert Fathers"

169

"St. Paraskeve, spiritual sight, and controlling the faculty of speech"

170

“The Tragedy of Division, and the Unity of the Church”

171

"Getting to know St. Paisios, and combating complacency"

172

"On being a worthy 'unworthy' one"

173

"Shout at the birds and yell at the soil"

174

"The harvest of the coming of the Holy Spirit"

175

"Acquisition of the Holy Spirit"

176

"Let us be one"

177

"Not-so-common things" - on the Holy Mysteries

178

"Participating in God's work: thoughts on evangelism (sowing, laboring, harvesting)"

179

"Be a thief and jealously seize the sacrament of silence"

180

"Arise! Spring forth as from death unto life!"

181

"Tears that kindle the flame of faith"

182

"Rejoice always"

183

"...come forth!"

184

"The likely and the unlikely"

185

"Obedience is life; disobedience is death"

186

Acceptance of the cross as a means to life

187

St. Gregory Palamas, Everyday Hesychasm, and the Prayer of the Heart

188

'Immersive worship' - Sunday of Orthodoxy 2020

189

Forgiveness, and the art of fasting

190

On longing for the Father's house and returning from exile

191

"I have only begun to repent"

192

Let your light shine!

193

What is the Kingdom of Heaven?

194

Holy Theophany, an Exposition of this Cosmic Feast

195

Love: The National Anthem of Paradise

196

MTD and the 'Chocolate Jesus'

197

Make your experiment with God and travel lightly to the cave

198

"Never give up!" - a proclamation of the mercy of God

199

Remembrance of death, a firm resolve, and a sustained sense of urgency

200

On Being Broken and Coming into Contact with the Lord