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Parables of Community — 247 episodes
Humility Heals Twice
On Becoming "Fish Food"
The Last Shall be First
Poor Carrying the Poor
Florence and the Roman Primacy
Embraced Though Broken
Those in the Margins
Meeting Christ
On Healing and Angels
Courage and White Robes
Glimpses of Community Life During Bright Week
Moved With Mercy
Learning Mercy Through Prayer
Testimonial
Fasting for the Lenten Word
The Door to Lent
Words on Mercy from a Prodigal Son
Learning from the Publican and the Pharisee
Joseph and Zacchaeus
He Must Increase, I Must Decrease
12.7.25 This is Heaven
11.30.25 Like Nathaniel
11.23.25 Finding Faith and Courage
11.16.25 The Icon of Mercy
11.9.25 Longing for Union
11.2.25 Seeing Lazarus
10.19.25 In Praise of Weeping
10.5.25 On Communion
9.28.25 Fishing and Following
9.21.25 Not Ashamed
Stories from Community Life
Two Stories of Generosity
6.29.25 Opportunities After Encountering Christ
6.22.25 The Value of Humility
6.15.25 Leaving Everything to Follow Christ
6.1.25 Shoes and the Path of Life
5.18.25 Longings for Encounter with Christ
5.11.25 Illness, Mercy, and Building Community
5.4.25 Myrrhbearers at the Mission
4.13.25 New Life on Lazarus Saturday
Selflessness, Forgiveness, and Working Towards Peace
3.30.25 On Faithful Generations, Fasting, and Healing
3.16.25 Embracing Resurrection
3.9.25 God Reveals His Love to Everyone Through Beauty
3.2.25 Forgiveness and the Messiness of Life
2.23.25 I Was Hungry
2.16.25 Faithfulness with Joy
2.9.25 The Triodion Prepares our Hearts
A Church Without a Cross?
1.26.25 Learning Hospitality from the Outcast
1.19.25 Returning to Give Thanks
1.12.25 Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand
1.5.25 Expectant Hope at Theophany
New Life and Loss: a Modern Carol
Nativity in the Community
Seasonal Reflections from the Community
12.8.24 Grace for Those Who are Bent Over
12.1.24 Seeing Christ
11.24.24 Keep Walking
11.10.24 The Care of the Community in the Face of Societal Norms
11.3.24 Comfort in the Chapel and in Community
10.27.24 Choosing the Place of Humility and Cleansing the Eye of Charity
A Handful of September Stories from the Community
10.20.24 Seeing Humanity in the Suffering Ones
10.5.24 In Search of Resurrection
9.28.24 Becoming the "Bene Dicere"
9.22.24 Mercy That is Deeper than the Depths of the Sea
9.15.24 Singing and Silence at the Cross
Some New Stories from the Mission
6.20.24 Notes from the Community
7.13.24 Angels, Flowers, and the Light of the Resurrection
7.7.24 Glimpses of God at Work
6.23.24 Communion Inspires Unity
6.16.24 The Faith of a Heart that Never Heals
6.9.24 Our Hope of Restoration
5.26.24 Stirred Waters for the Healing of the Whole Community
Reflections on Holy Week in the Community
Scenes from Everyday Life at the Mission
4.14.24 Seizures, Eclipses, and the Gospel Story of the Young Man Who was Possessed
4.7.24 Giving of Ourselves Changes Us
3.31.24 Forgiveness, Attentiveness, and Serving Christ
3.28.24 Isaac's Passing (And How Mishaps Extend Community)
3.20.24 Who are the Least of These?
More Notes from the Underground
3.3.24 Prayer, the Turning Point for Prodigals
2.18.24 The Faith of a Dog
March 3, 2024: Luke 15:11-32, Read for Older Children
2.11.24 Goodness on the Streets
People Look for Those Who Listen
The Gift of Unity is Greater than the Gift of Healing
Joys and Struggles at the Margins
Theophany Brings New Life and Communion
Creativity and Community on the Path to Holiness
Silence at Nativity
The One Who is Unnoticed
The Community and Clinical Depression
The Rich Man and the Poor Chased Girl
Seeing Kindness in Toronto
Beauty: the Hospitality of Holiness
The Eyes of a Person Who Is in His Right Mind
Notes from the Underground
The Prayer of a Suffering Parent Touches the Mercy of God
Pierced by Beauty
Grace and Sanity
Too Much Joy?
Do You Want To Be Made Well?
Stories from Bright Week
Stories from Holy Week
A Birthday, a Gift, an Apology, and a Mother's Love
The Only Thing, Love in the Marketplace, the Amputation, and Reasons to Live
The Leprosy of Our Time: We Pray and We Have Hope
Two Profiles from Scarborough
Joys of the Mission
A Prayer of Welcome on the Occassion of Someone New Coming to Live with Us
God Is Love
Eating Together Is Healing
Riches Are A Powerful Idol
Emptying Ourselves to Make Room for Communion
From Many Hands to Christ's Poor
Crumbs of Faith
Bravery and Courage
Volunteering to Rebuild
Good News on the Porch
Community Life
Glory to God for Dappled Things
A Communal Witness
When you go to a banquet
Spreading Peace, One Interaction at a Time
Worse than Indifference
Community Life and the Gospel
Speaking in Tongues: the Friday before Pentecost at the Mission
Pilgrim of the Absolute
To ask for a blessing
What to expect
Stories from Bright Week
Friday Afternoon at the Mission
“Whoever Loses His Life…”
Stories from Fr. Nicolaie
“...and no one gave him anything”
Cold Winter Stories
Christmas Day 2021
The Poor Are Those Who Evangelize Us
Windows to Heaven
A Little Bit Rich
Crumbs from the Rich Man's Table
Breaking the Chains Does Not Make Us Free
A Miracle of Tears
Homecoming
A Place to Belong
“To testify where life is abandoned”
Remembering Kevin
Why do we go to the Refuge in the summer?
Why is this the time?
“I am a Christian. I have to do what is right and trust in God.”
Three Witnesses: “The Christians love the poor and embrace them like brothers and sisters”
Mother's Day at the Mission
Pascha at the Mission
More Stories from the Mission
Stories from the Mission
Flowers at the Edge of God's Garden
The Naked Man Who Came to Church
Wickedness and a Sweet Longing
Judgment Sunday: The Gospel Is Personal
The Prodigal Son and Euthanasia
Stories from the Mission
Keeping Watch
Receiving the Flood
Christmas Morning at St. John the Compassionate Mission
Counting on Three Things: A Christmas letter from Fr. Nicolaie
This week's stories from the Mission, by Brother Luke
A Death Well Planned
Is This A Church Where You Can Light A Candle?
A Day at Good Neighbours
October Light
An Ordinary Day
He Has Freely Given to the Poor
In God I Have Set My Hope
For God So Loved the World
A Glimpse of the Kingdom of God
Holy Pentecost
Stories from the Pandemic
Sunday of the Paralytic
Flowers from the Hedges: William and Jane
Myrrh-Bearing Women, Then and Now
“Go to Galilee. There They Will See Me.”
The light of Christ breaks through the cracks
Diary of a Mission in Pandemic Times
Words from a Mission in Pandemic Times
Flowers from the Hedges: Chris and Laura
Flowers from the Hedges: Ruth
Flowers from the Hedges: Kenneth
Flowers from the Hedges: Edward
Flowers from the Hedges: Xenia
Flowers from the Hedges: Daniel
Flowers from the Hedges: Karl
Flowers from the Hedges: Anna
Flowers from the Hedges: Nick
Flowers from the Hedges: John
Flowers from the Hedges: Edna
Flowers from the Hedges: Carol Anne
Flowers from the Hedges: Helen
Flowers from the Hedges: Father Tom
Flowers from the Hedges: Catherine
Flowers from the Hedges: Peter
Where Charity and Love are, God is there
Mary of Egypt and the Annunciation
We Only Know What We Live
A Lesson in Compassion
A Different Kind of Mission
Saints of our times
St. Anthony the Great
What about forgiveness?
Lifting those in Need
Not Sitting Alone
It Starts with a Smile
A Time to Spare in our Society
Being Drawn Out
Rubbing Shoulders
Confessions of a Volunteer
A Beautiful Mind
Why Being Alive Is a Blessing
Crumbs of Bread
I Don't Want to Die
The Tenderness of God; the Tenderness of the Poor
Church as a Community
Lessons from a Space
Ministry of Presence
A Good Reason to Do Nothing
Compassion Has No Price
Unable to Love
A Friendly Practice in Toronto (Asceticism)
The Doors, the Doors
Learning to Listen
More Lessons from the Wall
Arguing About Freedom
Smells and Bells
Tales of the Unexpected
There's Hope for Me
Libby
The Best Birthday Present
The Unborn Child
No One Comes Here by Accident
Karina
Hello, God, Are You There?
St. Philothei
A Place of Contrast
A Holy Death