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Refusing to take up our cross to follow the Lord means continuing in the old way of death and refusing the joy of eternal life.

Like Peter, when we call out to Christ in faith from our hearts his healing light will illumine our souls.

Legalistic outward observance of the Torah could not heal our souls. We must respond to Jesus with faith and faithfulness as he makes us into a new creation.

We should not be passionately attached to the things of the world so we can answer the invitation to join the heavenly wedding feast.

To be good tenants of the master's vineyard we must heed the Forerunner's instruction to bear fruit worthy of repentance.

The story of the rich young ruler reminds us that we are called to serve God, not mammon.

The Dormition of the Theotokos shows us how to be receptive to Christ by loving and forgiving those who wrong us.

The story of the feeding of the five thousand by Jesus shows we cannot be fed by our own preferences but by what he gives us, himself.

When we cry out honestly to the Lord from the depths of our soul we will become transfigured in holiness.

Jesus Christ must be fully God and fully Man to restore and heal in us the divine image and likeness of God.

Father Philip discusses the nature of our salvation as illustrated by the healing of the paralytic. Do we encounter Christ as our judge or physician? Is His law simply a list of directives to be followed, or something more medicinal in nature?

Father Philip discusses the Gerasene demoniac, St. Athanasius's failed monastery, discouragement, and the fruit of the Spirit.

On the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, we learn that our life in Christ springs from the living history of what the Holy Spirit has done in the life of the church through the foundation set by their apostolic witness.

Father Phillip reminds us the eyes of our hearts must become fully transparent to Christ in order for us to fulfill our calling.

In this episode, Fr. Philip describes how the saints bear witness to the meaning of Pentecost because it is by the power of the Holy Spirit that people fulfill their calling to become holy.