Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Mesori. St. Paul commands us to "be wise in what is good." (Rom. 16:19). There are many examples of those who struggled and toiled in vain in pursuit of the spiritual life. A reflection on how can we avoid the traps that cause our spiritual striving to be in vain. Click the icon below to listen.…
Fr. Andrew Iskander- A lesson on the development of the Liturgy and why we pray the Liturgy that we pray. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Andrew Iskander
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 1st Sunday of Mesori. The parable of the wicked tenants points to important truths about the character of God. Likewise, the wickedness of the tenants reveals spiritual problems in the human heart that demand our attention and our resolve. Click the icon below to listen.…
Fr. Andrew Iskander- Homily for the 4th Sunday of Epip. A reflection on God‘s delay during Lazarus’ death as a sign of God's graciousness in the midst of suffering, teaching us to sacrifice our desires in order to glorify God. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Andrew Iskander
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Epip. The miracle of feeding the multitudes in the lectionary is often referred to as the Sunday of Blessing. What is the difference between God's goodness and God's blessings? The difference is essential for our spiritual lives. Click the icon below to listen.…
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for 1st Sunday of Epep. The church is holy, Catholic and apostolic. And at the center of the church, Christ must be present. Otherwise, people can devolve into fear and act like a cult. Like the apostles did on the day of the resurrection. Becoming insular and closed off from the world. Click the icon below to listen.…
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 5th Sunday of Paoni. The miracle of the multiplication of the loaves is an image of Christian life. Like the disciples, we are all called to labor, rest and feasting as it relates to the Kingdom of God. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim
Fr. Andrew Iskander- Homily for 5th Sunday of Paoni. A reflection on Christ's message to love thy enemy, from the Book of Luke. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Andrew Iskander
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the Feast of Pentecost. The Lord taught that the Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for the sixth Sunday of Pentecost. The world may not offer a clear vision of what it means to be a father. We learn that patience, love, sacrifice, endurance are all characteristics that fathers can learn to emulate from God. Click the icon below to listen.By AD Mark Soliman
Kathy Abraham- Why is transformation is part of our Christian calling and how to obtain true spiritual transformation with the grace and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Click the icon below to listen.By Kathy Abraham
Mary von dem Bussche- A discussion of the foot washing Super Bowl ad put out by the group, “He Gets Us”, and the criticism thereof. Click the icon below to listen.By Mary von dem Bussche
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman - Pentecost . A reflection on the Pauline Epistle of the day and what it means that our life is hidden in Christ and how we can fix our thoughts on things above. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim
AD Mark Soliman- The book of Acts (Ch. 5) subjects the apostles to 3 difficult situations in a short span of time. God saves them in 3 different ways which we can apply in our lives. Click the icon below to listen.By AD Mark Soliman
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for the 6th Sunday of Great Lent. The irony of the story is that Christ heals the born blind yet the Pharisees remain blind. When we receive spiritual site after repentance, we see all people as pure. There is also a form of religious blindness that can take place, similar to what happened to the Pharisees. Click the icon be…
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for the 6th Sunday of Great Lent. The irony of the story is that Christ heals the born blind yet the Pharisees remain blind. When we receive spiritual sight after repentance, we see all people as pure. There is also a form of religious blindness that can take place, similar to what happened to the Pharisees. Click the icon b…
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the Feast of the Annunciation. The Feast of the Annunciation is the first of the feasts setting in motion the great mystery of salvation. Through the feasts and cycles of the church we begin to connect our daily lives to the mystery of Christ and discover God's great desire and thirst for our salvation and eternal l…
Ulises Garcia- A discussion on using sin and immediate repentance as a way to remember the Kingdom of God, and a personal journey of conversion into the Coptic church. Click the icon below to listen.By Ulises Garcia
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Our Lord was led into the desert to be tempted by Satan where we learn the ultimate aim of the Evil One. The spiritual masters reveal to us the usefulness of spiritual warfare. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim
Henry Awad- The second part of a two part series on Great Lent reflecting on St. John Climacus' book The Ladder of Divine Ascent. Click the icon below to listen.By Henry Awad
Henry Awad- The first part of a two part series on Great Lent reflecting on St. John Climacus' book The Ladder of Divine Ascent. Click the icon below to listen.By Henry Awad
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for Pre-Lent Sunday. The Lord speaks about the secret place of man which is the hidden place of the heart. It is there that we accomplish any genuine growth in the spiritual life. Click the icon below to listen.By Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for 3rd Sunday of Meshir. The liturgy begins when we leave the church. It is incumbent upon all Christians to not “fence Christ in“ inside the church and keep him there until the following Sunday when we come back to worship him. But to take him, Eucharistically and biblically, and then share him with the world through our a…