Mysterion: Episodes
Fr. Richard reminds us that we must go down to go up St. John's Ladder of Divine Ascent.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains that the antidote to fear is surrender.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard reminds us that if we're going to be people of the Cross, then we need to accept our subjugation and suffering.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains how we can encounter and know the energies of the living God.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains that the way for us to demonstrate the submission of the Theotokos is by trying to disappear.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains what it is about icons that is crucial and essential to being an Orthodox Christian.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains how to overcome resentment.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard examines the various ironies of resentment.<div class="feedflare">
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What is the reason for Simeon's song? Fr. Richard explains.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard discusses the central question of ethics: Why should we behave well?<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard uses Herod's massacre of the innocents in the Gospel of Matthew to help us understand the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explores the significance of genealogies.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard reflects on the life of Mattie Stepanek, a boy who died of a rare form of muscular dystrophy in 2004.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard maintains that Jesus calls us to be compassionate through the use of our imaginations.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard describes how the Theotokos took over the Jewish temple and absorbed it into herself.<div class="feedflare">
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Why does God allow rough storms to buffet us? Fr. Richard encourages us to look for responses to this question rather than answers.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains what St. Paul ultimately means when he sets into opposition the "works of the law" and "faith in Christ."<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains the prophetic method of scriptural exegesis.<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard reflects on the parable of the sower by asking three questions: Who is the Lord speaking to? What does He promise us? And what is our challenge?<div class="feedflare">
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Fr. Richard explains that because of the Cross, death can no longer become the foundation of community.<div class="feedflare">
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