July 07, 2024

In a beautiful passage of St. Paul writing to the Christians in Rome, he says, “We have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function… Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them” (Rom 12:4,6) to serve God’s holy church and to glorify His Name. Read more »

June 30, 2024

How many times do we pray at every Divine Liturgy: “Remembering the most holy, pure blessed Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves, and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.” Read more »

June 23, 2024

Every day when I enter into our Church, the first thing I try to do is go into the altar and make sure the vigil candle is lit. I always want a light burning on the altar table. I fill it with oil and a new wick, so that it stays lit before the tabernacle of Christ, which holds His sacred Body and Blood. Read more »

June 16, 2024

My father passed away a year ago. We are celebrating his one year memorial today in our Church here in Webster, and in two weeks in Lancaster, PA. I think of my father often and thank God every day for blessing me with such an incredible role model in my life. Fr. Alexander Veronis exemplified for me all that he ever preached during his 64 years as a priest. Read more »

June 09, 2024

What do you do when you have great news told you? You share it with others. You want others to enter into the joy that you have. You don’t keep it for yourself but you go out and tell others the Good News. Read more »

June 09, 2024

What do you do when you have great news told you? You share it with others. You want others to enter into the joy that you have. You don’t keep it for yourself but you go out and tell others the Good News. Read more »

June 02, 2024

Our level of happiness and our level of contentment does not depend solely on what is happening around us but more so on what is happening within us. Read more »

June 02, 2024

Our level of happiness and our level of contentment does not depend solely on what is happening around us but more so on what is happening within us. Read more »

May 26, 2024

What’s the difference between a résumé and a eulogy? Well, on this Memorial Weekend Sunday, I want us to reflect on what the difference is between a résumé and a eulogy, and ask ourselves whether we are building up our résumé attributes or our eulogy virtues in our life.  Read more »

May 12, 2024

How many of us have some doubts mingled with our faith? How about certain skepticism about fundamental tenets of the faith? For example, what questions arise in your mind when thinking of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Or when we think of bread and wine becoming the holy Body and Blood of Christ? Or what happens when we immerse someone in water in the Mystery of Holy Baptism? Read more »

May 05, 2024

Christ is risen. He’s alive. Darkness did not prevail. Evil did not have the final say. Death is no longer the destiny of all humankind. And the world has changed because of it. If we embrace His Resurrection, our lives will change. Everything in life changes because of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead! Read more »

May 04, 2024

Satan: This is my world! I could not serve in heaven so I rule in hell. I could not serve with joy so I rule in misery. But I had my revenge. I corrupted God’s world, I corrupted his creatures. It was I who made Adam and Eve fall. I have their children, too, MILLIONS upon MILLIONS dead, dead and in darkness. Read more »

May 03, 2024

He was arrested. He was beaten. He was ridiculed. He endured an unjust trial. He was humiliated. He was hated. He was whipped. He was crucified. In the end, he was killed in a most horrible and painful manner. Read more »

April 28, 2024

(For my sermon on Palm Sunday, I introduced different characters we will encounter during Holy Week through a skit I did with my teenagers of the Sunday School.) Read more »

April 21, 2024

“There are two ways, my soul, my soul, and they are not the same. One leads to everlasting life. One leads to dust and shame. One leads to dust and shame.” Read more »

April 14, 2024

“We do not reach the Kingdom of God going from victory to victory but more often we have to journey from defeat to defeat,” notes St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. “After each defeat, however, we don’t bewail our misery but we get back up and continue the battle. We go forward in repentance and humility.” Read more »

April 07, 2024

The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Let’s take a moment and reflect on what Jesus is saying here. It’s pretty radical and counter-intuitive. If any of us want to come after him, to follow him, to become one of His disciples, what’s the first thing we must do? Read more »

March 31, 2024

How many of you know someone who is seriously sick? Someone who may have a terminal illness? Do you pray for them? Why? Read more »

March 17, 2024

The pitcher of water is the same; yet each container receives the water differently. How much each container is filled doesn’t depend on the water being poured, but on the way the container receives the water! Read more »

March 10, 2024

I was at Project Mexico this past week with 18 students from HCHC for their Spring Break. What a meaningful way for college students to spend their spring break – in loving service building a home for a family in need. Read more »