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On the Sixth Sunday of Pentecost, in our Gospel reading from John 16, we hear the sweet words of our Savior inviting us, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you… Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full” (Jn 16:23–24). With these words, my brothers and sisters, our Lord invites us to do something that should be at the very core of our Christian lives: our Lord is inviting us to pray.

Homily on the Feast of Thomas Sunday 2017 by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Thomas Sunday 2017 by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

First Sunday of the Great 2017

Fr. Peter Farrington at the St. Gregory College Retreat, January 2017

1. Acts of Mercy 2. Prayer 3. Fasting

1. God as Lover of Mankind 2. Our Love for God 3. Diligent Labor

Homily on the Healing of the Man Born Blind February 5, 2017 Reflection Hearing Transformation

Forgiveness, Part 2: "How to Forgive" by Michael Salama. Part 1 is NOT needed to benefit from this recording.

Homily on the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos (2017) 1. Background 2. The Death of the Holy Theotokos and our Death 3. Death and Silence

Homily for the Feast of our Lord's First Miracle at the Wedding of Cana in Galilee 2017

Statement on the Barbaric Attack at the Coptic Cathedral of St. Mark 12/11/16 by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

Third Sunday of Hatour 2016

Holy and Divine Liturgy with Bishop Kyrillos (Nov. 20, 2016) by St. Gregory American Coptic Orthodox Church

Homily for the Second Sunday of Hatour delivered by His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, Auxiliary Bishop for Education in the Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii

The Parable of the Sower is about how people receive the Word of God in their hearts. A sower went out to spread his seed and some of the seed fell on the rod, some on the rock, some among the thorns, and some on good soil. The Sower, of course, is our Lord Jesus Christ and the Seed that is being sown is the Word of God. The different landing places of the seed represent an image of the hearts of people and the different ways in which they receive the Word of God.

Our Savior entered a city in southern Galilee called Nain with His disciples and a great multitude. At this time, another great crowd was leaving the city in a funeral procession for a young man, the only son of his widowed mother, who had recently died. When our Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her from the midst of the crowd, “Weep not,” and touched the open coffin so that those carrying it stood still. He then manifested His glorious Divinity to all by commanding the dead young man, “I say to you, arise.” This young man was raised from the dead in front of both great crowds and our Savior presented him back to his mother.

A certain man was brought to our Lord Jesus Christ; he was demon-possessed, blind, and mute. In other words, he could not see, he could not speak, and he could not even think clearly, because one or more demons had taken up their abode inside of him. Sadly, these senses that he needed for faith were entirely closed off. Our compassionate Savior, on seeing the condition of this man, had mercy and restored him to wholeness by casting out all sickness and evil spirits from him.

Second Sunday of Paope (2016)

First Sunday of Paope (2016)