11 02 2025 Sunday Divine Liturgy St Nicholas Southbridge

Today’s sermon, “Lazarus is at Our Gate: Do We See Him?” is based on the appointed gospel reading in which poor Lazarus, whom the Rich Man ignored for decades, dies and goes to the bosom of Abraham (heaven) while the Rich Man ends up in torment for his cold-heartedness.

The question we face as individuals and as a church community is whether our eyes are closed to the suffering around us or open and seeking ways to help others. Do we see the poor and demeaned in our midst as our brothers and sisters, or do we find excused to let them suffer? The stakes are very high, indeed.

Link to today’s Liturgy: https://youtu.be/BgyY65To8Zc

10 19 2025 Sunday Divine Liturgy St Nicholas Southbridge. Third Sunday of Luke, Prophet Joel, St. John of Kronstadt

The sermon today, "Are Miracles Still Possible in Our Age of Unbelief?" is based on the Epistle and Gospel readings for this Sunday.

Europeans and North Americans live in a time where miracles are considered impossible. They are either misunderstood science, the figments of overactive imaginations, or outright deceptions. The only miracles acknowledged by the great minds of our age are the human-made wonders of technology and Artificial Intelligence. We, not God, are the miracle workers.

But there are still places on Earth where people are open to the wonderful works of God, though those places are considered backward and unenlightened. And yet, the future of the Church is in the hands of those so-called ignorant people. When the rich and mighty of the world are finally exhausted by their attempts to play God, it will be the humble and faithful believers of the Global South who will bring the living, miraculous faith that opened a vision of heaven to St. Paul and raised the son of the widow of Nain at the hands of Jesus.

Link to today’s Liturgy: https://youtu.be/SszbRuOZXSs

10 12 2025 Sunday Divine Liturgy, St Nicholas, Southbridge

Today’s sermon, “Good Soil for Growing the Word of God,” is based on the gospel for the day. How do we become good soil for growing our faith? What is the process? How do we persevere?