Homily - Sunday of Samaritan Woman - 4/28/13

Homily given on the 5th Sunday of Pascha by Fr. Rankin.  In his homily, Fr. Rankin spoke of the meaning of the 5 husbands the samaritan woman had and how the represent the 5 broken covenants between man and God.  These 5 covenants are:

• Covenant with Adam - Promise to send a savior
• Covenant with Noah - Promise to renew creation
• Covenant with Abraham - Promise that all people will have the blessing of God
• Covenant with Moses - The giving of the law representing mans being made in image & likeness of God
• Covenant with David - Promise of a kingdom that never ends

Homily - Sunday of Samaritan Woman - 4/28/13

Homily - Sunday of Paralytic Man - 4/21/13

Homily given on the Sunday of the Paralytic Man by Fr. Rankin.  In his homily, Fr. Rankin used a triptych to help explain how the story of the paralytic man being healed by Jesus applies to us.  There was the period of time in life before we know the risen Christ, that moment when we meet Christ and what happens after that conversion.

Homily - Sunday of Paralytic Man - 4/21/13

Gospel - Sunday of Paralytic Man - 4/21/13

Byzantine Catholic Gospel reading for the Sunday of the Paralytic Man - 4/21/13

Gospel - 4/21/13

Homily - Myrrh-Bearing Women - 4/14/13

Homily given on the 3rd Sunday of Easter, The Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.  In his homily, Fr. Rankin talked about "three bottles of myrrh" we all bring with us in our walk with Christ.  These three "bottles of myrrh" are:

• All Of Our Possessions - We must realize that everything we have and everything in our world comes from God.  We can do nothing without God and we can have nothing without God.
• Human Sexuality - We must understand that God gave us the gift of sexuality in furtherance of his divine plan to go forth and multiply.  In order for us to understand this, we first must understand that all that we have comes from God.
• Divine Worship - Every Sunday, we come to the empty tomb with our bottle of myrrh and pour it out at the empty tomb when we participate in the Divine Liturgy.  This pouring out during worship is a great witness to our faith for visitors to our church as well as those who do not know Christ.

Homily - Myrrh-Bearing Women - 4/14/13

Gospel - Myrrh Bearing Women - 4/14/13

Byzantine Catholic Gospel reading for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, The Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.

Gospel - Myrrh-Bearing Women - 4/14/13

Homily - Thomas Sunday - 4/7/13

Due to technical issues, the homily for Thomas Sunday 2013 was not recorded.  Attached is Fr. Rankins homily from Thomas Sunday - 2012.

Homily - Thomas Sunday - 4/7/13