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