St. Mary Orthodox Church

June 10, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

We come to the subject of blindness and enlightenment. But blindness, as you know, isn't just a physical feat involving our two eyes. There is also an interior blindness that is far more difficult and important to heal. The Gospel of John tends to point us in the direction of esoteric things, inner things. The mystical life, much more than the synoptic Gospels do, and that is why John for the Orthodox tends to be favored.

June 03, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

For many years, through study and practice, I have become convinced that today's Gospel is the key to understanding what the spiritual life is all about. The basics are all here. The essential elements are all here. It is true that the healing is in the practice. Jesus reveals the secrets of the kingdom, not to a scholar, nor to a jew, nor to a man, but to a woman, a Samaritan and an adulteress.

May 26, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

The Gospels do not change, but our perspectives should change as we grow spriitually and psychologically. More and more meaning should become clear. Of course, if we are not commited to the spiritual path, it all seems rather boring. So now that we have gotten to the other side of Pascha, and the light of the Resurrection is shining, we should be able to look at these Gospels with a new eye. Since the Resurrection of Jesus is a cosmic event, affecting all of the universe, we all have been affected by it. Why Cosmic? Because He is the Alpha and the Omega, the One through Whom, in Whom, and for Whom, all things are created!

May 20, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

In the church, we have become trapped in literalism, excessive literalism, worshipping historical events so much that we miss altogether the meaning behind them, or rather the message that they point to. I fear that in this way, the church becomes an idol of truth, rather than a vehicle of truth. Religion must become for us more than a system of beliefs. It must become a pathway to enlightenment and awakening.

April 28, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

We are encouraged to put aside our worldly cares, to rest our weary minds, and enter into a period of spiritual contemplation that has the power to transform us not only for seven days, but for all days.

April 25, 2013 - by Rebecca S.

Dear Dhokhar Tsarnaev, On Average the passenger of a car has 2.83 life changing revelations per car ride. I know what you're thinking, how does this have to do with you? I was thinking about forgiveness.

April 21, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

I have two points to make today and they are about Mary of Egypt. They will lead me to the subject of this last week in our beloved city of Boston. Why did Mary go to the desert the most inhospitable place in the whole world? For one reason: she decided it was time to stop running from her pain, to face it, and be healed.

April 15, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

What is the point of bringing up the story of the epileptic boy on the Fourth Sunday of Lent? There is one practical reason. It is because our lives are a mess.

April 07, 2013 - by Alexey Orlovsky

The joy of the faithful, transmitted over centuries, the joy of the Resurrection is handed down to us through the Cross. The very bonds of time are shattered by the Cross and the Resurrection. This is but a small foretaste of how we participate in the Kingdom of God.

March 31, 2013 - by Jennifer Nahas

Today we commemorate St. Gregory Palamas, known as the Theologian of Hesychasm - the mystical tradition of experiential prayer in the Orthodox Church.

March 25, 2013 - by Nadia Abuelezam

Sermon preached by Nadia Abuelezam on March 24, 2013 at St. Mary Orthodox Church in Cambridge, MA on the Feast of the Annunciation.

March 17, 2013 - by Ioana Chirieac

This Sunday is such a special day as we prepare for lent. Forgiving others and softening our hearts is the first step in allowing Christ in the midst of our lives, with body and spirit knitted together in the Holy Spirit, right here and right now.

March 10, 2013 - by Sarah Byrne-Martelli

In today's teaching of our Lord, the story of the sheep and the goats on Judgment Sunday, we are taught the very essence of Christian life: that loving others is loving God, and vice versa. Our place at the right hand of the Father completely depends on this.

March 04, 2013 - by Andrea Popa

Today is called the Sunday of the Prodigal Son but if you look at the Biblical passage for just a moment you'll see it starts the story by saying, "A certain man had two sons." Two sons.

February 25, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

The heart longs for Truth. There is no other route to freedom. But often the Truth is too much to swallow. We resist especially if it challenges tightly held systems of beliefs that support our view of ourselves and the world.

January 21, 2013 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

On the Sunday after the Feast of Theophany we read from St. Matthew’s Gospel about how the people "who sat in darkness have seen a great light," specifically those who dwelt in the "land of Zebulon and Napthali the Galilee of the Gentiles."

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