2008 | St. Mary Orthodox Church of Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sermons 2008

On the Second Sunday of Advent

November 24, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

A woman dying of cancer told her counselor one morning that she believed someone had stolen her diamond ring. She had only a few weeks at most to live, but the loss of that ring sent her into a rage!

On the Second Sunday of Luke

October 06, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

Jesus left us no writings and no dogmas. He left us a simple message displayed in both His words and His deeds. Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself. That's it. Jesus left us with a way of life.

On the First Sunday of Luke

September 29, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

Jesus did not judge outcasts, nor did He treat them as outcasts. He preferred their company and saved his rebukes for hypocrites. God's love is all inclusive, but to some His love is heaven and to others it is fire.

Forefeast of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross

September 08, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

God loves all His creation. How do we know? Because He sent His only Son to become one with us. In Christ God and humankind are now inextricably united.

The Epileptic Boy

August 25, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

Faith is not the same as belief. Belief comes wrapped in words, concepts and creeds. As valuable as those might be they have little or nothing to do with faith. Faith is not about propositions at all, nor concepts, nor words, nor anything one can or can not do.

Walking on Water

August 18, 2008 - by Fr. Antony Hughes

Through prayer, meditation and contemplation we learn to enter what one writer calls the gap between thoughts where there is only silence, where there are no sounds, no voices, no images , where the imagination rests from its labor. This is why Peter was able to walk on the water for a time. For a moment he was able to enter that place where Christ dwells.

Of Deviled Ham

July 21, 2008 - by Dn. Jeffrey Smith

To love our neighbor, we have to love our selves first, and this self-love of course, is the state of being loved, being worthy of love, recognized and given proof of that recognition. We realize that we are not unworthy of love. We are reassured when we are listened to attentively with interest. We gather that we are respected, that we do count, that we matter, that our being alive makes a difference in the world.