Homilies

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John. 

Ivory Diptych with the Ascension and Pentecost, 1370-1380

Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you […]

Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John. 

Jesus said to his disciples: “Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for […]

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A Reading from the Gospel According to John

Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains […]

Christ, the True Vine Icon

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John. 

Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know […]

Sermon on the Mount (detail), Henrik Olrik, ca. 1860

Transcription of Homily

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John. 

Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

“I have told you […]

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to St. John:

Pantocrator Icon, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place […]