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Homilies from St. Luke Orthodox Church in Abilene, Texas - Thoughtful homilies of an Orthodox priest who serves a small parish and teaches Religion full-time at McMurry University in Abilene...

In this homily, Fr. Philip explains how events of Holy Week are not for us to try and understand fully, rather they draw us to entrust ourse...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https:/...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on The Sunday of the Adoration of the Holy Cross. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written f...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on The Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https://eastern...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on Forgiveness Sunday. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https://easternchris...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Parable of the Last Judgement. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at https:/...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written fo...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the account of Christ and Zacchaeus. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written form at htt...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on example of the Samartian lepar and how God’s generous love extends to everyone, even those we might least expec...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the importance of water, the purpose of baptism and our experience after baptism. You can find his blog with th...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the feast of Theophany and the message of St. John the Forerunner. You can find his blog with this reflection a...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Genealogy that leads to the birth of Christ, idolatry vs. faithfulness and the Holy Prophet Daniel with the...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Parable of the King's Banquet and the commemoration of the Holy Forefathers including a quote from St. Porp...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the Gospel reading of the healing of the crippled woman and how following the holy example of the Theotokos can...

Today Fr. Philip reflects on the life of St. Andrew the First Called and his ability to recognize the Messiah. He also reflects on every bel...

Today Fr. Philip encourages us as we continue on our journey through the Nativity season. Father weaves together the parable of the Rich Foo...

Today Fr. Philip encourages us as we begin the Nativity fast. He reflects on the expectations of the Jewish people on who the Messiah would...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the Gerasene Demoniac and how Christ restored demon possessed man's divine image and how Christ came...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich man with a focus on where each character chose to put their atte...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the commemoration of St. Luke and the aspects that distinguishes his gospel account from the gospel...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the commemoration of the Fathers of the seventh council, the importance of icons, having the icon of...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on Christ's teachings on loving our enemies, and how this conflicts with common modern day cultural att...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the leave-taking of the Elevation of the Cross, and how in our own lives we must raise our crosses....

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on part of the Sermon on the Mount, and how Christians should react to threats of evil. You can find hi...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the Nativity of the Theotokos, and the lessons from it that we can use to help embrace our struggles...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the parable of the unforgiving servant, and its implications for our own lives. You can find his blo...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on Christ and the child with epilepsy. You can find his blog with this reflection and more in written f...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on St. Peter's walking on water and the Feast of the Dormition. You can find his blog with this reflect...

Today Fr. Philip offers a reflection on the dormition fast and the Feast of the Transfiguration, which occurs halfway through the fast. You...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

Fr. Philip LeMasters is an Orthodox priest who serves St. Luke Orthodox Church and teaches Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, TX. Yo...

During the season of Pascha, the Church calls our attention to how particular people responded to our Lord, Who rose from the dead as a whol...

As we continue to celebrate our Lord’s glorious resurrection on the third day and victory over Hades and the tomb, we should admit that all...

Today we continue to celebrate the most fundamental and joyful proclamation of our faith: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down deat...

The Desert Father Saint Antony the Great once tested a group of monks by asking them, beginning with the youngest, the meaning of a certain...

The more clearly that we see our personal brokenness, the more tempted we may be to think that there is simply no point in trying to reorien...

If we have embraced the spiritual practices of Lent with any level of integrity, the weakness of our faith has surely become apparent to us....

Today we venerate the precious and lifegiving Cross upon which Christ offered Himself for the salvation of the world purely out of love for...

We will misunderstand these blessed weeks of Lent if we assume that they are intended to help us have clearer ideas or deeper feelings about...

On this first Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate the restoration of icons centuries ago in the Byzantine Empire. They were banned due to a...

The gospel readings from the last few Sundays have called us all to return home from our self-imposed exile. Zacchaeus was restored as a son...

In case you have somehow not noticed, Great Lent begins a week from tomorrow. On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, the Church reminds us tha...

What does true repentance look like? Whenever we are tempted to think that it has to do only with how we feel and not with how we act, we sh...

During the season of Christmas, we celebrated the Nativity in the flesh of the Savior. Born as truly one of us, He is the New Adam Who resto...