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ST. SIMEON ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH
28042 Ave. Stanford, Unit D, Santa Clarita, CA 91355
A Mission Church of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West
Antiochian Christian Archdiocese of North America, Metropolitan SABA, Primate
HOMILIES 2023
Homily 5-21-23, With this Sign thou Shalt Conquer!Father George Ajalat
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Homily 5-14-23, Mother's DayFather George Ajalat
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Homily 5-7-23, Do you want to be healed?Father George
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Homily 4-30-23, Myrrh-Bearing Women are Models for MankindFather George Ajalat
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Homily 4-23-23, New Sunday, New Creation!Father George
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Paschal Homily 4-16-23Father George
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Homily 4-9-23, And Jesus WeptSdn Seraphim
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Homily 4-2-23, St Mary of Egypt and Repentance Fr. Thomas Hernandez
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Homily 3-26-23, Lord I believe; help my unbelief!Dr. Karen Sibert
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Homily 3-19-23, Before thy Cross we bow down in worship, O Master!Father George
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Homily 3-12-23, St Gregory PalamasFather George
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Homily 3-5-23, Let's listen to the sweet voice of our Lord!Father George
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Homily 2-26-23, Letter from our newly elected MetropolitanFather George
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Homily 2-12-23, What if the prodigal son never left the pigpen?Father Andrew Andrews
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Homily 2-5-23, Self-Love is Enmity with GodFather George Ajalat
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Homily 1-29-23, It is my honor to die for my Lord!Father George Ajalat
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Homily 1-22-23, Today salvation has come to this house!Deacon Steven
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Homily 1-15-23, Where are the nine?Father George
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Homily 1-8-23, The Power of BaptismFather George
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HOMILIES 2022
Homily 1-1-23, Circumcision of heart is christian baptismFather George
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Homily 12-25-22 The Pagan Magi were the ones who received ChristFather George
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Homily 12-18-22, He is coming to give us back our Royal ImageFather George
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Homily 12-11-22, Why was anger given to us by God?Father George
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Homily 12-4-22, How we enter into liturgy by remembering our baptism.Father George
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Homily 11-27-22, What does it take to touch heaven during divine liturgy?Father George
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Homily 11-20-22, Let us begin with prayers and end with love!!Father George
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Homily 11-13-22, "Glory to God for all things!"Father George
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Homily 11-6-22, What is the secret of Christian life?Father George
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Homily 10-30-22, Who are we? The rich man, Lazarus or both?Sdn Seraphim
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Homily 10-23-22 For those who love God, we have nothing to fear!Father George
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Homily 10-16-22 Works, the Very Fabric of FaithFather George
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Homily 10-9-22 What does it mean to be truly alive?Father George
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Homily 10-2-22, Loving our enemies opens to us the gates to paradiseFather George
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Homily 9-25-22 Let down your nets for a catch
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Homily 9-18-22 What The Church is NOT
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Homily 8-28-22 Dn. Steven Forgivness is a spiritual law
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Homily 8-21-22“O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you?"
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Homily 8-14-22 Pre-Feast of the Dormition
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Homily 8-7-22 Sdn Seraphim “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”
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Homily 7-24-21 Healing of Paralytic and Spiritual Paralysis
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Homily 7-17-22 Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord
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Homily 7-3-22 Joy of the Christian Faith
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Homily 6-19-22 Father Minas, Who are the Saints?
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Homily 6-12-22 Father Minas, Gifts of The Holy Spirit
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Homily 6-5-22 The Orthodox Faith
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Homily 5-29-22, The deep spiritual poverty of our age
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Homily 5_22_22 Worship is a thirst for God
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Homily 5-15-22, We pray for our soul to wake up and Christ will give us life
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Homily 5-8-22, Fr. Finley, Courage, generosity, compassion and fearlessness
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Homily 5-1-22 A new Sunday and a new people
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Homily 4-17-22, Rejoice! The Lord Is at hand
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Homily 4-16-22 Lazarus Saturday, Death has no power over us
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Homily 4-10-22, We suffer together with Christ in Love and we are raised in Glory
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Homily 4-3-22, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief"
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Homily 3_27_22 Peace in this world can only come through the cross
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Homily 3_20_22 To know God is to have his light in us
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Orthros Homily 3_20_22 The Old Testament cannot be understood without the New Testament
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Homily 3_6_22 Sunday of Forgiveness
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Homily 2_27_24 Sunday of The Last Judgment
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Homily 2_26_22 Soul Saturday 1
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2022 Who is the God Whom we worship
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Homily 2_13_22 Christ is the Physician and the Church is the Hospital
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Heading 1
Homily 2_6_22 Demons can only be cast out by the power of Christ
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Homily 1_30_22 Without Hierarchy there is Anarchy
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Homily 1_23_22 The mystery of the universe can only be known through prayer
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Homily 1_16_22 Jesus has healed us of our Leprosy
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Homily 1_2_22 Humanism is not by any means humane
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HOMILIES 2021
Homily 12_26_21 Envy is the root of sin
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Homily 12_25_21 To be a Christian means to give thanks
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Homily 12 19 2021 Jesse Roach Orthodoxy is the Fullness of the Christian Faith
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12 12 21 Homily Second Coming Near
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Homily 12_5_21 Sin causes us to be bent-over
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Homily 11_28_21 What does it mean to call someone Good
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Homily 11_21_21 Virgin as Temple-the place where true prayer exists
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Homily 11_14_21 Good Samaritan, Eternal life begins now
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Homily 11_7_21 Faith is understanding both the material and spiritual worlds
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Homily 10/24/21 We as Christians are conquerors
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Homily 10/10/21 Christ raises the dead in his compassion and love
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HOMILIES 2020
Fr. George 3 15 20 (2)
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Fr. George 2 9 2020
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True and False Prayer
Subdn. Mark Nassief1/26/20
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Zaccheus was short of stature
Fr. Minas Sarchizian1/19/20
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The healing of the ten lepers
Fr. George Ajalat1/12/20
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Repentance is poverty of spirit and meekness
Fr. George Ajalat1/5/20
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1/5/20 Repentance is not a feeling but an attitude and action
HOMILIES 2019
Fr. George Ajalat12/29/19
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12/29/19 Holy Innocents; Tragedy or Joy?
Fr. George Ajalat12/24/19
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12/24/19 True Freedom Can Only Come From Humility
Fr. George Ajalat12/22/19
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12/22/19 God will never abandon us
Subdn. Seraphim Gilmartin12/15/19
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12/15/19 Parable of the Supper
Fr. George Ajalat
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12/8/19 Self-love is the most dangerous sickness of our age
Fr. George Ajalat
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12/1/19 Is real blindness physical or spiritual?
Subdn. Steve Heffelfinger
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11/26/19 Is our real goal in life earthly or heavenly?
Fr. George Ajalat
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11/17/19 Saugus High School Tragedy-A reflection of the Spiritual emptiness of our age.
Fr. George Ajalat
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11/10/19 The Church is where we are healed and where we are saved.
Subdn. Mark Nassief
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11/3/19 The parable of Lazarus and the rich man: rethinking what is important in life.
Fr. George Ajalat (2)
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10/27/19 Salvation comes through the Church and her Saints
Fr. George Ajalat
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10/20/19 Gaderene demoniac-The delusion of materialism
Fr. George Ajalat
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10/6/19 Do we truly believe in the Resurrection
Subdn. Steven Heffelfinger
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9/29/19 How do we love our enemy ?
Fr. George Ajalat
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9/22/19 Every good thing we do comes from God
Fr. George Ajalat
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9/15/19 The way of the Cross is not the way of this world.
Fr. George Ajalat
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9/8/19 The Theotokos is "the beginning of our salvation."
Subdn. Mark Nassief
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9/1/19 Happy Ecclesiastical New Year!
Fr. George Ajalat
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8/25/19 A firm faith is contagious. Love, order, forgiveness, and unity triumph over confusion and division.
Fr. George Ajalat
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8/18/19 As Christians we rejoice because vicotry has already been obtained.
Fr. John Reimann
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8/11/19 Transforming through symfonia and syngergia (symphony and synergy).
Subdn. Mark Nassief
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8/4/19 Transfiguration: A week when the impossible becomes possible.
Fr. Ambrose Liston
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7/28/19 How can we best serve the church?
Subdn. Stephen Heffelfinger
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7/21/19 What it means to commend our lives to Christ our God.
Fr. George Ajalat
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7/14/19 Is Christ the Lord of our lives?
Fr. George Ajalat
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7/7/19 We cannot serve two masters. What is our goal?
Fr. Constantine Nasr
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6/30/19 The harvest is plentiful, where are the laborers?
Dn. Andrew Andrews
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6/23/19 The Sunday of All Saints
Fr. John Finley
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6/16/19 Pentecost: The Rivers of living water.
Fr. George Ajalat6-9-19
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6/9/19 We pray what we believe and we believe what we pray.
Fr. George Ajalat - 6
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6/2/19 Sunday of the Blind Man: Dirt is good!
Fr. George Ajalat - 5/26/19
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5/26/19 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman: We all have a purpose in life.
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 5/19/19
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5/19/19 Physical and Spiritual Healing and the Sunday of the Paralytic.
Fr. George Ajalat - 5/12/19
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5/12/19 Mother's Day and the Myrrh-bearing Women
Unknown Track - Unknown Artist
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5/5/19 Thomas Sunday: There is nothing new under the sun...except Jesus Christ.
Fr. George Ajalat - 4/298/19
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4/28/19 Pascha: The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
Fr. George Ajalat - 4/21/19
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4/21/19 Palm Sunday: The significance of the two donkeys as Christ entered Jerusalem.
Fr. George Ajalat - 4/14/19
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4/14/19 The Sunday of St. Mary of Eqypt: Encountering God as St. Mary did in the desert.
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 4/7/19
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4/7/19 The Sunday of St. John Climacus: Climbing the ladder through the Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian.
Fr. George Ajalat - 3/31/19
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3/31/19 The Sunday of the Cross: Denying our false self to discover our true self.
Fr. George Ajalat - 3/24/19
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3/24/19 Sin: The terminal illness each of us carries within ourselves.
Subdn. Stephen Heffelfinger - 3/17/19
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3/17/19 The Triumph of Orthodoxy
Fr. George Ajalat - 3/10/19
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3/10/19 Great Lent: Begin the struggle and learn the true meaning of fasting
Fr. George Ajalat - 3/3/19
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3/3/19 The Sunday of Judgment: An awesome and fearsome sight!
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 2/24/19
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2/24/19 The Prodigal Son: Lessons in Time and Love
Fr. George Ajalat - 2/17/19
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2/17/19 The Triodion: A Chance to renew who we are.
Fr. Andrew Honore - 2/10/19
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2/10/19 The Canaanite woman: Feeding our hunger
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 2/3/19
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2/3/19 St. Simeon the Patron and Protector of our Children
Fr. George Ajalat - 1/27/19
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1/27/19 Zaccheus tells us everthing about our salvation.
Fr. George Ajalat - 1/20/19
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1/20/19 Is there anything worse than an unthankful child?
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 1/13/19
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1/13/19 What is your New Year's Resolution?
Fr. George Ajalat - 1/6/19
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1/6/19 Epiphany- the great renewal of human kind and of all creation.
HOMILIES 2018
Fr. George Ajalat - 12/16/18
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12/16/18 The great banquet is our new life in Christ.
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 12/2/18
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12/2/18 Childrens' Sermon: Who was St. Nicholas?.
Fr. George Ajalat - 11/25/18
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11/25/18 Looking for answers in all the wrong places. The Kingdom of Heaven is right in front of us.
Fr. George Ajalat - 11/18/18
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11/18/18 Let us live a life worthy of our calling.
Subdn. Mark Nassief - 11/11/2018
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11/11/18 The Good Samaritan and the Meaning of Life.
Fr George Ajalat - 11/4/2018
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