St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church Podcast - Sermon St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church
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- Religion & Spirituality
Sermon audio from St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church in Orange County, CA. Look for our other podcasts for Adult Classes, Hymns, and Liturgies.
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2024_04_07 The Son of God has Come and Given us Understanding (1 John 5:20)
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the Feast of the Annunciation. The Feast of the Annunciation is the first of the feasts setting in motion the great mystery of salvation. Through the feasts and cycles of the church we begin to connect our daily lives to the mystery of Christ and discover God's great desire and thirst for our salvation and eternal life.
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2024_03_24 Satan's Aim and Dealing with Temptations
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent. Our Lord was led into the desert to be tempted by Satan where we learn the ultimate aim of the Evil One. The spiritual masters reveal to us the usefulness of spiritual warfare.
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2024_03_10 The Secret Place and Growth in God
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for Pre-Lent Sunday. The Lord speaks about the secret place of man which is the hidden place of the heart. It is there that we accomplish any genuine growth in the spiritual life.
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2024_02_25 When the Liturgy Actually Begins
AD Mark Soliman- Homily for 3rd Sunday of Meshir. The liturgy begins when we leave the church. It is incumbent upon all Christians to not “fence Christ in“ inside the church and keep him there until the following Sunday when we come back to worship him. But to take him, Eucharistically and biblically, and then share him with the world through our actions throughout the week to become Monday through Saturday’ Christians.
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2024_02_04 The Light Shines In The Darkness
Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim- Homily for the 4th Sunday of Tobi. A reflection on the healing of the man born blind. Though his eyes were opened, there was much in his life that remained in darkness. Likewise, in this life until we reach the kingdom there is the commingling of light and darkness, life and death, and and joy and pain.
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2024_01_28 God Must Increase
Tony Boules- Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Tobi. A reflection on the meaning of St. John the Baptist's teaching that God must increase, and we must decrease.