St. Matthew 21:33-42
1 Corinthians 16:13-24

St. Paul commands us to "let all that you do be done with love," but what does love require when our feelings, impulses, and good intentions cannot be trusted? Fr. Anthony considers Christian love through duty, service, attention, and imitation, arguing that love means keeping our commitments, learning to listen before we act, and surrounding ourselves with people worth imitating. Ultimately, Christian love is not something we manufacture for ourselves, but something the Holy Spirit forms within us until commandment becomes virtue, discipline becomes desire, and love becomes increasingly who we are. Enjoy the show!

St. Matthew 19:16–26

In the encounter with the rich young man, Christ reveals that the great obstacle to salvation is not simply wealth, but whatever possesses us and keeps us from following Him freely. Drawing on Saint John Chrysostom, Fr. Anthony reflects on the futility of trying to preserve our attachments when Christ is asking us to let them go, and on the trust required to pass through the "eye of the needle." The Christian life is not a transaction but a continual surrender to Christ, who meets our weakness with His own sacrifice and makes possible what we could never accomplish on our own. Enjoy the show!
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St. Matthew 18:23-35
I Corinthians 9:2-12

Why is it so easy to divide the world into "us" and "them"? Drawing on today's Gospel and Epistle, Fr. Anthony argues that Christian love does not erase differences but helps each person become who God created them to be. The result is a vision of the Church, work, culture, and forgiveness rooted in freedom rather than coercion. Visit the revised OrthoAnalytika website for a full-text version. Enjoy the show!