FatherVenditti.com: Homilies according to the Roman & Byzantine Calendars.

Archive of homilies from January 7th, 2013, through December 29th, 2013.


Homiles may be based on the Lectionaries of three different Liturgical Traditions, identified by the following legend: [OF] = The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. [EF] = The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. [RR] = The Ruthenian Recension of the Byzantine Rite.
	12:08 PM 12/29/2013 [RR] The Sunday after the Nativity: the Memory of the Holy & Just Joseph, Husband of the Theotokos; of David, Prophet & King; and of the Holy Apostle James, Brother of the Lord. The Circumcision: Cutting the Ties that Bind us.	1:12 PM 12/25/2013 [RR] The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, God & Savior, Jesus Christ. The Paradox of Christmas.	11:44 AM 12/22/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Ancestors of Our Lord, also called The Sunday of the Genealogy. Frolicking in the Mud with Jesus.
12:27 PM 12/15/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Forefathers, also called The Sunday of the Patriarchs. Something New, Something Old.	11:42 AM 12/8/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Ninth Sunday after Pentecost; the Maternity of St. Ann. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Part Four: We're All In This Together (an Epilogue to the Phillips Fast Epistles).	12:24 PM 12/1/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Part Three: the World, the Flesh and Vatican II.	3:05 AM 11/25/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Part Two: No Decaf Allowed.
8:35 PM 11/18/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.	1:42 AM 11/11/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Saint Michael the Archangel, Defend Us in Battle!	11:53 AM 11/3/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.	2:35 PM 10/27/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost. And That's the Way it Is. Or Is It?
12:07 PM 10/21/2013 [RR] The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost. What If All That Stuff They Taught You in Sunday School about Heaven and Hell Is True?	3:20 PM 10/13/2013 [RR] The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost; the Memory of the Fathers at the Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Holy Mysteries and the Eternal Struggle between Fellowship, Magic and Grace.	4:48 PM 10/6/2013 [RR] The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Our Lord is Not a Constitutionalist.	7:03 PM 9/29/2013 [RR] The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. God Owns the World, but He Rents It Out to the Brave.
5:19 PM 9/22/2013 [RR] The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The Patron Saint of the Bitter & Angry.	5:31 PM 9/15/2013 [RR] The Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. When People Stop Believing in God, They Don't Then Believe in Nothing.	6:13 PM 9/8/2013 [RR] The Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross; the Nativity of the Theotokos. Choosing the "Better Portion."	12:31 PM 9/1/2013 [RR] The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost; the Beginning of the Year of Grace 7522 of the Byzantine Era. Happy New Year!
9:31 PM 8/25/2013 [RR] The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Icons Made with Words: an Introduction to Parables.	11:39 AM 8/18/2013 [RR] The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The Seeds of Grace.	9:44 PM 8/15/2013 [RR] The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos & Ever Virgin Mary. "No Man Shall Come to God Except He Be Truly Illumined through Her."	12:51 PM 8/11/2013 [RR] The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. The Teahouse of the August Moon.
11:38 PM 8/7/2013 [RR] The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. So, Which Is It? "An Eye for an Eye," or "Give Him Your Shirt as Well"?	4:05 PM 6/30/2013 [RR] The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost & the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. Can a Person Go to Hell for What He Thinks?	12:35 PM 6/23/2013 [RR] The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Hands Off My Bacon!	11:11 AM 6/16/2013 [RR] The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. "Not Even in Israel Have I Found Such Faith!"
11:53 AM 6/9/2013 [RR] The Third Sunday after Pentecost. Poetry Is What Is Lost in Translation.	10:44 AM 6/2/2013 The Second Sunday after Pentecost. Due to medical issues, Father did not provide a homily at the Divine Liturgies this weekend.	12:10 PM 5/26/2013 [RR] The Sunday of All Saints. Praying to the Saints is Good. Following Their Example is Better.	12:08 PM 5/19/2013 [RR] Pentecost Sunday. He Thinks the Hole He's Dug for Himself Is the Whole World.
12:27 PM 5/12/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Fathers at the First Nicean Council. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!	12:34 PM 5/5/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Man Born Blind. In the Land of the Sighted, the Blind Man Is King (an Epilogue to the Post-Paschal Gospels).	6:06 PM 4/28/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Smararitan Woman. A Paschal Intermission & the Meaning of Mid-Pentcost.	10:02 AM 4/23/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Paralytic Man. Outside the Church There Is No Salvation ... I Kid You Not!
6:54 PM 4/14/2013 [RR] The Sunday of the Ointment-Bearing Women. Keeping the Lord's Day Isn't Just an Arbitrary Rule; It's a Commandment.	8:53 AM 4/8/2013 [RR] Thomas Sunday. A "Christ" Who Does Not Show Us the Imprint of the Nails Is Not Authentic.	1:33 PM 3/31/2013 [RR] Pascha: The Resurrection of Our Lord, God & Savior, Jesus Christ. Cherries Ain't the Only Fruit in the Bowl.	12:27 PM 3/24/2013 [RR] Flowery Sunday. "The One Thing Necessary" Revisited.
12:37 PM 3/17/2013 [RR] The Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast, known as The Memory of Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt. Conversion of Mind May Happen Only Once, but Conversion of Heart Never Ends.	12:46 PM 3/10/2013 [RR] The Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast, known as The Memory of Our Holy Father John Climacus (John of the Ladder). How Many Troubles Thou Hast! But Only One Thing is Necessary.	12:40 PM 3/3/2013 [RR] The Third Sunday of the Great Fast, known as the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy & Life-Creating Cross. The Dogma of Sufficient Grace, Part Two, and the Martyrdom of Pope-Emeritus Benedict.	1:44 PM 2/24/2013 [RR] The Second Sunday of the Great Fast. The Church's Forgotten Teaching: the Dogma of Sufficient Grace.
12:48 PM 2/17/2013 [RR] The First Sunday of the Great Fast, originally known as The Sunday of the Holy Prophets, also known as The Sunday of Orthodoxy or The Sunday of the True Faith. Ask Not "Who Is Jesus to Me?" but "Who Am I to Jesus?"	12:08 PM 2/10/2013 [RR] The Fourth Sunday of the Triodion, known as Cheesefare Sunday or The Sunday of Forgiveness. To Err Is Human; to Forgive Is Even More Human.	2:57 PM 2/3/2013 [RR] The Third Sunday of the Triodion, known as Meatfare Sunday. One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison.	12:25 PM 1/27/2013 [RR] The Second Sunday of the Triodion, known as The Sunday of the Prodigal Son. How Many of Us Are Able to Forgive Without Collecting Our "Pound of Flesh?"
12:14 PM 1/20/2013 [RR] The First Sunday of the Triodion, known as the Sunday of the Publican & the Parisee. Bless me, Father, For I Have Sinned. I'm a Good Person. I Didn't Murder Anyone.	1:07 PM 1/13/2013 [RR] The Sunday after the Theophany. Believing In Christ is Easy; Following Him is Another Matter.	2:07 PM 1/7/2013 [RR] The Theophany of Our Lord, God & Savior, Jesus Christ. In the Theophany, All of Christianity is Summed Up.