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St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 154) November 16, 2025 - MATTHEW THE APOSTLE & EVANGELIST Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 4:9-16 Brethren, God has exhibited us Apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we a...
2025-11-1614 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 153) November 9, 2025 - 7TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS 6:11-18 Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have y...
2025-11-1623 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 152) November 2, 2025 - 5TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS 2:16-20 Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be...
2025-11-1628 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 151) October 26, 2025 - 6TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY 2:1-10 Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not c...
2025-10-2623 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 150) October 19, 2025 - 3RD SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 11:31-33; 12:1-9 Brethren, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands. I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it...
2025-10-1923 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 149) October 12, 2025 - SUNDAY OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO TITUS 3:8-15 Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or t...
2025-10-1230 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 148) October 5, 2025-2ND SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 6:16-18; 7:1 Brethren, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall b...
2025-10-0525 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 147) SEPTEMBER 28, 2025-1ST SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 6:1-10 Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with o...
2025-09-2820 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 146) SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 - SUNDAY AFTER HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS 2:16-20 Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found t...
2025-09-2115 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 145) September 14, 2025 THE ELEVATION OF THE VENERABLE AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 1:18-24 Brethren, the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God m...
2025-09-1423 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 144) September 7, 2025 SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS 6:11-18 Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have y...
2025-09-0732 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 143) August 31, 2025 - 12TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 9:1-7 BRETHREN, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all s...
2025-08-3129 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 142) August 24, 2025 - 11TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 9:2-12 Brethren, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no r...
2025-08-2432 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 141) August 17, 2025 - 10TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 4:9-16 Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad...
2025-08-1826 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 140) August 10, 2025 - 9TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 3:9-17 Brethren, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if a...
2025-08-1030 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 139) August 3, 2025 - 8TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 1:10-17 Brethren, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you s...
2025-08-1029 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 138) July 27, 2025 - 7TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY 2:1-10 Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete i...
2025-07-2936 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 136) July 13, 2025 - SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE 4TH ECUMENICAL COUNCILSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO TITUS 3:8-15 Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have...
2025-07-1527 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 135) July 6, 2025-10TH SUNDAY OF LUKESaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS 2:14-22 Brethren, Christ is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And...
2025-07-0621 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 134) June 29, 2025 PETER AND PAUL, THE HOLY APOSTLESSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 11:21-33; 12:1-9 Brethren, whatever anyone dares to boast of -- I am speaking as a fool -- I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors, far m...
2025-07-0125 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 132) SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2025 THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 11:33-40; 12:1-2 Brethren, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and...
2025-06-1723 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 130) May 25, 2025-SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MANSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 4:6-15 Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness, " who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but...
2025-05-2626 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 125) SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 9:11-14 BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with t...
2025-04-0623 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 124) March 30, 2025-SUNDAY OF ST. JOHN CLIMACUS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 6:13-20 BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly t...
2025-04-0125 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 89) July 7, 2024 - 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSt Paul Naples Podcast July 7, 2024 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 4:18-23 At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. A...
2024-07-0727 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 88) SYNAXIS OF THE TWELVE HOLY APOSTLESSt Paul Naples Podcast June 30, 2024 SYNAXIS OF THE TWELVE HOLY APOSTLES Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 9:36, 10:1-8 At that time, when Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the t...
2024-07-0115 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 87) SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MANSt Paul Naples Podcast June 9, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MAN Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 9:1-38 At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in...
2024-06-0926 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 86) June 2, 2024 - SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMANSt Paul Naples Podcast June 2, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 4:5-42 At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said...
2024-06-0528 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 85) May 26, 2024-SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTICSt Paul Naples Podcast MAY 26, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 5:1-15 At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at cer...
2024-05-2623 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 84) May 19, 2024-SUNDAY OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMENSt Paul Naples Podcast MAY 19, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 15:43-47; 16:1-8 At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. A...
2024-05-2624 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(EP 83) MAY 12, 2024 - THOMAS SUNDAYSt Paul Naples Podcast MAY 12, 2024 THOMAS SUNDAY Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they s...
2024-05-1325 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 82) April 28,2024 - Palm Sunday St Paul Naples Podcast APRIL 28, 2024 Palm Sunday Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 12:1-18 Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his fee...
2024-04-2823 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 81) April 21, 2024 - SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPTSt Paul Naples Podcast APRIL 21, 2024 SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 10:32-45 At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the G...
2024-04-2128 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 80) April 14, 2024 - SUNDAY OF ST. JOHN CLIMACUSSt Paul Naples Podcast APRIL 14, 2024 SUNDAY OF ST. JOHN CLIMACUS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 9:17-31 At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not a...
2024-04-1430 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 79) APRIL 7, 2024 - SUNDAY OF THE HOLY CROSSSt Paul Naples Podcast APRIL 7, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole w...
2024-04-0721 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMarch 31, 2024 - SUNDAY OF ST. GREGORY PALAMASSt Paul Naples Podcast March 31, 2024 SUNDAY OF ST. GREGORY PALAMAS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 2:1-12 At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by fou...
2024-03-3124 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMarch 24, 2024 - SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXYSt Paul Naples Podcast March 24, 2024 SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 1:43-51 At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, th...
2024-03-2721 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 75) March 10,2024 - JUDGMENT SUNDAYSt Paul Naples Podcast March 10, 2024 JUDGMENT SUNDAY Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 25:31-46 The Lord said, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at h...
2024-03-1017 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastFebruary 25,2024 - SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEESt Paul Naples Podcast February 25, 2024 SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 18:10-14 The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast tw...
2024-02-2522 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 73) February 18, 2024 - SUNDAY OF THE CANAANITESt Paul Naples Podcast February 18, 2024 16TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "S...
2024-02-1820 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 72) FEBRUARY 11, 2024 - 16TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSt Paul Naples Podcast February 11, 2024 16TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 25:14-30 The Lord said this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and h...
2024-02-1116 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 71) February 4, 2023 - 15TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast February 4, 2024 14TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 19:1-10 At that time, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to s...
2024-02-0418 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJanuary 28 2024 - 14TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast January 28, 2024 14TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 18:35-43 At that time, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" And those who were in...
2024-01-3123 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJanuary 21-2024 - 12TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast January 21, 2024 LEAVETAKING OF THE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 17:12-19 At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as...
2024-01-2115 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJanuary 14,2024 - LEAVETAKING OF THE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRISTSt Paul Naples Podcast January 14, 2024 LEAVETAKING OF THE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 4:12-17 At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and t...
2024-01-1417 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJanuary 7, 2024 - SYNAXIS OF JOHN THE HOLY GLORIOUS PROPHET, BAPTIST, & FORERUNNERSt Paul Naples Podcast January 7, 2024 SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 1:29-34 At that time, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing w...
2024-01-0722 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 66) December 31, 2023 - SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITYSt Paul Naples Podcast December 31, 2023 SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MARK 1:1-8 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness, preaching a...
2024-01-0221 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast( Ep 65) December 24, 2023 - SUNDAY BEFORE NATIVITY St Paul Naples Podcast December 24, 2023 11TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 1:1-25 The book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and...
2023-12-2417 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 64) December 17, 2023 - 1TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast December 17, 2023 11TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org 11TH SUNDAY OF LUKE 11th Sunday of Luke, Daniel the Prophet & Ananias, Azarias, & Misail, the Three Holy Youths, Dionysius of Zakynthos LUKE 14:16-24 The Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for all is...
2023-12-1720 min
St. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 63) December 3, 2023 - 14TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast December 3, 2023 14TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 18:35-43 At that time, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front re...
2023-12-0321 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastNovember 26, 2023 - 13TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast November 26, 2023 13TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 18:18-27 At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not be...
2023-11-2618 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastNovember 19, 2023 - 9TH SUNDAY OF LUKE (Ep 61) St Paul Naples Podcast November 19, 2023 8TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 12:16-21 The Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I wi...
2023-11-2019 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastNovember 12, 2023 - 8TH SUNDAY OF LUKESt Paul Naples Podcast November 12, 2023 8TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 10:25-37 At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your so...
2023-11-1220 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastNovember 5, 2023- 5TH SUNDAY OF LUKE (Ep 59)St Paul Naples Podcast November 5, 2023 5TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 16:19-31 The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his so...
2023-11-0516 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastOctober 29, 2023 - 7TH SUNDAY OF LUKE (Ep 58)St Paul Naples Podcast October 29, 2023 7TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 8:41-56 At that time, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As he went, the people pressed round him. And a...
2023-10-3021 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastOctober 22, 2023 - 6TH SUNDAY OF LUKE (Ep 57)St Paul Naples Podcast October 22, 2023 6TH SUNDAY OF LUKE Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 8:26-39 At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a l...
2023-10-2323 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastOctober 15-2023 - SUNDAY OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL (Ep 56)St Paul Naples Podcast October 15, 2023 SUNDAY OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 8:5-15 The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And s...
2023-10-1518 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastOctober 8, 2023-3RD SUNDAY OF LUKE (Ep 55)St Paul Naples Podcast October 8, 2023 SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org 3RD SUNDAY OF LUKE LUKE 7:11-16 At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; an...
2023-10-0817 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastOctober 1, 2023 - 2ND SUNDAY OF LUKE St Paul Naples Podcast October 1, 2023 SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org LUKE 6:31-36 The Lord said, "As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to y...
2023-10-0123 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastSeptember 10, 2023 - SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSSSt Paul Naples Podcast September 10, 2023 SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org JOHN 3:13-17 The Lord said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world th...
2023-09-1022 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastSeptember 3, 2023- 13TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSt Paul Naples Podcast September 3, 2023 13th Sunday of Matthew Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 21:33-42 The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to...
2023-09-0419 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastAugust 27, 2023- 12TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSt Paul Naples Podcast August 27, 2023 12th Sunday of Matthew Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 19:16-26 At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to...
2023-08-2727 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastAugust 20, 2023 - 10TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW St Paul Naples Podcast August 20, 2023 11th Sunday of Matthew Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 18:23-35 The Lord said this parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children an...
2023-08-2022 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastAugust 13, 2023 - 10TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEWSt Paul Naples Podcast August 13, 2023 10th Sunday of Matthew Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 17:14-23 At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jes...
2023-08-1319 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastJuly 23, 2023 - 7th Sunday of MatthewSt Paul Naples Podcast July 23, 2023 7th Sunday of Matthew Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org MATTHEW 9:27-35 At that time, as Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their ey...
2023-07-2323 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJuly 16, 2023 - SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE 4TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL St Paul Naples Podcast July 16, 2023 SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE 4TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org July 16, 2023 - SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE 4TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL MATTHEW 5:14-19 The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under...
2023-07-1618 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJuly 9, 2023 - 5TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (Ep 45)St Paul Naples Podcast July 9, 2023 5TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org July 9, 2023 - 5TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW MATTHEW 8:28-34; 9:1 At that time, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you...
2023-07-0923 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJuly 2, 2023 - 4TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (Ep 44)St Paul Naples Podcast July 2, 2023 4TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org July 2, 2023 - 4TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you...
2023-07-0622 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJune 25, 2023 - 3RD SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (Ep 43)St Paul Naples Podcast June 25, 2023 3RD SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 25, 2023 - 3RD SUNDAY OF MATTHEW MATTHEW 6:22-33 The Lord said, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is dar...
2023-06-2518 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJUNE 18, 2023 - 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (Ep 42)St Paul Naples Podcast June 18, 2023 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 18, 2023 - 2ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW MATTHEW 4:18-23 At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of...
2023-06-1817 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJune 11, 2023 - THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS (Ep 41)St Paul Naples Podcast June 11, 2023 THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 11, 2023 - THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS MATTHEW 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 The Lord said to his disciples, "Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven. He who lov...
2023-06-1127 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJune 4, 2023 - Holy Pentecost (Ep 40)St Paul Naples Podcast June 4, 2023 Holy Pentecost Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org June 4, 2023 - Holy Pentecost John 7:37-52; 8:12 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the...
2023-06-0418 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMay 28, 2023 - Fathers Of The 1st Council (Ep 39)St Paul Naples Podcast May 28, 2023 Fathers Of The 1st Council Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org May 28, 2023 - Fathers Of The 1st Council John 17:1-13 At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And...
2023-05-2822 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMay 21, 2023 - Sunday of the Blind Man (Ep 38)St Paul Naples Podcast May 21, 2023 Sunday of the Blind Man Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org May 21, 2023 - Sunday of the Blind Man JOHN 9:1-38 At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works...
2023-05-2121 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastApril 23, 2023- My Lord And My God (Ep 36)St Paul Naples Podcast April 23, 2023 My Lord and My God Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. John 20: 19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said...
2023-04-3026 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastApril 30, 2023 - Sunday of the Myrth-Bearing Women (Ep 37)St Paul Naples Podcast April 30, 2023 Sunday of the Myrth-Bearing Women Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8 At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And wh...
2023-04-3019 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastApril 9. 2023 - Palm Sunday (Ep 35)St Paul Naples Podcast April 9, 2023 Palm Sunday Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. John 12: 1-18 Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pu...
2023-04-1219 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMarch 19, 2023-Sunday of the Holy Cross (Ep 32)St Paul Naples Podcast March 19, 2023 Sunday of the Holy Cross Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's wil...
2023-03-1924 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastMarch 12, 2023-Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas (Ep 31)St Paul Naples Podcast March 12, 2023 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas The Gospel According to Mark 2:1-12 At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by f...
2023-03-1229 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastJanuary 15, 2023-Eternal Bliss, Joy and Love (Ep 25)St Paul Naples Podcast January 15 2023 Title Show Notes Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 17:12-19 At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show...
2023-01-1613 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastTo Live Accordingly (Ep 21)December 11, 2022 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (11:1-25) Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon...
2022-12-1823 min
St. Paul Naples PodcastSeek First the Kingdom of God in His Righteousness (Ep 19)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (13:10-17) It is so easy for us to have our vision clouded by our ego, our pride, and by a lack of spiritual clarity and not be able to see the good unfolding in front of us. Always seeing what we think is bad, what we think is evil, what we think is negative just because it is uncomfortable to us, just because it does...
2022-12-0736 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastDo You Want Sweet Conversation with the Lord? (Ep 18)November 20, 2022 | Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21) The church is where you partake in sweet conversation with the heavenly Father and the Most Holy Queen and Mother of God with the angels of the Lord and saints. The church is where we learn to pray and for what to pray. The church is where you will find examples of all the Christian virtues and saints who are glorified each day.
2022-11-2226 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastFaithfulness and Truth (Ep 17)November 13, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples, Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:25-37) Struggle for God for His truth with all your soul and mind. We must look upon the love we show our neighbor as love given to Christ himself. Love is from Christ. Love is through Christ and love is for Christ.
2022-11-1425 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastGetting Through All the Noise (Ep 16)November 6, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (8:41-56 Shed blood and receive the Spirit. Christ will make us whole because the Lord desires to help us, his children. Today go out and touch Christ that he may heal you and give you courage. Today, go fall at his feet so that you may receive strength until the end and so you will be saved.
2022-11-0821 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThe Parable Between Lazarus and the Rich Man (Ep 15)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (16:19-31) Our Savior teaches us even those suffering…the good things they will enjoy on accounts of the sufferings they will patiently endure in this life. The Lord teaches us those that endure to the end shall be saved and what awaits those who endure patiently to the end.
2022-10-3019 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThere Is One Kind of Soil (Ep 14)October 16, 2022 - Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (8:5-15) There are 3 things concerning being saved. Let this be you. Keep the word of God. Bring forth fruit, do good deeds. Do so with patient endurance.
2022-10-1720 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThe Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (Ep 13)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42, 11:27-28) Go home and pray to the Mother of God who is most blessed because she is the one above all human beings who has actually heard the word of God and kept it better than anybody else.
2022-10-1007 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastBecome Like God in Your Love (Ep 12)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (6:31-36) Become like the Lord in your love. The Gospel must inspire and encourage us to deny ourselves to do what the Lord has commanded us to do, to become the divine likeness we are created in. Become like God in your divine grace and love.
2022-10-0325 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastWhen Christ Shows Up in Your Life, Everything Changes (Ep 11)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (5:1-11) If we ignore the Christian struggle which is to be quiet, we will be left exhausted, discouraged, and with empty nets. The struggle is real. The toiling and intense laboring is real. We have to keep going. We have to take care of our business. But if we fall short, repent, start over, and come to confession. Ask the Lord fo...
2022-09-2528 minSt. Paul Naples Podcast(Ep 10) Follow The LeaderSaint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-38; 9:1) A Christian is one who imitates Christ not just when it convenient but throughout life. Prayer: Lord, in spite of all my weaknesses, in spite of all my shortcomings, in spite of all my struggles, in spite of all my sinfulness, I love you and I wish to love you better, and I wish to l...
2022-09-1817 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastGaze upon the crucified Christ (Ep 9)September 11, 2022 Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42, 11:27-28) Go home and pray to the Mother of God who is most blessed because she is the one above all human beings who has actually heard the word of God and kept it better than anybody else.
2022-09-1225 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThere is No Such Thing as a Quick & Easy Salvation (Ep 8)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (18:16-26) If you think you have done it all, you haven't finished yet. There is still more to do. Christ came free us, to illuminate our life. Detach yourself from the things that separate you from Christ.
2022-09-0418 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThink of Your Own Sins First (Ep 7)Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (18:23-35) May we in our love for Christ and our obedience in his simple commandment remove our self-love out of the way and place humility right there in the forefront of our minds and manifest it in our life so we can forgive all the people around us so our heavenly Father can do the same to us.
2022-08-3025 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastPrayer Is More Powerful than the Devil (EP 6)August 21, 2022 | Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (17:214-23) What we need is fervency. We need more soul in what we say. A little bit of faith and the mountains can move as our Savior said. Do we feel wobbly sometimes? Wobbly with the temptation and chaos of the world? Steady yourselves through fervent prayer. Submit Yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he w...
2022-08-2121 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThe Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary (Ep 5)August 14, 2022 / Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org _____________________________________________________________ Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (10:38-42; 11:27-28) Theotokos reflects the light of her son, the son of righteousness. We should all feel so blessed and so full of joy to be able to celebrate this incredible feast of the Mother of God falling asleep, her dormition. Where the door passed through the door of this life into eternity. Where today the throne of God assents to the...
2022-08-1517 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastLearn to Love The Spiritual Labor and The Spiritual Struggle (Ep 4)August 7, 2022 / Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org ____________________________________________________________ Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (14:14-22) Learn to love the spiritual labor. Learn to love the spiritual struggle and to raise your thoughts to Godly contemplations. Think about the Lord. Think about the life to come. When we do so, the right things happen; we encounter Christ and receive his salvific blessings.
2022-08-1523 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastThe Lord Wants to Encounter Us and We Want to Encounter Him (Ep 3)July 31, 2022 / Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org __________________________________________________________ Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (9:27-35) Christ is always the answer. No one or nothing else will deliver us the fulfillment of our life except for the Lord. We need to have faith, humility, and trust in him. This is all he seeks from you, your cooperation. May we keep the door of our soul open to him and thirst after him in order to be changed...
2022-08-1519 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastEmbrace the Lord to Be Close to Us (Ep 2)July 23, 2022 / Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org _________________________________________________________ Today's reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (12: 6-14) We learn that we can look for God's help in our suffering only when we have faith and only when we have a desire and resolve to struggle. Only when we have a willingness to make some little effort to embrace the Lord and to draw and stay close him to us so he may always be in our midst.
2022-08-1521 minSt. Paul Naples PodcastSunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council (Ep 1)July 17, 2022 / Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest https://stpaulnaples.org On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the 630 Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together for the 4th Ecumenical Council who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incarnation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had...
2022-08-1520 min