Sermons

Coptic year 1743 · 2026 to 2027

Sunday sermonOctober 18, 2026 · Babah 8 · Luke 5:1–11

At Your Word

When Christ steps into the empty boat

There is a kind of tiredness that sleep does not fix. It comes when we have worked hard at something for a long time — a marriage, a job, a child we pray for, a sin we keep confessing — and we look down at the net, and it is empty.

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Funeral reflectionOctober 17, 2026 · Babah 7 · Matthew 25:21

A Life of Wisdom, Vision, and Love

A Tribute to Our Beloved Hegumen Father Mikhail Ibrahim

Tant Mona, before anything else, thank you. Thank you for sharing Abouna Mikhail with all of us.

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Sunday sermonOctober 11, 2026 · Babah 1 · Mark 2:1–12

Opening the Roof

From Tout to Paope: the Church leads us from repentance to the Christ who forgives

Have you ever prayed the same prayer for months? Lord, change this situation. Fix this job. Heal this relationship. Make this worry go away.

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Sunday sermonOctober 11, 2026 · Babah 1 · Mark 2:1–12

The Way Up Is Down

Four friends, one roof, and the Son who came down

Every child knows the game. You stack one block on another, and another, and you hold your breath. Higher. Higher still. And then, near the top, it leans.

“let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens.”
Genesis 11:4

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Short homilyOctober 8, 2026 · Tout 28 · Luke 21:12–19

“But Not a Hair of Your Head Shall Be Lost”

St. Abadir and His Sister St. Irai (Irene)

Today we commemorate the martyrdom of St. Abadir and his sister St. Irai, and the Gospel seems almost contradictory.

“But not a hair of your head shall be lost.”
Luke 21:18, NKJV

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Sunday sermonOctober 4, 2026 · Tout 24 · Luke 7:36–50

Where Are You?

From Hiding to His Feet

The first question God ever asked a human being was three words long:

“Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9

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