The Morning Offering Commentary on Orthodox Living

Start date: September 2011 941 minutes, 5 seconds in 188 episodes

The Very Rev. Fr. Tryphon, Abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, provides meaningful support and authoritative guidance for a profitable spiritual life in today’s world.

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The Very Rev. Fr. Tryphon is Abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
May 23, 2012	Humility Click to play	01:56
May 22, 2012	The Devil Click to play	02:45
May 21, 2012	Lay Monasticism Click to play	07:18
May 18, 2012	Angels Among Us Click to play	04:27
May 17, 2012	Balance Click to play	02:10
May 16, 2012	Render Unto Caesar Click to play	03:12
May 15, 2012	The ER for the Soul Click to play	04:30
May 14, 2012	Broken Click to play	05:40
May 11, 2012	Knowing God Click to play	06:10
May 10, 2012	Imagined Security	05:20
May 09, 2012	Artificial Christianity	03:28
May 08, 2012	Logic and the Mysteries of God	12:24
May 07, 2012	Suffering	03:49
May 04, 2012	Asking for Miracles	04:55
May 03, 2012	Politicizing the Gospel	06:27
May 02, 2012	Unbelief	02:57
May 01, 2012	The Politicizing of Christianity	17:16
Apr 30, 2012	The Struggle for Repentance	02:40
Apr 27, 2012	The Bee and the Fly	02:15
Apr 26, 2012	Passing on the Gift of Love	05:20
Apr 25, 2012	Destructive and Addictive Behaviors	05:20
Apr 24, 2012	A Smile Can Go a Long Way	03:47
Apr 23, 2012	Christian Friendship	05:08
Apr 20, 2012	How to Kill the Ego	03:52
Apr 19, 2012	Christ Is Risen!	02:51
Apr 18, 2012	Atheists	05:44
Apr 17, 2012	Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives	03:36
Apr 16, 2012	The Resurrection	06:21
Apr 13, 2012	Controlling Our Weaknesses	03:19
Apr 12, 2012	The Mother of God	08:14
Apr 11, 2012	We Must Collaborate with God	02:34
Apr 10, 2012	Palm Sunday	06:06
Apr 09, 2012	Embracing Absolute Truth	03:39
Apr 06, 2012	Authority in the Church	04:10
Apr 05, 2012	Call No Man Father	04:38
Apr 04, 2012	The Philanthropist	07:27
Apr 03, 2012	Taking the First Step	02:30
Apr 02, 2012	Sensitivity	06:03
Mar 30, 2012	Loving God in Happiness and in Unhappiness	02:01
Mar 29, 2012	The Lenten Journey	05:32
Mar 28, 2012	Living Our Lives in Total Commitment	04:17
Mar 27, 2012	The Struggle for Holiness	06:34
Mar 26, 2012	Neither Self-Esteem Nor Self-Loathing	04:12
Mar 23, 2012	The Idolatry of Self-Esteem	04:02
Mar 22, 2012	Christianity and the West	05:37
Mar 21, 2012	The Caregiver	05:39
Mar 20, 2012	Acquiring Humility	04:01
Mar 19, 2012	The Pettiness of Some Clergy	04:53
Mar 16, 2012	The Priest and the American Tourist	03:01
Mar 15, 2012	How to Win the Battle	03:40
Mar 14, 2012	Beware of False Idols	03:35
Mar 13, 2012	The Disturbed Heart	04:15
Mar 12, 2012	Depression	03:31
Mar 09, 2012	Compassion	06:00
Mar 08, 2012	The Preeminence of Love	05:05
Mar 07, 2012	Stability of Place and Personal Growth	05:02
Mar 06, 2012	The Heart	03:21
Mar 05, 2012	Post-Christian Era?	06:41
Mar 02, 2012	Christophobia	05:22
Mar 01, 2012	The Three Disciplines	04:36
Feb 29, 2012	Submitting to the Will of God	03:53
Feb 28, 2012	Fasting	11:43
Feb 27, 2012	The Sins of Others	04:17
Feb 24, 2012	The Last Judgment	15:09
Feb 23, 2012	How to Forgive	03:59
Feb 22, 2012	Forgiveness	04:16
Feb 21, 2012	Solitude	02:21
Feb 20, 2012	Silence	04:15
Feb 17, 2012	Putting Off the Old Man	03:06
Feb 16, 2012	Philosophers and Theologians	02:32
Feb 15, 2012	The Divine Liturgy	02:33
Feb 14, 2012	Physician of Souls	03:39
Feb 13, 2012	Gratitude	03:28
Feb 10, 2012	The Saints	04:24
Feb 09, 2012	A Private Club	06:44
Feb 08, 2012	Balance	06:44
Feb 07, 2012	Anger	02:52
Feb 06, 2012	Dressing for Church	05:02
Feb 03, 2012	Pride	03:42
Feb 02, 2012	The Domestic Church	04:57
Feb 01, 2012	The Fear of Love	04:41
Jan 31, 2012	Being a Christian	15:06
Jan 30, 2012	Bishops	07:02
Jan 27, 2012	Eternity Is a Long Time	03:21
Jan 26, 2012	The Lost Sheep	06:17
Jan 25, 2012	Isolation	04:18
Jan 24, 2012	Chaplaincy	04:51
Jan 23, 2012	Peace	05:58
Jan 20, 2012	Enduring Trials	04:37
Jan 19, 2012	Laying Blame	03:14
Jan 18, 2012	Stability of Place and Personal Growth	05:02
Jan 17, 2012	Losing My Religion	07:20
Jan 16, 2012	Divided Loyalties	06:49
Jan 13, 2012	Christianity: A Way of Life	02:30
Jan 12, 2012	A Good Place	05:15
Jan 11, 2012	Never Converse with Demons	06:06
Jan 10, 2012	The Incarnation	03:55
Jan 09, 2012	The Cloud of Witnesses	04:12
Jan 06, 2012	God Parents	06:49
Jan 05, 2012	The Eucharist	02:42
Jan 04, 2012	Cremation	08:00
Jan 03, 2012	How Should We Pray?	06:01
Jan 02, 2012	The Orthodox Practice of Standing for Worship	02:57
Dec 30, 2011	The Right to Life	07:54
Dec 29, 2011	Where Is God?	05:43
Dec 28, 2011	Pets as Gifts from God	06:17
Dec 27, 2011	The Holy of Holies in an Orthodox Temple	04:16
Dec 26, 2011	Bodily Suffering	04:02
Dec 23, 2011	Angels Unaware	04:35
Dec 22, 2011	The Religious and Secular Divide	07:03
Dec 21, 2011	Sexual Sins	07:09
Dec 20, 2011	Christ or Antichrist?	03:21
Dec 19, 2011	The Best Witness to Christ Is Love	03:34
Dec 16, 2011	Procrastination	05:14
Dec 15, 2011	Genuine Piety	05:06
Dec 14, 2011	Anger	05:19
Dec 13, 2011	A Priest Must Become Like a Funnel	03:32
Dec 12, 2011	Living Our Orthodox Faith in a Multicultural Society	06:09
Dec 09, 2011	A Healthy Soul Is One That Seeks Out Silence	03:00
Dec 08, 2011	Repeat Offenders	05:48
Dec 07, 2011	The Two Great Commandments	03:46
Dec 06, 2011	The Next Generation	06:40
Dec 05, 2011	The Good Samaritan	03:29
Dec 02, 2011	Let Christ Increase While We Decrease	03:14
Dec 01, 2011	The Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	06:48
Nov 30, 2011	The Noonday Demon	02:25
Nov 29, 2011	Taste the Presence of Christ Beside You	02:55
Nov 28, 2011	Hospice or Hospital	03:33
Nov 25, 2011	The Seen and the Unseen	04:12
Nov 24, 2011	Thanksgiving	05:11
Nov 23, 2011	The Eternal Banquet	06:59
Nov 22, 2011	Why Ask the Saints?	08:34
Nov 21, 2011	Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt	06:15
Nov 18, 2011	God’s Saving Mercy	05:44
Nov 17, 2011	Mary, the Mother of God	07:21
Nov 16, 2011	The Misuse of Sovereignty	03:24
Nov 15, 2011	The Role of Saints in Our Christian Lives	04:22
Nov 14, 2011	Our Self-Consuming Addictions	06:31
Nov 11, 2011	Our Fasting Is Pleasing to the Lord When . . .	03:46
Nov 10, 2011	How to Grow Into Spiritual Adulthood	03:32
Nov 09, 2011	How to Acquire Humility	04:56
Nov 08, 2011	Christian Phariseeism	04:02
Nov 07, 2011	In Response to a Critic	11:19
Nov 04, 2011	A Period of Decline	07:33
Nov 03, 2011	Ancestral Sin	04:34
Nov 02, 2011	How Not to Be an Obstacle to Prayer	04:11
Nov 01, 2011	Guarding Our Thoughts Our thoughts really do have an impact on our world. Negative thoughts about family members or fellow employees change our relationships. If we dislike someone at work and allow ourselves to think poorly of them, they are likely to fulfill our low expectations. If we pray for them and ask God to bless them, while asking the Lord to bless our interaction with them, they become changed for the good and so do we.	03:27
Oct 31, 2011	When You Fall, Get Up Again It is often the case that we fail to keep God's commandments and find ourselves despondent, unable to make progress in the battle over our sins. The same sins seem to constantly plague us. Despondency is our enemy, for it is the tool the demons use to keep us distracted from the goal. They want us to give up the battle.	02:29
Oct 28, 2011	Speak, Lord; Thy Servant Heareth Our American culture has become so enamored, even consumed, with the importance of "self" that we've made idols out of personal gain and fulfillment. Americans are ever seeking after "the things of this world," to the degree, in fact, that we have as a culture forgotten the basic truths that our ancestors took for granted. We have forgotten the importance of living altruistic lives, of living for the ultimate good of all, rather than the limiting scope of our materialistic needs.	04:03
Oct 27, 2011	What We Believe Does Matter As our society has become more pluralistic, it has been easy for some to fall into the error of believing that it ultimately does not matter what you believe, as long as you are sincere.	04:31
Oct 26, 2011	Being Orthodox in a Non-Orthodox World In this pluralistic society there are many Orthodox individuals who've found themselves sharing their lives with non-Orthodox family members. Sometimes these families are not even practicing Christians, so the struggle to keep to the traditions and practices of the Orthodox Faith can be difficult. The lenten periods can be especially hard when the whole family is eating meat, eggs and dairy, while the Orthodox member is required by the Church to fast.	05:59
Oct 25, 2011	Loving Fellow Church Members As Christians, we are always finding ourselves struggling against the passions and trying, with Christ's help, to live according to the commandments. Our Lord told us that we must love our neighbor whom we've seen, if we are to love God whom we've not seen. Yet the struggle to really love others is often the most trying and difficult when it comes to loving fellow church members.	03:05
Oct 24, 2011	Good Shepherds In the Gospel, Christ describes Himself to his disciples as "The Good Shepherd" Who willingly lays down his life for His sheep. Like any good shepherd, Jesus lovingly calls his sheep and bids us to come forth, follow Him, and enter into the "green pastures" of eternal life. There is no intimidation, as with the sheep dogs, but only the loving sounds of the shepherd whose sheep recognize a voice that is comforting and draws them into a safe place.	05:33
Oct 21, 2011	All That Is Beautiful and Sacred	04:55
Oct 20, 2011	A One-Sided Relationship Is No Relationship At All	06:30
Oct 19, 2011	God Is Closer to Us Than Our Own Breath	04:49
Oct 18, 2011	The Eyes of an Angel	03:42
Oct 17, 2011	A Place of Refuge	05:57
Oct 14, 2011	Are You a Wizard?	03:48
Oct 13, 2011	Cruelty to Animals	08:34
Oct 12, 2011	Sharing Our Spiritual Treasures	05:48
Oct 11, 2011	All of God’s Creatures	04:12
Oct 10, 2011	One Nation Under God	05:00
Oct 07, 2011	All Things to All Men	04:46
Oct 06, 2011	Orthodoxy and Beauty	04:13
Oct 05, 2011	The Prayer of the Heart The Jesus Prayer and the Acquisition of Inner Peace.	05:14
Oct 04, 2011	Situation Ethics Situation Ethics Versus Biblical Morality.	03:40
Oct 03, 2011	Priest As Servant Bishops and priests are to be servants to their people.	03:07
Sep 30, 2011	Workplace Spirituality How to Fit the Workplace into Your Spiritual Life.	05:05
Sep 29, 2011	The Call of Monasticism A Sixteen Year Old's Call to Monasticism	04:40
Sep 28, 2011	How to Curb Division in the Church	04:27
Sep 27, 2011	Death Is Inevitable	05:40
Sep 26, 2011	The Church New Year	03:57
Sep 23, 2011	How to Teach Children the Love of God	04:16
Sep 22, 2011	Other Christians	04:42
Sep 21, 2011	How to End Isolation	09:14
Sep 20, 2011	How to Be Whole	05:34
Sep 19, 2011	How to Guard Your Heart	04:21
Sep 16, 2011	How to Support Your Priest	09:48
Sep 15, 2011	All Is Transitory	05:05
Sep 14, 2011	Let My Prayer Arise As Incense	03:11
Sep 13, 2011	Orthodoxy Is All About Community	04:09
Sep 12, 2011	A Smile Can Go a Long Way	03:47
Sep 09, 2011	How to Kill the Ego	03:52
Sep 08, 2011	The Priest and the American Tourist	03:01
Sep 07, 2011	How to Win the Battle	03:40
Sep 06, 2011	Stability of Place and Personal Growth	05:02
Sep 01, 2011	A Healthy Soul Is One That Seeks Out Silence	03:00