St Peters Orthodox Church

June 30, 2019 - Here on the first day of the Liturgical Season of Trinitytide, we are given two Scriptures that offer us the true foundation of our Christian life. Today we receive the call to become love as God is love. We hear this call clearly in 1 John Chapter 4 and then we see love fleshed out for us in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus from the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter 16. Love is the offering of our life for the sake and blessing of another just as we have received from God. At the core of this sermon is the Orthodox prayer, "Lord set us free from the service of ourselves that we may do Thy will."