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The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

In today's Gospel, the prayer of the publican is shown drawing God’s mercy to him. This prayer consisted of the following words: God be merciful to me a sinner (Lk. 18:13). It is worthy of our attention that God heard such a short prayer, and that it was pronounced in the temple, during the common worship services, during the reading and chanting of psalms and other prayers. This prayer is commended in the Gospels; it is set forth as an example of prayer, and it becomes our sacred duty to piously contemplate it.

2/25/2024

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

A sermon by Archimandrite John (Krestiankin), published posthumously

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

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Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

A sermon by Archimandrite John (Krestiankin), published posthumously

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

But let us fear even the shadow of “Thank God, that I am not like other men.” Terrible to the soul is self-appreciation; it is destructive to the soul to evaluate others by comparing them to yourself.

Two Roads Before Us

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

St. Alexei Mechev

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Two Roads Before Us

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

St. Alexei Mechev

The first path of earthly well-being is the path of destruction in eternal life; the second path, bitter and dark here, leads us to the source of light and truth.

False Spirituality or True Prayer?

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (18:10-14)

Fr. James Guirguis

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Rating: 9.5|Votes: 26

False Spirituality or True Prayer?

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (18:10-14)

Fr. James Guirguis

For some strange reason people are now too busy for the church. They are too busy to hear the word of God, the word upon which the whole of western civilization was founded.

The Publican and the Pharisee on a Commuter Train

Priest Dimitry Vydumkin

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The Publican and the Pharisee on a Commuter Train

Priest Dimitry Vydumkin

A malicious looking man sitting by the window in the back of the carriages—he looked like a scientist and wore a pair of glasses—suddenly burst out screaming at the tramp, “You, scumbag! You’re panhandling, asking for money! And I don’t have enough money to feed my family.

Two Paths of Spiritual Life

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, and the New Martyrs of Russia

Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)

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Two Paths of Spiritual Life

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, and the New Martyrs of Russia

Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)

And they took the first step of life in the Church when they accepted with their whole hearts the truth that all people are in sin and under the power of sin, and thus the freedom from sin that makes man perfect, wondrous, pious, meek and a friend of God is brought to pass through the fulfillment of the words of the Holy Gospel.Which words?

The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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Rating: 9.1|Votes: 8

The Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee

Archpriest Victor Potapov

These, then, are the two different states - on the one hand, there is the prayer beginning with thanksgiving: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are. This is seemingly an invocation of God, but in actual fact it is a confirmation of his "ego", for the core of pride, according to Venerable John Climacus, is "the shameless parade of our labours".

"I Never Left!" Not true.

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

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"I Never Left!" Not true.

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

If God our Father is ready and happy to restore us, we should be happy to restore one another. After all, no one has sinned against me MORE than I have sinned against God. So, if I expect God to forgive ALL of my sins, then I should be willing to forgive the sins of others. And I should rejoice, rather than resent, when someone “comes back” and “makes it right.”

Seeking Vision of God

A Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Joseph Magnus Frangipani

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Seeking Vision of God

A Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Joseph Magnus Frangipani

Too often, we mostly identify with the airport on top of our head. This airport welcomes compulsive thoughts taking off, landing, circling around us. We're constantly debating with ourselves, assessing everything. Whether good or bad, the fact our will is independent says we're not in harmony with God. Most of us don't hear God speaking in our midst because we're tuned in to this airport.

He Who Humbles Himself Will Be Exalted

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

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He Who Humbles Himself Will Be Exalted

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

And when one strives to be humble, his prayer becomes the prayer of the Publican, because he realizes that he needs God’s mercies in order to overcome his shortcomings. The prayer of the Publican, “God have mercy on me a sinner,” is the root of the “Jesus Prayer,” which says “Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

Fr. Milan Katanic

Rating: 7|Votes: 1

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

Fr. Milan Katanic

We need to be sober-minded and always aware of our sins. As our holy St. Bishop Nikolai points out, God is more pleased when man numbers his sins and not his good deeds, because He is our Physician and comes to our bed and asks us our pains. Foolish is the man who conceals his pain speaks to the Physician of his good health and wise is the one who tells him of all his pains.

The Gratitude of the Publican

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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The Gratitude of the Publican

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

But then, the question is before us: how can we learn anything about humility if that is the absolute condition to be not like the barren fig tree, but fruitful, to be a rich harvest which people may be fed.

Why we don’t fast during the week of the Publican and Pharisee, and other questions

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

Rating: 8.7|Votes: 7

Why we don’t fast during the week of the Publican and Pharisee, and other questions

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

Why don’t we observe the Wednesday and Friday fast during the week of the Publican and the Pharisee? Christ tells the parable of the Pharisee and the publican in the temple. The Pharisee says that he does this and that, including that he fasts two days out of the week. Tell me, please, what days of the week were these, and why were they fast days? Who are the Pharisees?

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee—Synaxarion

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee—Synaxarion

By the grace of God on this present day we begin the Triodion, the hymns of which were composed by many of our holy and God-bearing Fathers, inspired by the Holy Spirit according to their worthiness.

The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Firstly, let us be clear as to whom this Gospel concerns. The word “publican” does not have the modern meaning of someone who keeps a pub: in older English it simply means a tax collector. As we recall from last Sunday's Gospel concerning another tax collector, Zacchaeus, tax-collectors among the Jews were the lowest of the low, thieves, corrupt to the core.

Sermon: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Fr. Milan Medakovic

Rating: 7.9|Votes: 11

Sermon: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Fr. Milan Medakovic

The simple message in this parable is about our attitude toward God. What is the manner in which we conduct our lives? We see how each of these men conducts his life through his prayer. We are taught how to pray through this parable.

Cyril of Alexandria: On the Publican and Pharisee

St. Cyril of Alexandria

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Cyril of Alexandria: On the Publican and Pharisee

St. Cyril of Alexandria

For what profit is there in fasting twice in the week, if your so doing serve only as a pretext for ignorance and vanity, and make you supercilious and haughty, and selfish? You tithe your possessions, and make a boast thereof: but you in another way provoke God's anger, by condemning men generally on this account, and accusing others; and you are yourself puffed up, though not crowned by the divine decree for righteousness, but heap, on the contrary, praises upon yourself.

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. On Prayer and Repentance

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

Rating: 10|Votes: 9

Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. On Prayer and Repentance

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

Why didn't the publican choose some majestic and moving psalm by which to pour out his heart before God, but instead had recourse to such a brief prayer? Why did he repeat only it during the entire service?