General Meeting @ St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey - Sandia, TX ~ July 29, 2025

Our Relationship with the Holy Trinity

Vespers Psalm for the eve of St. Mary’s feast. This tune can be used for any vespers and matins psalm on any of the standard days. 


Recorded on 7/9/2025

Ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ (Je avsaji) - ft. Moalim Bola Mounir

Ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲫ̀ⲙⲏⲓ ┃ Morning Doxology - Mina Ayad┃ذكصولوجية باكر

Part 1 of our series on “From Scandal to Saint” tells the powerful story of St Theodora the Penitent. A respected Christian woman falls into adultery, flees in shame, disguises herself as a monk, and embraces a life of tears, prayer, fasting, and hidden obedience. Accused falsely. Banished unjustly. Silent under ridicule. Through deep repentance, God transforms her into a miracle worker whose holiness outlasts every scandal. This talk challenges a culture of ease and comfort, calls us to vigilance against temptation, and shows how grace can turn our deepest failures into healing for others.

From Scandal to Saint - Part 1: St. Theodora the Penitent

A gripping journey from addiction to holy repentance. Fr. Paul tells the story of St. Mary of Egypt and her encounter with a desert monk, her radical conversion at the Feast of the Cross, seventeen years of fierce warfare in the wilderness, and the grace that made her a vessel of light. This is a call to real repentance, tears before God, and a renewed vow to Christ.

From Scandal to Saint - Part 3: St. Mary of Egypt

St. Pelagia of Antioch begins as a dazzling beauty obsessed with image, wealth, and attention. During a council in Antioch, Bishop Nonos sees her pass by and is moved to tears, not by lust but by conviction. He asks how much more carefully we should adorn the soul if she spends hours adorning the body. Pelagia hears his preaching on judgment and mercy, writes begging for baptism, and comes with holy desperation. Before all the bishops she confesses, clings to Nonos’ feet, and asks to be made a Christian.
After baptism she faces fierce spiritual warfare, makes the sign of the Cross, and stands firm. She gives away her gold, frees her servants, leaves Antioch, disguises herself as the monk Pelagius, and lives in prayer on the Mount of Olives. Years later, Deacon James finds her face emaciated from fasting and holiness. When she departs, the monks discover she was Pelagia the renowned sinner, now honored as a saint.
This talk calls us to drop judgment, see people with Christ’s eyes, repent with urgency, and count the cost of discipleship. No sin is beyond redemption. Beauty redirected to holiness becomes godliness. Hidden sanctity is known to God.
Highlights
• Image vs inner life. Adorn the soul more than the body.
• Nonos’ tears. See potential, not past.
• Real repentance. Desperate, public, accountable, costly.
• Warfare is real. The Cross is our defense.
• Total surrender. Mercy transforms and sends us out new.
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From Scandal to Saint - Part 4: St Pelagia The Harlot

Gregorian Introduction to the Watos Aspasmos (Arabic) | Abouna Youssef Assad

Liturgy & Life 2025 - Nightly Vigil (Midnight Praise)

Liturgy & Life 2025- Vespers Psalm (5th Sunday) in English.wav

I Open My Mouth With Praise (English)

O Come O Come Emmanuel - George Elzawy & Erika Melek

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From Scandal to Saint - Part 4: St Pelagia The Harlot

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