All Saints' Day

I'm fresh back from a weekend pilgrimage to eastern Washington to see my grandmother and to attend the services at Holy Cross Church, where I became a catechumen the summer of 2002. It was a full and tiring weekend, but a good one that, oddly enough given some of the weekend's events, has helped renew my hope for the future.

My weekend aside, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk preached a good sermon on the calling of Orthodox Christians to witness to the Faith through our lives. I thought it especially relevant on this feast of All Saints on to the Roman calendar. His sermon can be found here.