In this sermon, Fr. Stephen Osburn reflects on Saint Thomas Sunday and the danger of becoming a Christian for only one day a week. The homily looks at the Resurrection, the doubt of Thomas, and the way modern life trains people to think of faith as something occasional. It asks a simple but serious question: is the Orthodox Christian life only something we visit on Sunday, or is it the shape of our whole life? This sermon explains why the Orthodox Church calls believers to more than a part-time faith.

The sermon shows that Thomas’s struggle was not only about doubt, but also about absence. He was not there when the risen Lord first appeared, and that matters. Orthodox teaching connects faith with participation, worship, prayer, and staying close to the life of the Church. The message also points to the myrrh-bearing women, who remained fait ...