Fr. Turbo Qualls: We Must First Love the Person We Can’t Stand | Father Turbo's Homily

We say we love God, but do we love the person we can't stand? In today's homily, Father Turbo exposes why love can't be abstract, why God reveals Himself through difficult people, and how the person you avoid most might be your path to salvation. ☦️ Luke 8:15 – "The seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart." ☦️ Galatians 1:16 – "God was pleased to reveal His Son in me." ☦️ 1 John 4:20 – "Whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." "That person in your life you just cannot stand... that is the icon of Christ in your life. And it's in loving that person that you begin to taste the real love of God." — Father ☦︎ GALATIANS 1: 11–19 ☦︎ ST. LUKE 8: 5–15 IC XC « NI KA | ☦︎ꒌ 📍 St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church | October 26, 2025 #OrthodoxChristianity #FatherTurboQualls #LoveYourEnemies #SpiritualLife #ChristianTeaching #OrthodoxHomily #Icons #incarnation 0:00 – The Seventh Ecumenical Council and the Victory of Icons 0:55 – Holy Icons ARE Love Made Visible 1:05 – The Seed and the Soil of the Heart 1:32 – God Is Life. God Is Love. 2:13 – Love Requires a Person 2:53 – The God Who Has a Face 3:42 – The Church Fathers Bled for the Icon 4:00 – The Danger of Abstraction 4:57 – The Man Who Had a Mother 5:32 – The Problem of Making Jesus an Abstraction 5:54 – Every Person Is an Icon 6:19 – You Can’t Love God Without Loving People 7:02 – The Hardest People Are the Holiest Icons 7:55 – Love Beyond Our Ego 8:41 – The Icon Is Sacred Reality 8:47 – Final Prayer Donations: https://stmaryofegypt.net/give/ Convent of the Mother of God, Seeker of the Lost: http://www.ourladyofthelost.org/    / @ourladyofthelostkc   DAILY SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT PODCAST SERIES 1. DAILY ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE READING ON TELEGRAM APP: https://t.me/DailyOrthodoxStudyBibleR... 2. DAILY ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY: THE OLD TESTAMENT ON TELEGRAM APP: https://t.me/DailyOrthodoxBibleStudyOT 3. DAILY ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY: THE NEW TESTAMENT ON TELEGRAM APP: https://t.me/DailyOrthodoxBibleStudyNT 4. DAILY CATECHISM OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH ON TELEGRAM APP: https://t.me/DailyOrthodoxCatechism DAILY PSALTER WITH HOLY CROSS MONASTERY LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS APP: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... LISTEN ON SPOTIFY APP: https://open.spotify.com/show/7r7J8qu...