Be a Bee, not a Fly ☦⛪ Fr Andrew's Sermon at Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Brisbane

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks in layered, concise maxims; deep truths meant to be explored and lived out. One key teaching is: “The eye is the lamp of the body.” What we choose to look at and focus on shapes who we are and how we perceive the world. St. Paisios, borrowing from St. Basil, used the analogy of the bee and the fly: the bee finds flowers and beauty, while the fly seeks decay. Likewise, if we focus on the good, we’ll find sweetness and growth; if we focus on the negative,