On this the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent, we begin the next 20 days of Great Lent.  Yes, 20 days have been completed and 20 days are ahead of us.   What can give us the strength to continue to move forward towards Christ?

His Holy Cross!

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We are blessed once again to have our Metropolis Youth & Young Adult Director Panos with us this morning. His youth sermon (which begins at the 30 second mark) focuses on the Saint we remember on this 2nd Sunday of Great Lent, St. Gregory of Palamas and a practice that is done at MBC.

What is it?

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St. Gregory of Palamas focused on stillness and finding time to be alone with God.

What is our stillness like?  Do we spend quality time with our spouse?  WIth our children.

One highlight of this sermon is the following quote:

"If the devil can't make you sin, he can make you busy."

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Today we celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy remembering the restoration of Holy Images - Iconography.

In the sermon Fr Demetri asks an individual to see how many icons he sees in a particular pew?  Want to know the answer and how we are to see each person in this life?

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When you think of treasure, what comes to your mind?  Is it gold? Special artifacts?  Jewels? Pirates?

Have you ever thought of Heaven as treasure?

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Today, the day before Great Lent begins is known as Forgiveness Sunday, and in the Gospel Passage today we hear our Lord giving us the lessons we need to learn before we start Great Lent, so we can be "clean" and ready for this beautiful Lenten Journey.

What are the lessons?

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Today Fr Demetri offers the sermon on the first three Sundays of the Triodion Period, because we were not able to have The Divine Services for two consecutive weeks!

What can happen when we allow pride to enter the root of our souls and forget to have the love God in and through us?

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Today we are blessed to have our Metropolis Youth and Young Adults Director Panos Coufos to offer the youth sermon (the first 1min is an intro by Fr Demetri and sound quality is not great)

Panos talks about the Gospel passage of the day and the importance of having love especially before we enter Great Lent!

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On February 2nd, 40 days after the Birth of our Lord in the flesh, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple.  But what does that mean for us today?  Is it an event that we remember and celebrate liturgically or is there something that allows us to see where we are in our current relationship with our God?

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Today Feb 2 we celebrate the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple, yes 40 days ago was Christmas Day!  What do we see in Icon of the Feast?  Have we really looked at it?  Who is depicted in it?

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