We Have Seen the True Light

This Sunday will be the final Sunday of having Vasili Panagopoulos with us here at St. George.  He was assigned to us for Youth Ministry 2 years ago and he stayed to chant the Divine Services for us (when he didnt have to).  We thank him and his family for being with us!

We also hear in this sermon about having the RIGHT role models in this life.  Who are they?

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Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Demetrios the Great Martyr.  In the sermon today, we focus on the Epistle Reading from the day we ask the question...

Did you know that we are called to be soldiers of Christ?

Listen to how this teaches how we are to live our life, following the example of our Lord, while having His Saints, like St. Demetrios who have done it!

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We have all heard the saying "treat others the way you want to be treated", but who may have said that to you first?  Was it a parent?  a teacher? a coach?

Do you know WHO said it first?

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In the Gospel Passage today we hear about how fishermen worked all night and caught nothing.  Our Lord spoke to the crowd and then told Peter to cast out his net (who just put them away because they caught nothing prior) and immediately there was so much in the net that a second net was needed.

What does this mean for us today, one word...obedience!

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On this the Sunday after The Holy Cross, we hear in the Gospel Passage on this day, we hear "The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me...."

Last Sunday we were offered basil and flowers from the Church, are we offering ourselves back to her?

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For the past few Sundays, we have heard the following:

Sept 7 Sunday before Holy Cross: "For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son..."

Sep 21 Sunday after Holy Cross: ""If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

Sept 28: Had to do with obedience Click here for that Sermon

Today we hear something else, how we are to live, love and treat others...

At the beginning of this sermon a question was asked "How many of you have been afraid of something?"

Like us the Apostles were afraid too?  What were they afraid of and how can we become strong like them?

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In our faith, there are many ways to pray.  We have community prayer, like The Divine Liturgy and other liturgical services.  We have personal prayer, that can be offered at any time of the day to God.  But did you know that there is a prayer that can be done that doesn't have any words to it?

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Having again been face to face with evil and terror from the events of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the senseless acts of violence in the world, we may feel numb, grief-stricken, horrified, in pai or full of anger.

We must remember that when evil and hatred are shown, we have the greatest power a believer has against all the powers of the evil one, that being...

The Holy Cross! 

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On this the Sunday before the Elevation of the Holy Cross (which will take place next Sunday, September 14), this sermon offers the following

1. History of how the Holy Cross of our Lord and Savior was found by St. Helen
2. The Meaning of the Holy Cross
3. Why September 14 is to be a day of prayer and fasting