We Have Seen the True Light

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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The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me..."

One of the most discouraging aspects of sharing the Gospel is knowing that so many people will reject the message, and yes, even at times reject the messenger…you.

At times, we might think that if we could just be a bit more like Jesus then everyone would accept this message because we would minister the way He wants us to minister. We would share the exact words they need to hear to make the decision for Christ.

Yet, let me remind you that even Jesus Himself was often “despised and rejected”, and in fact was rejected so much that He was crucified on a Cross! 

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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