Recorded live at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas. Visit us online at www.orthodox.net
Commemorated today:
᛭ The Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Readings:
1 Corinthians 3:9–17
Matthew 14:22–34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpNvF2KPbhc
“For ye have need of patience.” 3rd Sat of Great Lent, St John the Theologian Missian, Hardeman Cty, TX Hebrews 10:32-38
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/e3sMcLRrUqI
AUDIO: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/gl-sat-03_2024+for-ye-have-need-of-patience.mp3
We celebrate Divine Liturgy twice a month at the St John the Theologian Mission, Hardeman County, TX. On the 3rd Sat of Great Lent, we encounter St Paul’s laconic instruction: “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”. We talk about this “patience,” something the world does not understand, why it is necessary, how it is nurtured, and the great blessing it brings to this life and the next.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3sMcLRrUqI
Sunday homily by Fr. Nicholas at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, TX. Visit us online at orthodox.net
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In this excerpt from 2 Corinthians 7:1-10, the Apostle Paul speaks from the heart, about the heart, and teaches the core of all ministry. If we have God in our heart, although He is bigger than our heart, there is still room for everyone we meet, and teach, and suffer with and for. He also teaches us that we should not fear suffering or repentance, as modern man does. We can fulfill this teaching if we pursue God in the heart. This is the key.
12th Thursday after Pentecost 2 Corinthians 7:1-10
AUDIO http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/pen-thu-12_2023+-ye-are-in-our-hearts-to-die-and-live-with-you_2cor7-1-10.mp3
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/0c1Wetvdhnw
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Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/misc_2023+read-the-gospel-more-especially-during-great-lent.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/YX0MKyGnbig
A 30-second exhortation to read the Gospel during Great Lent. We should read it hundreds of times in our lifetime. From a sermon Given on the Sunday of the Last Judgment, 2/19/2023 ns.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX0MKyGnbig
We discuss four reasons why the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus was told and talk about the most important reason, which is contained at the end of the parable: “And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” (Luke 16:31). Of course this was a warning to the Jews who did not believe in Jesus and it is also a warning to us who profess to believe in a risen Jesus. We talk about this warning and the only way to react to it: mindfulness, heedfulness, empathy, intensity, and inner life.
Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/luke-05_2022+lazarus+they-will-not-be-persuaded-though-one-rose-from-the-dead.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/ySvmC_K1CcM
Timestamps:
2:20 – 5:03 Another reason for the parable – “Eliazar – Lazarus” means “ God has helped. And a discursion regarding sadness in this life and if it is remembered in the next.
5:03 – 5:32 If a person understands about heaven and Hell, they will not cry out for vengeance.
5:32 Another reason for the parable: we have responsibilities.
6:20 The “new” religion that pretends to be Christianity – that there is salvation without labor.
6:57 The great sin of the rich man.
7:25 We are a society of narcissists
9:00 – 10:20 The greatest problem that must be overcome by prisoners. Something I have learned after 26 years of prison ministry.
9:54 – 10:20 The opposite of love is not hate, it is…
10:21 The most important spiritual/practical meaning of the parable.
13:40 We are only fully alive when we are living with mindfulness and respond to the needs of the many “Lazarus’s” that cross our path. And about the necessity to pray for others.
14:05 Praying for others because we are not the center of the universe, and we need to stop being narcissists.
15:00 – 16:26 Regarding watching news about the war in Ukraine and prayer and politics.
18:26 – 24:03 Heedfulness, and morality and “created morality”. And how to obtain heedfulness.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvmC_K1CcM