Today our Church guides to begin a period of fasting on this Sunday known as Meatfare Sunday. Yet, the focus is not about what foods we may choose to abstain from, but rather our focus and the 2nd greatest gift Gods has given us (1st is Salvation) that being free will.

Where should our focus be during this time? What are some practical things that I do on a daily basis that I can refocus in and around my soul?

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Today is on the Church calendar is Judgement (Meatfare) Sunday in which we hear the Epistle and Gospel readings which focus on how we are to live our life, and that is to have compassion for all.

How?

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Zacchaeus teaches us that we always make time for what truly matters. Stewardship of time is not about finding extra hours—it is about choosing Christ intentionally: prayer, worship, reading of Holy Scripture, caring for our neighbor.

When Zacchaeus makes time for Christ, Christ stops, looks up, and calls him by name and then goes to his home.

When we make room for God in our life, our lives change for the better and this is stewardship.

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Today we hear the Gospel Passage of the 10 that were all healed by Christ when they asked for His mercy. Much can be said about these verses, those with leprosy, how all were healed, only one came back to give thanks and so much more. Today‘s sermon focuses on us.

How?

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Think back when you were a part of a successful team. It could have been in High School, college, or vocation. Why was that team more successful than the others?

If you go into a barber shop, you might hear this question regarding sports “which team is the greatest of all time?”

Did you know that you are a member of the GREATEST TEAM ever assembled?

No???

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Today Fr. Demetri offers a the youth sermon and focuses on how certain Saints have been given the title “Great”

What does this mean for us?

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On this First Sunday of the New Year you might think that you would hear a sermon of new focus and direction. Yet this is not what we hear in the chosen Epistle Reading in the Church calendar today, instead we hear how St. Paul knew his time on earth was coming to a completion and he shares his wise words with St. Timothy (and us).

What does he say? What does this have to do for us in 2026?

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In two days we will celebrate the Feast of Holy Theophany/Epiphany, in which we remember the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the River Jordan. There is so much that we learn from this wonderful Feast, and one of them is the example of St. John the Baptist.

What was his example and how is it important for us today?

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