Liturgical Year and Feasts of Christ · Lecture 073
Whoever Would Come After Me
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
On the third Sunday of Great Lent, when the Cross is set out for veneration, Dimitrios Panagopoulos asks that the sign of the cross be made carefully and reverently as a confession of faith rather than an empty gesture. Christ's command to take up one's cross is voluntary, but to follow Him requires self-denial, obedience, and the surrender of one's own will; to walk behind Him means accepting Him as the trustworthy guide of a life instead of relying on pride or human calculation. Accounts of deliverance through the Theotokos and Saint Artemios illustrate trusting God when His purpose is still hidden, and he asks that plans be qualified with “if the Lord wills” (James 4:13-15). Whoever would preserve a self-indulgent life loses it; whoever gives it up for Christ and the Gospel saves it (Mark 8:34-38).
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