How Do We Prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ?

How Do We Prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ?Fr Symeon is busy now with the activities of Great Lent in his parish & so Jim is solo hosting a series of short reflections on the structure of the Paschal cycle. This first episode will examine the four pre-Lenten Sundays:  - The Publican & The Pharisee - The Prodigal Son - The Last Judgement - ForgivenessHe is choosing to frame this under the question how do we prepare for the Evangelion of The Christ because it was at the feast of Pentecost, which was originally the Jewish feast on which they celebrated the giving of the covenant through Moses to the people of Israel, at which St Peter & the other apostles first preached Jesus’ victory over death, setting all humanity free from the power of sin. This five month season of the year sets in motion a process of preparation which culminates in our renewal of our commitment to the life of the way of faithfulness to this declaration of a military victory. Reference materials for this episode: St Gregory Palamas on The Sunday of The Last Judgement - https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/02/homily-on-christs-second-coming-st.htmlEpisode about St Gregory - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/episodes/13986560Scripture citations for this episode:Exodus 19-31: The covenant with MosesMatthew 6:9-13: The Lord’s prayerMatthew 7:1-5: We will be judged as we judge othersActs 2: The preaching of the evangelion of Jesus The ChristRomans 2:1-11: By judging others we condemn ourselves because we do what they do First Sunday - The publican & the pharisee - 2 Timothy 3:10-15 - Luke 18:9-14Second Sunday - The prodigal son - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 - Luke 15:11-32Third Sunday - The Last Judgement - 1 Corinthians 8:8-13; 9:1-2 - Matthew 25:31-46Fourth Sunday - Forgiveness Sunday - Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4 - Matthew 6:14-21The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion. Our hosts are Father Symeon Kees of Iowa City & James John Marks of Chicago.Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://x.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/xtiansaintspodcast.bsky.socialIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2026