Join us for the Second Sunday after Trinity

Second Sunday after Trinity, Sunday, June 5, 2016

It always amazes me that some people make doing something look so easy.  For example, some people I see do carpentry work make it look so easy.  Me, on the other hand, have trouble hammering a single nail.  Other people have an amazing talent for numbers and math.  Again, math is something I struggle with.  But all of us have certain struggles and all of us have certain things that we are skilled at.  As Christians, though, all of us are directed to do something very difficult:  to love everyone.  If we look to the Third Chapter of the First Epistle of St. John, we hear: "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren."  (I St. John 3:13 ff) Let's face it, this is more than likely the most difficult thing about being a Christian.  Human beings have emotions.  Very often, we are led by our emotions.  And if someone hurts us, we will not like that person very much.  But what Christ directed us to do is to love one another and not "like one another."  We will not "like" every single person that we meet.  But we can still do our best to "love" every single person that we meet.  Some people will rub us the wrong way with their personalities.  Other people we will admire right away.  But we are called to love one another.  I would say this is true for a few different reasons:  first, because Our Blessed Saviour directed us to do so.  And next because everyone we meet was also created in the image and likeness of God just like we were.  Those whom we do not like, we probably find it difficult to believe that that person was created in the image and likeness of God like we were.  While it is true that we may not "like" everyone, we are still called to "love" everyone.  This is extremely difficult but it is important for us to constantly attempt to do this even if it takes an entire lifetime to master.

St. Margaret Church meets every Sunday morning at 9:30 AM.  We meet at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Come join us as we listen to the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  Join us as we worship God together as God's Family.