Sexagesima, February 4th, 2018
In the Eighth Chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, we hear Our Blessed Lord telling the parable of the sower who sowed his seed in the field. And as Our Lord told the parable, He explained that some of the seed fell along the way-side; and some of the seed fell on rocky ground; and some of it was eaten by the birds; and so on. What I want to focus on is that when Our Lord was in the middle of telling the parable of the sower, He paused and cried out: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!" (St. Luke 8:8) Honestly, how many of us need to be told to pay attention? How many of us need to be told "wake up?" How many of us need to be taken to task and heed what we are hearing? It's so easy to not pay attention to what we are doing. I know because, quite frankly, I do it all the time. I start doing something but then my mind wanders to something else. I start thinking about all the things I have to do . . . all the things I want to do. I get sidetracked by something that grabs my attention. I get bored. It could be for any number of reasons. I am sure we have all had the experience where "our mind was somewhere else." In other words, you may be physically present but your mind is a thousand miles away. And usually something or somebody grabs our attention and brings us back to reality. We all need that wake up call to come back to reality . . ,. to pay attention . . . to wake up . . Again, Our Lord is saying to each one of us: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!" Pay attention, in other words. Our Blessed Saviour is telling each of us to pay attention to Him, to listen to what He has to say. There is a big difference between "hearing" and "listening." Lots of things might be going on around me . . . . noise from the television . . from the radio . . from people talking . . . . . from traffic going by . . . . but after a while we can tune all those things out if we choose to. But in order to "listen" to something, this involves "paying attention." Our Lord is telling us to open our ears . . . pay attention . . . listen up! We pay attention to so many people and so many things in the world. And we fixate on TV shows . . . and the Internet . . and movies . . . and the news. And we listen to so many people and things that are here today and gone tomorrow. But Our Blessed Lord is always with us. Our Blessed Lord is always by our side. Our Blessed Saviour is the One Who never forsakes us. Let us always pay attention to Him and to listen to everything He tells us.
St. Margaret Church meets each and every Sunday at 9:30 AM at the beautiful chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis. Join us as we hear the Word of God found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible. Come dedicate one hour of your week to God. Step away from the busy-ness of the world for just one hour and focus totally on God. Come and worship Him. Let Him feed you spiritually. Receive the Precious Body and Blood at Communion time.
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