Feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude, October 28, 2018

Feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude, 

Sunday, October 28th, 2018

In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Gospel of St. John, we hear Our Blessed Saviour give sound advice to the apostles:  "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. "  (St. John 15:17)  Certainly, without a doubt, there were multitudes that loved and cherished Our Blessed Saviour.  But on the other hand, He had his enemies which hated Him with an intense passion as well.  We ask ourselves the question as to why anyone would hate Our Blessed Saviour?     Let us consider two reasons:

First of all, Our Lord did not "meet their expectations" in regards to being the Messiah.   Let us consider the fact that the Jews were long awaiting the Coming of the Messiah.  But, keep in mind, the Jews had a specific "image" in mind that the Messiah would look like and act like.  They were expecting to see a Messiah riding in a great white horse with a mighty army behind him.  They were expecting the Messiah to come in and wipe out all of his enemies.   They were supposing the Messiah to be powerful and mighty.   Thus, when they saw Our Blessed Saviour walking around and preaching and teaching and telling whoever would listen about the love of God,  They could not believe their eyes.  The Pharisees and the Saducees would never accept Our Blessed Saviour as the Messiah, quite frankly, because He did not meet their expectations of what they expected the Messiah to be.  So, too, sometimes people will not accept us because we don't fit in with what they expect of us.  The world will sometimes hate us too because choose to follow God instead of following the world.  

Next, we need to consider that Our Lord always told the truth.  And very often, let's face it, we do not want to hear the truth.   Our Lord told it like it is, as I like to say, and those in charge did not want to hear His words.  Our Blessed Saviour was not afraid to tell people what they needed to hear.  He went around and preached to vast multitudes and told them about His Heavenly Father.  Again, many of the things that He spoke about did not match up with they expected to hear about God.  So, too, we need to speak the truth no matter what.  But even in speaking the truth, sadly, many in our day and age today do not want to hear the truth.  "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God .  . . . . " (I Corinthians 3:19)  Thus, when we choose to speak of God in the world today, we should be prepared for scorn and ridicule from many because they do not want to hear about God.   Many people will not accept us because we do not tell them what they want to hear.  

St. Margaret Church gathers every Sunday morning to hear the Word of God and to worship Our Heavenly Father.  We are a traditional church.  We use the King James Version of the Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  Mass begins at 9:30 AM.  We celebrate at the beautiful chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Please join us and dedicate an hour of your week to God.  Return home to Him, the God Who waits patiently for your return.