Fifteenth Sunday after Tinity, September 20th, 2020

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday, September 20th, 2020

In the Sixth Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, we find ourselves listening to Our Blessed Lord preaching what has come to be known as His "Sermon on the Mount."  If you want to read it for yourself, please begin with Chapter Five of this Gospel and continue through Chapter Seven.  In other words, the "Sermon on the Mount" takes up three whole chapters in St. Matthew's Gospel.  As you can imagine, Our Blessed Lord speaks concerning a whole array of subjects.  But in the particular passage which we are covering today (Beginning in Chapter 6, Verse 24) we hear Our Lord state that we cannot have "two masters."   He says specifically:  "NO man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."  (St. Matthew 6:24)  Now, of course the word "mammon" is an Aramaic word meaning "riches."  Thus, Our Lord is warning us not to be so enthralled with the riches the world has to offer that we end up ignoring God.   How true this is, sadly.   How many of us seek the pleasures and the riches of the world while we abandon God and any thought of Him?  We take our relationship with Him for granted.  Our Lord tells us to not to worry about what we will eat or what we will wear and yet this is certainly difficult in the generation in which we live.  I say that because most of us worry about bills.  I know I do.  Most of us worry about paying our rent or our mortgage.  Especially in this year of 2020 with so much uncertainty with businesses being shut down and people being without work, I would say that there are many opportunities to worry about a multitude of things.  But Our Lord assures us that Our Heavenly Father "knoweth that ye have need of all these things." (St. Matthew 6:32)   

But what Our Blessed Lord says in verse 33 is very important because the majority of the world totally misses this point altogether.  He says:  "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."  (St. Matthew 6:33)  You see, friends, most of the world seeks worldly riches first and foremost.  They do not seek the Kingdom of God first.  Most folks seek after worldly riches and pleasures first before anything else.  These folks do not care anything about searching after the Kingdom of God.  In fact, we search for man's approval in our life before we seek God's approval.  Many of us go searching for God only when we need Him.  We cry for God only when we are in desperate need of Him.  We search for Him when all else has failed and we need a miracle.  But Our Lord tells us to first seek the Kingdom of God.  If we just could get in the habit of seeking out God first instead of seeking out the world, the world itself would be a much better place.  "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." (Colossians 3:2)  Set your affection on God and put Him first in your life.  

PLEASE NOTE:  St. Margaret Church will NOT meet on Sunday, September 20th, 2020.

St. Margaret Church is still being affected, as is the whole world, by the Coronavirus outbreak.  Specifically, our church is not allowed to meet as we would like due to CDC and State recommendations.  But despite these recommendations, our members still continue to pray to Our Heavenly Father.  Our members still continue to reach out to their neighbors and loved ones.  Our members still continue to be the face and hands and instruments of the Lord throughout these troubling times.  Additionally, Fr. Todd also continues to post his sermons and reflections online.  So, please continue to pray for St. Margaret Church and all the Christian Churches throughout the world that we may continue to stay close to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.   

And please remember that you can still show support to St. Margaret Church by sharing these posts on social media . . . sharing the sermons and reflections of Fr. Todd on social media as well.  In this way, despite any sort of "lock-down," you will help St. Margaret Church continue to spread the Gospel and continue to tell the world about our love for Our Blessed Saviour!

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