Second Sunday after Trinity, June 13th, 2021

 Second Sunday after Trinity, June 13th, 2021

In the Fourteenth Chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, we hear Our Blessed Lord speaking while at the home of one of the chief Pharisees.  And as St. Luke tells us in the first verse of this chapter "that they watched Him."   In other words, the Pharisees and others who did not like Him were waiting to use this opportunity for Him to say something wrong or do something wrong.  So while there Our Lord told the story of the man who made a wonderful feast and had invited many to this great meal.  And when the time was ready the man let everyone know.  But then the excuses came pouring in and each one of his guests which he had invited began making excuses as to why they could not attend.  The first one said that he had to check on a piece of ground which he purchased.  Then the next invitee stated that he had to check on the oxen which he had bought.  And then the final excuse stated that he had just been married and could not attend.  At this point, as Our Lord continues telling the story, the man because very upset at hearing all of the excuses and told his servants to go out into the streets of the city and "Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind"  (St. Luke 14:21)   In other words, bring in people who will come to the feast.  The man wanted his feast to be full with people who would come.   The man even said as much in verse 23:  "that my house may be filled" 

It seems to me that God wants His "house" to be filled as well.  He has invited each one of us to His supper and wants us to attend.  And yet how often do we come up with excuses?  How often do we respond in the negative to the God's request?  And so often we come up with "good" excuses, don't we?  We are busy with work.  We are busy with home.  Things are going on with the kids.  We have to go shopping.  We have this project or that project which we have to work on.  But God does not want our excuses.  God wants each and everyone of us to accept His invitation.  He wants us to join Him at His great supper.  Don't make excuses.  Life is too short.  We never know if the next day is promised to us.  So accept the invitation today!  Allow God into your life.   

St. Margaret Church meets each and every Sunday at 10:30 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.  

NOTE:  Keep in mind that we must enter in the main entrance of the lobby and sign in before we go to the chapel.  

   Join us as we take time to listen to the Word of God; to hear what God is saying to each one of us.  Worship God is traditional worship.  Receive His Most Precious Body and Blood at Communion time.