Sixth Sunday after Trinity, July 11th, 2021

 Sixth Sunday after Trinity, July 11th, 2021

In the Fifth Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, we hear a discussion between Our Blessed Saviour and the disciples.  While He is talking to them in this particular discussion we hear things such as:  "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. " (v.20)   . . . . . "whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment" (v.22)  . . .  . . "if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift" (v.24)   It seems from these examples that Our Lord is telling us that we should get to the root cause in order to fix the problem.  In other words, Our Lord is telling the disciples as He is telling us that we need to get to the root cause if we want our righteousness to exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees (v.20)   For example, have you ever gotten really irritated with someone?  Has someone got you so mad that you were just beside yourself with anger?  It could have been  a co-worker or even a close friend.  It could have even been a family member, for that matter.  And you hold on to that anger for a long time.  This anger affects you over time.  It eats you up inside, doesn't it?  When we fix something we have to get to the "root cause" of the problem.  This is what Our Blessed Lord was saying.   In order to be a faithful, devout Christian we need to not only change what we do, we need to change how we do it . . .  why we do it.  In other words, we need to change our hearts.   It would be similar to our car not running as it should and we take the car and give it a new paint job.  Sure, it looks pretty on the outside but the new paintjob doesn't fix the problem, does it?  That would be the equivalent of someone getting mad and holding a grudge.  Sure, it might be the case that this person doesn't say any further words, doesn't verbally continue saying things "out loud" but underneath they are still harboring resentment and  anger.  We need to get to the root cause and get rid of our angry feelings.  We need to cleanse ourselves from the inside and get to the root of the problem.  And we can only do this by committing ourselves to God on a daily basis.  To walk with Him each and every day and dedicate our very life to Him.  

St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church worships every Sunday morning at 10:30 AM at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.

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 gather together as God's family to:  hear the Word of God; listen as God speaks to each one of us in our hearts; worship God in song and in word; listen to the King James Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer; and, finally, receive Our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion so that we can be nourished for the journey we call life.  Take one hour out of your busy schedule to worship God, to honour God, to acknowledge the need for God in your life.