Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 19th, 2021

 Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 19th, 2021

In the Seventh Chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, we are told that Our Blessed Lord is traveling with His disciples through the city of Nain.  And as He entered the city St. Luke tells us that Our Lord encountered a funeral procession.  And St. Luke tells us that the man who died was the only son of a woman who also happened to be a widow.  And this woman was weeping.  She was crying for her only son who had just died.  You know, a mother's love is a wonderful love.  A mother's love knows no limits.  I would dare say the only love greater than that of a mother would be the love which God has for us.  And this is most certainly why Our Blessed Lord took notice of this sad event occurring before His eyes.  As St. Luke tells us in the Thirteenth verse of this chapter:  "And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not"   In fact, Our Lord had so much compassion on the mother that He raised her son back to life on that very spot.   The fact that Our Blessed Lord performed such a wonderful miracle for the grieving mother is wonderful indeed.  And yet the aspect that is really even more amazing is that the Lord had compassion on her.  The Lord had compassion.  He was compassionate when He saw the mother crying.  This is something to take note of because it means that Our God is a wonderful God.  Our God takes notice of our needs.  In other words, He takes the time to notice when we are sad . . .  when we are grieving . . .  when we are in pain . . . .  Our God knows when our heart is broken.  Our God loves us so much that He takes the time to notice these things.  In this story, Our Lord did not simply pass by.  Our Lord did not fail to act.  He took notice and had compassion on the grieving mother.  Each one of us should make note of this fact.  Our God is not some distant far-off, uncaring God Who could care less about how we feel . . .  what we are going through . . . what we are enduring.   No, Our God loves us so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son into the world to save us from our sins.  Our Lord had compassion!  And we should have compassion as well.  This would teaches us to be uncaring.  This world teaches us to be apathetic.  This world teaches us to only care about ourselves.  We should be more Christ-like by taking the time to notice others around us and showing concern and compassion when need be.  

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.  

Please 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.