Quinquagesima, or the Sunday next before Lent, February 27th, 2022

 Quinquagesima, or the Sunday next before Lent, 

February 27th, 2022

I don't know much about construction or building projects, but it seems pretty self-evident that a building is in need of a strong foundation if it is going to remain standing.  Without a proper foundation, no matter how nice the rest of the building looks it will ultimately collapse.  In the Thirteenth Chapter of his First Epistle written to the Corinthians, St. Paul emphasizes what should be the foundation of our Christian Faith:  Love.  St. Paul writes:  " . . . and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing" (I Corinthians 13:2)  Going back to the example of our building, the foundation is what gives it support.  It doesn't ultimatley matter how pretty the building looks, without a good foundation it will ultimatley fall apart, won't it?  This is the point St. Paul is making to the Corinthians . . .  and to us reading his words two-thousand years later . . . . that no matter what we do in life we also need a "base," if you will.  And this base is "love."  As Christians, St. Paul is reminding us that we need to have love as the "foundation" for everything we do: whether it be speaking to others, preaching, giving to charity, reacting to those around us, etc.  All of these have to have a "foundation of love" or else the acts which we do will be nothing.  They will mean nothing.   Our Blessed Lord did everything with love as His foundation.  "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son . . . " (St. John 3:16)   The problem is that it is very difficult for us to love at times.  It is difficult to show love to those people who are not lovable, so to speak.  And yet we know this is exactly what Our Lord did on a daily basis.  To be loving will not always be easy.  To show love will not always be easy.  To remember to be loving will be difficult at times.  But, as Christians, we are called to make the effort.  We are called to do our utmost.  We are called to keep trying as best as we can.  During this upcoming season of Lent, let us focus on showing love to God.  In so doing, I am sure that we will soon see that the love we show to God will spill over to showing love to those around us.  And in the world in which we live today, it could definitely use some more love and less hate. 

St. Margaret 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.