Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 27th, 2022
The Gospel for Laetare Sunday comes from the Sixth Chapter of St. John's Gospel. As we begin this passage St. John tells us of the large crowds that have followed Our Blessed Saviour due to them hearing about the many people which He has cured. Our Lord's fame has grown far and wide due to the many miracles that He has performed. And many of those gathered want to not only to see Him but to hear what He has to say. Now the first thing that should strike us when we hear the story of Our Lord feeding the multitude is that Our Lord is a compassionate Lord. He knew that these people that gathered together to hear Him and to get just a glimpse of Him would be tired . . . they would be hungry . . . these people would need to be sustained and nourished. And He called together the disciples and inquired what would need to be done. Now, we all know what happened next. Our Blessed Saviour multiplied the five loaves and the two fish into feeding the multitude.
What I would like to focus on is what Our Lord did after everyone was fed. He called together the disciples and told them: "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. ." (St. John 6:12) Sometimes our lives feel like "fragments," in a sense. We run here. We run there. We take care of our families. We take care of our home. We go to our jobs. We go shopping for what we need. The list goes on and on. As a result, we feel like we are running around from one place to the next, going from doing one thing into something completely different. I know I feel this way very often. And I talk to so many people that feel the same way. Our lives are divided between this, that and the other. But the important thing to remember is that God takes our "fragments" and makes them whole. Just like Our Blessed Saviour fed and nourished the five-thousand, He feeds and nourishes us still today. Just like He saw the vast multitude gathered around Him, He still sees us in need of His strength to carry on our daily lives. And He is that strength. He is the One Who nourishes us. He is the One Who sustains us. He is the One Who makes us whole. He takes the fragments of our lives and makes our life complete. There is no other person, thing, or feeling in the world that can make us complete. There is only one person who can do this for us. And that is God. Give your heart to Him. Let Him be your nourishment. Let God be your sustaining force. Let Our Blessed Saviour be the One you run to in order to be fed.
What I would like to focus on is what Our Lord did after everyone was fed. He called together the disciples and told them: "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. ." (St. John 6:12) Sometimes our lives feel like "fragments," in a sense. We run here. We run there. We take care of our families. We take care of our home. We go to our jobs. We go shopping for what we need. The list goes on and on. As a result, we feel like we are running around from one place to the next, going from doing one thing into something completely different. I know I feel this way very often. And I talk to so many people that feel the same way. Our lives are divided between this, that and the other. But the important thing to remember is that God takes our "fragments" and makes them whole. Just like Our Blessed Saviour fed and nourished the five-thousand, He feeds and nourishes us still today. Just like He saw the vast multitude gathered around Him, He still sees us in need of His strength to carry on our daily lives. And He is that strength. He is the One Who nourishes us. He is the One Who sustains us. He is the One Who makes us whole. He takes the fragments of our lives and makes our life complete. There is no other person, thing, or feeling in the world that can make us complete. There is only one person who can do this for us. And that is God. Give your heart to Him. Let Him be your nourishment. Let God be your sustaining force. Let Our Blessed Saviour be the One you run to in order to be fed.
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.
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