Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 3rd, 2022

 Fifth Sunday in Lent, 

Commonly Called Passion Sunday, 

April 3rd, 2022

From the 8th Chapter of St. John's Gospel, we hear a conversation between Our Blessed Lord and the Jewish leaders, which takes a dramatic turn.  Our Lord responds to the Jews:  "He that is of God heareth God's words."  It is valuable for those of us who claim to be Christians to focus on these words of advice from Our Blessed Saviour.  In the age that we live, especially, we know that we are bombarded by "noises:"  Television; Radio; Music; Traffic; Talk: and sometimes all at the same time!  Factor into this, the fact that we are constantly facing things that are trying to get our attention:  Computer; Internet; Social Media; Texts; Work; Chores; Jobs; etc; etc; etc . . . . . You get the picture.  We are constantly faced with people and things that are competing to get our attention.  I know well from my own personal experience that unless I am paying attention to something, I will not hear it.  For example, I may have the news station playing on the radio but if I am focused on doing something else I won't be paying attention to what is said.  The radio station broadcast was playing, I was listening, but I wasn't paying attention to it, and, thus, I missed it because my mind was occupied on something else.  So it is with God.  God wants to speak to us.  God wants to converse with us.  But we are so preoccupied with the things of hte world that we do not hear what God is saying to us.  Sometimes, spiritually speaking, this is how it is with God speaking to us:  there are too many other things taking our attention away from God and we can not hear what God is saying to us.  We need to learn to turn off the "outside noises" from our life so that we can listen to God.  This is not easy to do but it is something that is necessary.  One valuable way to do this is to take one hour out of your busy schedule and come to church:  hear the Word of God; listen to what He is saying to us; receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament and dedicate this time to worship of God.

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.