Fifth Sunday after Easter,
Commonly called Rogation Sunday,
May 22nd, 2022
St. James tells us: ".BE ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." (St. James 1:22) For a Christian, this sounds like pretty good advice: " . . . . be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . . ." But this Epistle of St. James has caused some controversy over the years for some Christian thinkers such as Martin Luther, for example, because they contended that St. James was proposing that we can earn our way into Heaven by what we do. Now, without a doubt, there have been various individuals who have tried to "buy their way" into Heaven but what we hear from this verse ". . . . be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . ." This is just an example of good old fashioned sense, if you ask me. I say this because, sadly, each one of us can think of a person who was "nothing but mouth." In other words, we each know someone who talked about being a Christian but did not live as a Christian. There are a lot of people who could explain the Christian faith and they could go on and on and on about it, but the question is: Can they live the Christian faith and not just talk about it? "Be ye doers of the word . . . ." I think his is probably one of the biggest reasons why Our Blessed Lord came to earth as a human being, so that we could see Him in action. Sure, God could have just spoken to us about being a Christian and left it at that. But Our Lord chose to become a human being so that He could live among us, work with us, eat with us, travel with us, converse with us . . . etc. And, conversely, we got to see Him as well: how He treated people, how He reacted to people, how He cured people, how He loved people. Our Lord was a wonderful teacher and taught the faith wonderfully . . . . but He backed up His teaching by the way in which He lived. Each one of us must listen and hear and pay attention, that is for sure, but once we have listened and heard and paid attention, this gets translated into how we treat people, " . . . . be ye doers of the word .
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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