Corpus Christi (Transferred), June 19th, 2022

 Corpus Christi (Transferred), June 19th, 2022

On Sunday, June 19th, 2022, we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Feast of Corpus Christi . . . . the Body and Blood of Christ.  In the First Letter to the Corinthians we hear the following:  "   . .  . This is My body, which is broken for you. . . " (I Corinthians 11:23 ff)  When we look at the various sections of Holy Scripture where Our Blessed Lord refers to His Body and Blood, He makes it perfectly clear in regards to the meaning:  "This is My Body . . . . This is My Blood."  As Anglicans in the Catholic Tradition, we have a special love and devotion for the Precious Body and Precious Blood of Our Blessed Saviour.  The fact that we gather together each and every week around the altar so that we can receive Him is testament to this fact.  Yes, absolutely, we come to hear God's Word.  Yes, without a doubt, we come to hear God speaking to us.  But, when we gather together to receive the Precious Body and the Precious Blood, we know that Our Blessed Lord is nourishing us, sustaining us, giving us strength to carry on.

One of my favorite Scripture passages comes from the 19th Chapter of the First Book of Kings where we find the Prophet Elijah on a journey into the wilderness and the angel comes to him.  "And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat." (I Kings 19:5)  "And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee." (I Kings 19:7)    . . . . Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee . . . .  The journey that we call life is too great for us at times.  Thus, we have to be reminded to  nourish ourselves from the One Who can truly nourish . . .  Our Blessed Saviour.  "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (St. Matthew 11:28)  Only He can truly satisfy us . . . only He can truly strengthen us . . .  only He can truly nourish us for the journey.  "Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee . . . "

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.