Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 25th, 2022

 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 25th, 2022

If there is one thing that most of us are good at, it is "worrying about things."  Most of us get anxious about just about everything, whether we know it or not.  Whether we realize it or not, we worry, we stress out, we get anxious, we fixate on what we need/desire/want, etc.  In the Sixth Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, Our Blessed Lord lays it out very clearly:  "Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on." (St. Matthew, Chapter Six)  But that is exactly what we do, isn't it?  We worry about what we are going to eat when we get hungry.  We worry about what we are going to wear.  We worry if we have the "latest style" or "fashion" and what people will think of us.   We worry about our jobs and what we have to do, the reports which are due, the work which has to be done.  We get worried over our homes.  We worry and get stressed out over the bills which are due.  We get worried over what people think about us.  If people like us.  If we are 'popular.'  The list goes on and on but the truth of the matter is that most of us worry over various things which are different for each of us.  But the point which Our Lord is trying to make is that God knows every single one of us.  He should.  He created us.  He knows our thoughts.  He knows our concerns.  He knows our worries.  He knows what we need.    But Our Lord gives us the answer:  "But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you"  Instead of seeking the things of the world, we should seek out God and His Kingdom.  Instead of seeking out power, and wealth, and material goods we should seek out Our Heavenly Father.  The problem is that human beings have it in reverse.  We seek first the things which we desire and then we seek out God.  And even then that's typically only when we need Him.  But Our Lord says it plainly:  we need to seek FIRST God and after that everything else will fall into place.  

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.