Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 18th, 2022

 Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 18th, 2022

In the very first chapter of St. John's Gospel, we hear how the "Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem" to speak to St. John the Baptist.  The purpose of that visit was to question him and to help determine exactly who he was.  And they asked him directly who he was.  They asked him if he was Christ.  They asked him if he was Elijah.  Finally, they asked him to say something of himself in order to see what he had to say:  "What sayest thou of thyself" (St. John 1:22)  They wanted to hear what St. John had to say about himself.  To this, he replied:  " I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord" (St. John 1:23)   This is what St. John had to say of himself.  But what do we say of ourselves?  Who do we say that we are?  If someone would ask us the same question, what would we say?  How would we answer?  What would our response be?  "What sayest thou of thyself?"  What do you say of yourself?  There are many things we could say of ourselves.  What would you say?  What would you say about yourself?  Would you say where you work?  where you live?  Would you say what your hobbies are?  what you like to do?  Would you say where you are from?  the city where you grew up or where you live?  What would you say about yourself?  St. John the Baptist says it directly.  When asked to say something of himself, he states that he is here to "make straight the way of the Lord."  Are we interested in doing God's business or simply our business?  Are we all about God or are we all about us?  Is it God Who comes first or do we make sure to take care of ourselves first?  Is God our first priority or is our first priority satisfying our wants and desires?  For the Christian, we need to make God our top priority.  Like St. John the Baptist, we need to be a messenger for the Lord.  We need to let others know about God.  And we can do that through both our words and actions.  Tell the world about 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.