Second Sunday in Advent, December 4th, 2022

 Second Sunday in Advent, December 4th, 2022

   " Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."  (Romans 15)  If we were forced to describe the liturgical season of Advent with only one word, I am sure that we could agree on the word:  Hope.  It truly is the season of hope for fallen mankind that we anticipate when the Saviour of the world would be born.  And yet hope can be very "subjective."  Those faithful Jews living at the time of Our Lord were also waiting and hoping to see the Messiah but they were expecting the Messiah to come with a great army and come and destroy their enemies.  But we know that the Saviour of the world did arrive some two-thousand years ago in Bethlehem.  He arrived in a much different fashion than was what expected, though.  He did not ride in on a great horse with a grand army in support, with flags waving and sounds of trumpets.  No, Our Saviour arrived as an innocent little baby, born to a common family, born in a lowly manger on a cold winter night  because nobody would take them in otherwise.  If you did not know any better, I am sure that we would not picture the Saviour of the world as a small baby, born to an impoverished family, with nowhere else to stay other than in a place for animals.  But, then again, if we look at a dying man hanging on a cross, if we didn't know any better, we wouldn't picture that as "victory," either.  It would seem more like "defeat" than "victory."  And yet we know through faith that hope was born in that little manger at Bethlehem and we know that victory truly was earned on that Cross at Calvary.  Sometimes, hope is deceiving to our physical eyes.  We have to look at hope through the eyes of faith if we really want to see how God is working in our lives.  So, use this holy Season of Advent to look at things in a brand new way, the way of faith.

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.