Quinquagesima, February 19th, 2023

 Quinquagesima, February 19th, 2023

In the 18th Chapter of St. Luke's Gospel appointed for today's Mass, we are witness to Our Blessed Lord speaking to the Apostles and letting them know how He will suffer and die and then rise on the third day.  In this same passage we are told about the blind man who hears that Jesus of Nazareth is coming near.  And when the blind man is told this news he yells and yells and  yells some more in order to get Our Lord's attention.  The more he is told to be quiet . . . the louder the man gets.  Finally, Our Lord takes notice of him and listens to his request.  And Our Lord responds:  "And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee." (St. Luke 18:42)

We are called by faith.  All of us have faith but the problem is that in our day and age our faith is often placed in the wrong things.  We place our faith in people that ultimately let us down . . . or we place our faith in objects that ultimately break down or fall apart . . . we place our faith in things that we should not have any faith in to begin with, such as drugs or alcohol . . . . Quinquagesima is the last Sunday before Lent begins.  We should use Lent as an opportunity to get our priorities straight.  We should use these forty days, as the blind man did, to call out for Our Lord's attention.  We should continue to call to Him until He responds.  When the blind man was made aware that Jesus was near, he focused all of his energy on getting the attention of Our Divine Saviour.  He kept calling and calling and calling until Our Lord responded.  The blind man kept his attention and his resolve fixed on the Lord.  That is exactly what we are called to do:  focus our attention on Our Blessed Saviour until He responds.  Most of us get too distracted by other things to keep our attention fixed solely on Our Blessed Saviour.  Let us use this Lent to keep our focus fixed solely on Our Blessed Saviour and wait for Him to respond.

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.