Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 17th, 2023
In the Sixth Chapter of the Gospel of St. Mathew, Our Lord states: "NO man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (St. Matthew 6:24) Growing up, I was always led to believe that the word "mammon" specifically meant "money." And yet the word "mammon" is actually an Aramaic word meaning "riches." So the point that Our Lord was making was that we can not serve both God and our riches, our possessions. For the Christian, God should be the center of our heart. It should be God that we focus our attention on. So many people are proud of their possessions. They cherish what they possess: their home, their car, their rich suits, their clothing, etc. The list goes on and on. And the list is different for every person. But for the Christian we should cherish, first and foremost, the relationship we have with God. Everything else fades away with time but the love of God is eternal. Man focuses so much time and energy on earthly, material things that ultimately fade into oblivion. We should focus our time and our energy into serving God and doing His will here on earth.
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.
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