Easter Sunday, March 31st, 2024

 Easter Sunday, March 31st, 2024

In the Twenty-Seventh chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, we hear the Passion of Our Lord.  At the end of the chapter we are also told of Our Blessed Saviour being laid in the tomb.  St. Matthew tells us that Our Lord is laid in the tomb that belonged to Joseph, who himself went to Pilate to ask for the body of our Blessed Saviour.  After He was laid in the tomb the chief priests and Pharisees, we are told by St. Matthew, that they also went to Pilate to ask that a guard be placed at the tomb because they remembered Our Lord's words that He would rise on the third day.  Pilate told them to set a guard and "they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch."

We also have been setting a watch . . . . we have been anticipating the arrival of Our Blessed Saviour.  We wait for Him every day.  We wait for Him to speak to us when we read Scripture.  We watch for Him when we sit in prayer.  We wait in anticipation when we have a problem or need assistance in our life and wait and watch for Our Blessed Saviour to come to our aid.  We watch for Him when we go to Mass and receive His Precious Body and Blood at Communion time.  At all of these times just described we need to watch for Our Blessed Saviour.  We need to listen to what He says to us.  So often, in the "busy-ness" of life, we do not take the time to pay attention, to listen.  Also, our attention is diverted by the distractions of this life:  whether they be issues that take up our time; or television; or computer; or jobs; or other diversions. God should always take the top priority in our life.  Nothing should take our attention off of Him.  Let us set a watch for Him and welcome Him into our heart.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN TIME:  Mass will begin at 11:30 am instead of the usual time.  Please join us at 11:30 am on Easter Sunday in the Chapel

Easter Sunday Mass will be held on Sunday, April 5th, 2015 at 9:30 AM at St. Margaret Church.  Mass is held at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Please note that on Easter Sunday, we will not be in the chapel as we normally celebrate there.  Rather, we will be on the Fourth Floor of Marquette Manor.

Palm Sunday, March 24th, 2024

 Palm Sunday, March 24th, 2024

In the liturgy for Palm Sunday, there are two Gospel readings.  And despite the fact that both of these readings are from St. Matthew, these two passages could not be more strikingly different.  In the first reading which we hear on Palm Sunday we are witness to Our Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem.  It is here in which we hear the vast crowds voicing their excitement and acclaim at the entrance of Our Lord:  "Hosanna, Hosanna!"   As we read these verses we can visualize in our mind the wonderful acclaim that the people give Him.  But later in the liturgy the second Gospel passage is from the Twenty-Seventh Chapter and the contrast from the first passage is sharp.  It is in this second passage where we hear about Our Lord being condemned before Pilate.  And instead of cheering crowds yelling "Hosanna," we now hear the crowd screaming "Crucify Him, Crucify Him!"  As I say, the contrast could not be more striking.  And yet even in our own life sometimes we witness sharp contrasts, don't we?  Have you ever begun working on a project and perhaps for a time everything seemed to go great and then suddenly everything went wrong?  Have you ever made a major change in your life and things go great and then suddenly for whatever reason things started going wrong.  Then all of the sudden you begin questioning "what went wrong?"  You may even begin to doubt yourself.  You may doubt yourself at times.  You may doubt your ability at times.  You may doubt the loyalty of others at times.  But there is one thing we can never doubt, it is the love which God has for His children.  God loves us and God is always nearby even though we do not realize it at times.  God is there for us in the good times and the bad.  We are never promised a perfect life, are we?  We are never promised a life without pain.  In life sometimes we will experience defeat.  But even in those times we know that God is there for us and with us.  The key is that we stay close to God and to stay loyal to Him.   We should always do our best to love God Who first loved us.   

Please make a point to join us for Mass on Sunday.  St. Margaret Church gathers together each and every Sunday at 10:30 am.  We worship at the beautiful Chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Join us as we listen to the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible.  We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  And receive the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Saviour at Communion time.   We are all busy.  We all lead busy lives.  Take an hour out of your busy week and dedicate it to God.  Give that hour to God and spend it with Him.

Fourth Sunday in Lent, Laetare Sunday, March 10th, 2024

 Fourth Sunday in Lent, or Laetare Sunday, March 10th, 2024

The Gospel for Laetare Sunday comes from the Sixth Chapter of St. John's Gospel.  As we begin this passage St. John tells us of the large crowds that have followed Our Lord due to them hearing about the many people that He has cured.  Our Lord's fame has grown far and wide due to the many miracles that He has performed.   And many of those gathered want to not only to see Him but to hear what He has to say.  Now the first thing that should strike us when we hear the story of Our Lord feeding the multitude is that Our Lord is a compassionate Lord.  He knew that these people that gathered together to hear Him and to get just a glimpse of Him would be tired . . .  would be hungry . . .  would need to be sustained and nourished.  And He called together the disciples and inquired what would need to be done.  Now, we all know what happened next.  Our Blessed Saviour multiplied the five loaves and the two fish into feeding the multitude.

What I would like to focus on is what Our Lord did after everyone was fed.  He called together the disciples and told them:  "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." (St. John 6:12)  Sometimes our lives feel like "fragments," in a sense.  We run here.  We run there.  We take care of our families.  We take care of our home. We go to our jobs.  We go shopping for what we need.  The list goes on and on.  As a result, we feel like we are running around from one place to the next, going from doing one thing into something completely different.  I know I feel this way very often.  And I talk to so many people that feel the same way.  Our lives are divided between this, that and the other.  But the important thing to remember is that God takes our "fragments" and makes them whole.  Just like Our Blessed Saviour fed and nourished the five-thousand, He feeds and nourishes us still today.  Just like He saw the vast multitude gathered around Him, He still sees us in need of His strength to carry on our daily lives.  And He is that strength.  He is the One Who nourishes us.  He is the One Who sustains us.  He is the One Who makes us whole.  He takes the fragments of our lives and makes our life complete.   There is no other person, thing, or feeling in the world that can make us complete.  There is only one person who can do this for us.  And that is God.  Give your heart to Him.  Let Him be your nourishment.  Let God be your sustaining force.  Let Our Blessed Saviour be the One you run to in order to be fed.

Please make a point to join us for Mass on Sunday.  St. Margaret Church gathers together each and every Sunday at 10:30 am.  We worship at the beautiful Chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Join us as we listen to the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible.  We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  And receive the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Saviour at Communion time.   We are all busy.  We all lead busy lives.  Take an hour out of your busy week and dedicate it to God.  Give that hour to God and spend it with Him 

Third Sunday in Lent, March 3rd, 2024

 Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2024

Do you ever have trouble driving early in the morning or early evening when it starts to go from dark to light or from light to dark?   I am talking about that "in-between" point where it's not quite dark and it's not quite light.  It's almost as if you can see things, yes, but there's doubt about what you are seeing.  I guess the same thing may be true when you are out driving and it is foggy.  You think you see something off in the distance . . . . but you are not quite sure . . . is it or isn't it?   I am sure you can all think of an example of what I am talking about, a time or two where you thought you saw something but you were not quite sure because of the darkness or because of the fog.  I am thinking about this because last week or the week before it was so foggy and it was hard to see off in the distance early in the morning.  But as I was struggling to see off in the distance due to the fog, as the sun rose up, it was almost as though the fog instantly disappeared.  It literally like moving from dark to light instantly.  I remember literally struggling to see off in the distance one second and everything was clear the next.  Of course, for Christians, Our Blessed Saviour is the light of the world.  He is our light.  He gives light not only to the world but He gives light to our personal journey as well.  As we hear in the Epistle appointed for today's Mass:  "For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord . . ."  (Ephesians 5:1 ff)  St. Paul explains that prior to knowing Christ, we were struggling to find our way in the dark.  Just like in the haze or the fog, we were not quite sure of what was ahead.  But Christ gives light to the darkness of the world.  And when Christ is in us, we shine forth the light of Christ to the world around us.  During this holy season of Lent, hang on to Christ.  Make Him the most important part of your life.  Dedicate your life to Christ and allow Him to brighten the darkness that this world can only offer. 

Please make a point to join us for Mass on Sunday.  St. Margaret Church gathers together each and every Sunday.  We worship at the beautiful Chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Join us as we listen to the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible.  We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  And receive the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Saviour at Communion time.   We are all busy.  We all lead busy lives.  Take an hour out of your busy week and dedicate it to God.  Give that hour to God and spend it with Him