Second Sunday after Christmas, January 5th, 2025
If you will recall, last Sunday's Gospel passage spoke about angel of the Lord appearing to St. Joseph in a dream: "fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost" (St. Matthew 1). This week's Gospel passage again recounts when an angel appeared to St. Joseph in a dream telling him: "Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life" (St. Matthew 2) In these two examples, the Lord spoke to St. Joseph in a dream. When God wanted to get the attention of St. Paul a bright light fell upon St. Paul and we read that St. Paul "fell to the earth." And, of course, we remember that God spoke to Moses in a burning bush "and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3) The point is that God can and does speak to us in any multitude of ways. The only question then is are we willing to listen to God? Do we want to hear what God is saying to us? If that is the case we must make a point to listen to what He is saying to us. We need to make sure we can hear what God is wanting us to hear. Sometimes this is difficult because we have to "silence" all the other noise going on around us in order to hear what God is saying. God can and does speak to us. But we have to do our part by listening to Him. We need to hear what God is speaking. In this new year, make it a point to listen to what God is speaking. Take time out of your busy day to read Scripture . . . to pray . . . . to spend time with God. When we make a point to listen to God we will be in a better position to hear Him speaking to us.
Join us at 10:30 AM on Sundays at St. Margaret church. We worship at the beautiful chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.
Please consider joining us for Mass. Come hear the Word of God found in the King James Version of the Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Consider setting aside an hour of your week where you can dedicate that time solely to God. Come hear the Word of God. Listen to God speaking to you directly and hear what He has to say for YOU! Receive the Precious Body and Blood at Communion time to be strengthened and nourished for your journey!
