Third Sunday after Trinity, July 6th, 2025

 Third Sunday after Trinity, July 6th, 2025

Have you ever misplaced something that you needed desperately?  Have you ever lost something which was very dear to you?  Have you ever discovered that you did not have something, and you needed that item to complete a project?  If so, you probably focused all your time and energy on finding that lost item which is suddenly gone.  This is just human nature.  We tend to focus on what we don't have instead of focusing on what we do have.  In the Fifteenth Chapter of St. Luke's Gospel Our Lord gives three examples of various people who have lost things and how happy these people are when they find what they are looking for.  As I say, we can understand this feeling perfectly.  How did you feel when you found the lost item you were looking for?  How did you feel when you found that item which you knew in your heart was lost forever and then it turned up suddenly?  You were happy, weren't you?  You were relieved.  Our Lord is making the point that it makes Our Heavenly Father very happy when one sinner turns from his sinful ways and makes a return to God.  We need to turn away from the world and turn towards God.  We are in the world and the world has so much to capture our attention and draw us away from God.  But we need to do what we can to turn our attention away from the world and direct it towards God.  

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.