Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, August 21st, 2016
I remember one particular television show which I have not seen in a long time, "Hogan's Heroes." And in this particular sitcom from the 1960's, one of the main characters is "Sgt. Schultz." The catch-phrase, I would dare say for Sgt. Schultz would be: "I know nothing." He would say this when he caught Hogan and his men doing something that they should not be doing. And the point being that Sgt. Schultz did not want to know about those things that he saw with his own eyes. In our own lives, we see lots of things with our own eyes. Like Sgt. Schultz, sometimes we see things we would rather not see. But other times we see things that are wonderful to our eyes. In the tenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, Our Blessed Lord is speaking to His disciples and He says to them: "BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see" (v. 23) In this verse, of course, Our Saviour is speaking to the disciples but, quite frankly, each one of us has seen the Lord at work in our lives. Each one of us has seen Our Blessed Lord touch our life in one way or another. Therefore, blessed are our eyes which have seen the Lord at work in our very life as well. As human beings, similar to Sgt. Schultz, we see what we want to see and ignore what we want to ignore. As Christians, though, we need to make a point to look for the things of God. We need to take note of the ways in which God is working in our life. You see, God is with us every single day of our life. But often times we are too busy to even notice. God gives blessings to every single one of us on a daily basis. Unfortunately, we usually are more interested in the things of the world to even take notice. Have you ever had the experience where you were looking for something that you needed, like a pair of eyeglasses, for example, and you searched and you looked around and you could not find it and then it turned out to be right near you and you never saw it? It was in plain view all along but you never saw it even though it was right by you all the time. That's how it is with God very often. God is with us each and every day. God blesses us each and every day. And yet despite this fact, so often we do not take the time to notice. So often we do not even realize that God is at work in our life. This is why we need to make the point to search for God on a daily basis. And once we do, I think many of us will be surprised to see how close He was all along.
Please make the effort to join us on Sunday, August 21st, 2016 as we welcome Bishop Stephen Strawn to our church. Bishop Strawn will celebrate Mass and preach. He will let us know the powerful way that God is at work in our diocese and throughout God's church. We are always so happy to see Bishop Strawn when he visits us and hope that you will attend to give him a warm welcome.
Mass begins at 9:30 AM on Sunday, August 21st, 2016. Mass is celebrated in the beautiful chapel located at Marquette Manor, which is at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis. Please join us as we welcome our bishop and then stay after Mass for some delicious goodies and refreshments at the coffee hour.
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