Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, November 9th, 2025

 

Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, November 9th, 2025

Have you ever noticed how much protective equipment a football player uses during a game?  From the helmet down to the cleats, the equipment is used to help protect the player from injury during a game.  Why?  Because football is a rough sport and injuries happen sometimes.  The equipment helps to minimize the possibility of injuries.  Same way with our military or first responders.  Have you ever seen all the equipment they put on to protect themselves as they go on duty?  They wear and use the various items to help protect them from injury and/or death.  This is the same reasoning why St. Paul writes in the Sixth Chapter of his Epistle to the Ephesians that we should "put on the whole armour of God" so that we will be fully protected from Satan.  We should make special note that St. Paul says to put on the WHOLE armour of God.  Can you imagine a professional football player, for example, only wearing his helmet and none of the other protective gear that he normally puts on?  How long would he last in a game before he was injured?  St. Paul tells us that we should have:  "your loins girt about with truth", "the breastplate of righteousness," "your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace," "the shield of faith," "the helmet of salvation," and the "sword of the Spirit."  The world is a dangerous place for the believer.  The devil is always looking for ways to destroy us in our journey with God.  This is why we need all the protection we can get.  Stay close to God and put on the whole armour of God so that we can be fully protected.  

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.