God Is Always Present In Our Lives

I am in New York City, so today I went to the noon Eucharist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lower Manhattan.  It is commonly known as “Trinity Wall Street.”  The Eucharist was well attended.  This Church is in the midst of the Financial District of New York, a small area of the city which impacts every corner of the world.  And in the midst of this, the people of Trinity live out the Gospel’s call to love God, neighbor and self reaching out to those who, in the midst of such wealth, have no place to live and little to eat. 

The appointed Gospel for the Eucharist was the well known parable of the sower and the seeds taken from the first 20 verses of the 4^th chapter of the Gospel according to Mark.  The celebrant and preacher, the Rev. Mark Bozzuti-Jones, likened the seeds that are sown in the soil to the event in our lives, and how there are times when things go well and our lives are blooming, but there are other times when life may be very difficult, when we find that we are choked by what happens in life.  Nevertheless in both times, God is ever present and never leaves us.

Let us pray:  Gracious God we are ever thankful for your constant presence in our lives no matter what the circumstances.  You Son, Jesus, lived as one of us in all things, except sin, even suffering and dying.  Through Your Holy Spirit, give us the grace to accept what lies ahead in our lives and to know with certainty that even in the darkest of nights, light comes in the morning.  Amen.

Please remember everyone on our prayer list especially Marilyn and Dave.

Your servant in Christ,

The Rev. Chester J. Makowski+

St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550