Do you follow Jesus? It’s never been easy. We like to think it is, but it isn’t. It wasn’t easy for those women and the great crowds that followed Him on His way to The Cross. They weren’t cheering or having a good ol’ time. They were beating their breasts and crying. . . .

Happy Thanksgiving! Today we gather together to give God thanks for all the blessings He gives us. It’s not just about food, family, and football. It’s about all God’s good gifts and how we respond to them. That’s why the Pilgrims first celebrated it. That’s why the Founding Fathers established it. That’s why we’re gathered here today. So “Let us give thanks unto The Lord Our God. It is meet and right so to do.” . . .

“The Lord is coming. Go ye out to meet Him.” This is the message of The Church, year in and year out, Advent I to Trinity Last, every year, “The Lord is coming. Go ye out to meet Him.” He Who came to earth as Mary’s Son wants to come into your heart now by means of His Word and Sacrament. Why? So that when He comes again to judge the quick and the dead, you will be found within His flock and not among the goats. “The Lord is coming. Go ye out to meet Him.” . . .