1st SUNDAY OF LENT

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Today we celebrate the 1st Sunday in Lent. The Lenten Season is the time of preparation for the feast of Easter and our own resurrection and salvation.

When we take a serious look at ourselves, we realize that there are things that keep us from being the persons and the Christians as we wish we were. We feel that we are not free to be our true selves. At the beginning of his mission Jesus looked at himself and saw the temptations that would keep him from carrying out his mission.

Lent is for us the time to look into ourselves and to see what keeps us from being free to serve and love God and people the way we should. Let us go with Jesus into the desert, look into the depth of ourselves, and with Jesus reject what imprisons us, what keeps us lukewarm and indifferent, so that like him and with him we can serve.

“Away with you . Satan! Scripture says: ‘ You shall do the homage to the Lord, your God.’”

Holy Masses

February 26, 2023 – 1st Sunday Of Lent

HC 10:00 AM for ++Ted and Helen Purcell from Bob & Pam Koger

March 5, 2022  – 2nd Sunday Lent.

HC 10:00 AM for ++ James L. Otto & Helen A. Otto from James L. Otto Jr.

Announcements

  • We start the Lent. In that season we learn more about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works of charity which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.
  • The annual meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish will be conducted Sunday, March 5, 2023,  right after 10:00AM Mass.

The business of an annual meeting of the Parish shall be to receive reports of the Parish Committee, Committees and Pastor; regulate and confirm the salary of the Pastor and the salaries and wages of its employees, elect Parish Committee members and members of the Parish Tribunal (which election may be conducted prior to the annual meeting); adopt resolutions and make enactments necessary for the welfare and development of the Parish. No resolution or enactment shall be adopted or made which shall be in conflict with the Constitution and Laws of this Church.

(The Constitution and Laws of the Polish National Catholic Church Art. VII D. The Parish Meeting SECTION 2.)

  • Thank you to all donors and sponsors for support of our Church. – God bless you.
  • Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

Meditate Station of the Cross this week:

  1. Jesus is Condemned to Death – Jesus, help me to sin no more and to be obedient.
  2. Jesus Bears His Cross – Jesus let me suffer for me and sinners in union with You.

Welcome Our Visitors

Reflections

  1. How would Jesus be after 40 days of fasting in the wilderness? What is the wilderness, the testing ground, in my life?
  2. What are my temptations to test God? How have I responded? How should I respond? What can I do to prepare for future tests?
  3. What is my covenance with God, and how much do I value it?

One Main Point

Jesus is the obedient Son of God.

God tested Israel in the wilderness for 40 years, and they failed with doubts, complaining, idolatry, disobedience, and testing God back. At the end, Moses urged Israel to learn from their sins and test God no more. Jesus was tested in the wilderness for 40 days. He quoted Moses, obeyed God, did not test God, and thus passed the test and proved to be the true Son of God, worthy of a covenant with God.

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