Pre-Lent – Sexagesima Sunday; 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Sermon on the Mount continued.

Today we celebrate the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Ordinary Time is for us the simple guidance of the daily moments of our lives.

This Sunday gives us the lesson of Jesus on the very important matters from the ten commandments. Some people think that our Master wants us to be more overwhelmed by the law, because He made wide range of it. But Jesus wants us to be as He is – free from sins and holy son of God. He shows us the way how to overcome the sin and be in communion with God.

Today we are going to Church for the Eucharist to meet our Master Jesus Christ in his body and spirit. The Holy Mass is the first step of our holiness.

“Go first to be reconciled with your brother.”

Holy Masses

February 12, 2023 – 4th  Sunday in Ordinary Time

HC 10:00 AM for +Ed Macek from Jenny Macek

February 19, 2023 – 6th  Sunday in Ordinary Time

HC 10:00 AM for +Joseph Siatkowski from Janet Lorenz

Welcome Our Visitors

Announcements

  • Ash Wednesday Mass will be on Wed. Feb. 22, 2023 at 7:00PM. We will start by that the Lent Season.
  • Do you have anyone of any reason (for example: someone in Hospital) or life event you would like to pray for – Please ask and see Fr. Andrew.
  • As the members of our Church we are responsible for our past and future and we will pray and look for new active members of our Community of Holy Cross Church in Baltimore, MD.
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  • Our hearts refuse the dry husks of literal abstraction and hanger for the living bread and the eternal waters of the spirit which spring up to life everlasting.(Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)
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I pray for grace to live completely for God, whether in sharing with unbelievers or serving His people.

                        (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom )

One Main Point

Jesus brings God’s law to perfection. When Jesus uses four points here or eight points in the beatitudes, he is not setting specific rules, but uses these points as poetic and vivid ways to express a central message. The central message here is that Jesus brings the Old Testament law to perfection.

Reflections

  1. Imagine each of the four examples Jesus uses. For example, how hateful would a murderer be, and what changes does Jesus desire?
  2. Take any law, such as going to Church on Sunday. What would be perfect and imperfect ways of doing it? Which way do I follow?
  3. God’s supreme law is love. What is perfect love in my life now?

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