Quinquagesima Sunday; 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time; President’s Day

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Today we celebrate the 7th Sunday in OT and President’s Day on Monday. In these Sundays of Ordinary Time coming after Christmas, we can hear so clearly the radical call of following our Lord Jesus Christ. Being a nice person is not what the Gospel is about. The Gospel is about following the Lord Jesus, becoming His disciple, spending our lives in serving Him and allowing ourselves to be formed by Him. Perhaps none of us wants to be a fanatic. On the other hand, it is clear that Jesus invites us to follow Him in a very radical way His Way.

Each Sunday we are going to Church for the Eucharist to meet Jesus, who teach us to be more radical, even to love our enemies. We meet with other fellow sisters and brothers, we exchange our experiences, and our faith is going to be more steadfast.

“If anyone wants to go to law over your shirt, offer him your coat as well.”

Holy Masses

February 19, 2023 – 6th  Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday

HC 7:00 PM for ++Sophie and Frank Koger from Bob & Pam Koger

February 26, 2023 – 1st Sunday Of Lent

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

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.
  • 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.)
  • 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.
  • Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org
  • The latest issue of God’s Field is now available online at http://www.pncc.org. Click on the God’s Field link at the top of the home page and follow the directions to access the latest issue.

“Therefore my brethren you are become dead to the Law by the body of Christ… We are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained, so that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter”.(Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)

  • Thank you to all donors and sponsors for support of our Church. – God bless you.

I put on Christ by spending time alone in His presence.

                        (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom )

One Main Point

Jesus brings God’s law to perfection (continued). Lask week’s reading presents four pairs of antitheses, showing that Jesus does not abolish the law but makes it perfect. This week’s reading continues with two more pairs of antitheses on the same theme. The images aim to express an overall spirit of perfection rather than set specific rules.

Reflections

  1. Listen to Jesus’ words and tone and gestures. Does he mean what he says? Am I shocked?
  2. Can I follow Jesus in my situation? Do I want to?
  3. How would I be, with the world and in my heart, if I try to follow Jesus to perfection?
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