Today we celebrate the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time and Pre-Lent Septuagesima Sunday. And two days ago, we had Valentine’s Day.
The Readings from the Ordinary Time leads us to understand the real price of our faith and the real cost of it. We are thinking that our efforts are great, but when we look at the first age of the Church, 2000 years ago; we realize that they really struggle for the faith in Jesus Christ.
The beatitudes by St. Luke are the focus on the faith which is the very important matter on the world. We can hear from Jesus that we will be blessed when we are in the worse part of the society or when for the sake of Jesus, we are there. We can spend a lot of money and a lot of our forces for the name of Jesus /and after that we will get the reward in the heavenly Bank for sure.
The Eucharist is like the viewing of our heavenly account: we see the amount which we can spend for others, we also see the deficit of our good deeds. The beatitudes are the essence of our faith but also the test of it.
“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.”
Holy Masses
February 16, 2025 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
HC 10:00 AM for +Mary Rybak Groah from Marianna & David Frederick
February 23, 2025 – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
HC 10:00 AM for +Edwin Swieczkowski from Audrey Swieczkowski
Welcome Our Visitors
We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor after Mass. Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at Holy Cross Church.
Announcements
- Ash Wednesday Mass will be on Wed. Mar 5, 2025 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, February 23, 2025, 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.)
- So pray to be able to forgive those who have hurt you or whom you don’t like, and forgive as you have been forgiven..(Mother Teresa – A Simple Path)
- Let this be my chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of my heavenly Father. Let my goal be: “Alone with God.”
- (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom)
Reflections
1 In what way are you rich or poor today?
2 Which of the promises means the most to you? Why?
3 With which woe do you most identify with at the moment? Why?
One Main Point
Jesus’ Beatitudes are words of consolation and also are moral qualities that we should strive to achieve.
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