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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Join us at our Saturday mass, at 4:30 p.m., in the Sanctuary or on Zoom. The passcode to enter is: liturgy. Please mute yourselves upon entering. This week’s worship aid is found here.

This week, Jesus tells the people that he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. What does that mean? In essence, he was speaking as a good practitioner of the Hebrew faith, reminding the hierarchy and everyone else that it is the spirit of the law that matters, not only the plain wording. The Jewish people still apologize and make amends with their neighbors during the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. That way, when a practicing member of the Jewish faith atones for his/her sins on Yom Kippur, that person does not have the stain of unforgiveness him- or herself.

Notice – as our parish attendance at Ash Wednesday has been declining, we will NOT have a liturgy on February 18 as usual. Instead, I will be at John C Lincoln Hospital that day distributing Ashes in the wards to patients and staff alike. I plan to be there between 11am and 1 pm. If you would like to receive ashes from me, you can come to the chapel on the first floor between 12:30 and 12:45.

We will have our regular Triduum liturgies at the end of the Lenten Season, as well as mass each week!

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