Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
What does it mean for Jesus to fulfill the law? Jesus sees in the law the means to the fulfillment of time when the law will be replaced by righteous relationships within the kingdom of heaven. The fundamental law is gift of self to others. When self-giving is lacking in any act of keeping the law, the law in fact is not kept. We are to keep the law as the way to enter a manner of caring for and relating to others that leads to fullness of Life. Our model for so doing is Jesus. To connect the gospel to our daily experience: we don’t choose to fall in love, it just happens. But staying in love requires constant choosing, that what just happened by chance and grace becomes pattern and commitment. The same is true for the fundamental law of self-giving, which is really a fundamental law of love.
Reminder of our Ash Wednesday Masses and Service & Lenten Parish Activities:
- Wednesday February 18, 2026, English Mass at 8AM; Bilingual Service at 12:15PM; and Spanish Mass at 7PM. All celebration will have distribution of ashes.
- Stations of the Cross begins on Friday February 20, 2026, at 6PM in Church.
- Lenten Reconciliation on Friday February 20, 2026, beginning after 8AM Mass until 10AM.
- Don’t forget to purchase Friday Fish Meal in advance beginning on Friday of February 20 serving from 5PM till 7PM to dine in or to pick up.