Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - 9am
Channel: OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC CHURCH
Date: 2023-02-19

THEME OF THE SUNDAY: Be as Your Father! 
It is important to link the gospel of today with the first reading which speaks of the need to be holy because God is holy. The book of Leviticus specifies the “holiness” that the Lord demands: not a show of religiosity, but love for one another. The gospel tells us that holiness consists in being like the Father . . . with all the practical consequences that flow from our being his children. The second reading replies to the objection, “But isn’t what Jesus proposes sheer madness?” Yes, it is foolishness for humans, but it is “wisdom” for God.