5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 4th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The Ordinary Time which is our time in the salvation history of the Church gives us the short lessons of our Christian daily lives. Our example for being the good Christian is simply our master Jesus Christ. And we have to understand his mission and his duties; to do the same in our daily lives. Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the Kingdom of God, he healed the physical diseases and spiritual illnesses and first of all he prayed.

The Eucharist is the proclamation of the Gospel, it is the great healing of our illnesses, it is also the communion with Christ and it is first of all the biggest prayer. The Eucharist is the daily life of Christ in the pill and also it is the Christian life in the same pill, but we have to remember that this life is not finish only on the weekly Mass. The Christian life is the daily duties of Christ in the areas of our activity. We have to be the real Christ in our life around us and we have to prove our life simply by the participation in the Eucharist.

Holy Masses

February 5, 2012 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

February 12, 2012 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Frank Wiatrowski from Theresa Wiatrowski

 

Announcements

  • After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home.
  • The annual meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish will be conducted Sunday, February 26, 2012, 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.)

 

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.

4th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 28th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

In the ordinary period of our lives we have to remember about the main source and the author of our existence and look more closely on Jesus Christ as our Super Star. We really worship him in the Mass, we praise Him in every our prayer and we see Him doing the marvelous things when we practice the commandment of love in our daily lives. Jesus astonishes us when we will hear Him, because He has the authority and the power above everything – because He is God. He is changing our lives for good when we give Him our own permission to do that.

The Eucharist is the time when we hear the Gospel of Jesus and we participate in the biggest miracle on the world – changing the bread in the body of Christ, and changing the wine in his blood, and after this we go on to our own homes, jobs and rest areas to proclaim the Good News with the authority of the divine teacher.

Holy Masses

January 29, 2012 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Daniel Calvin Funk from Denice Funk

February 5, 2012 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

February 12, 2012 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Frank Wiatrowski from Theresa Wiatrowski

Announcements

¨      My Warmly Thank You to all of the people who remember of me and my family by the presents and the donations. Be sure that you are in my prayers before the Alter.

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point (Also thank you for the cookies.) and in Christmas Luncheon.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home.

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.

Reflections

What are some of my evil spots that Jesus needs to heal with his words and deeds?

3rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 21st, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

On this Sunday Christ proclaims that we have to repent to enter the Kingdom of God.

And from the other side the Sunday scripture readings are talking about radical discipleship. And by radical discipleship I mean something much more than just following Jesus in a pedestrian sort of way. I mean something much more than only talking about Christ; more doing his holy will.
All of us experience the call of Christ to be his disciples; if we didn’t then not one of us would be here in this Church today. For many of us this call of Christ was mediated through our families and teachers; we were brought up in a believing family and absorbed the faith along with our mother’s milk.
 The Eucharist is like the “big charging” of “our inner battery” of Christian life. Here and now we have the explanation of the word of God and we have the tangible food for our spirit – the Holy Communion.

Holy Masses

January 22, 2012 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski & +Rev. Louis Victor from Denice Funk

January 29, 2012 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Daniel Calvin Funk from Denice Funk

Announcements

¨      My Warmly Thank You to all of the people who remember of me and my family by the presents and the donations. Be sure that you are in my prayers before the Alter.

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point (Also thank you for the cookies.) and in Christmas Luncheon.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home.

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.

One Main Point

A new world (the Kingdom of God) has arrived. That new world comes in the person of Jesus. We are asked to respond by changing our way of life, and to follow Him.

2nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 13th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

We start once again the Ordinary Time which is the special period when we receive teaching concerning ourselves, because Ordinary Time is our time in the whole History of Salvation. Today we have a call like Andrew and the other disciple, John. We need to recognize and to realize this call as the voice of God who speaks directly to us. We have to go and make disciples for God, make our relatives and friends the company of Jesus Christ – this is the simple task of the Church as a community of believers.

The Eucharist, which we now celebrate is our help: from one side there is the explanation of the word of God and from the other the real meal to help us to do the will of God in our own lives.

Holy Masses

January 15, 2012 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Thelma Hutson from Michael Rachuba

January 22, 2012 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

January 29, 2012 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Daniel Calvin Funk from Denice Funk

 Announcements

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point (Also thank you for the cookies.) and in Christmas Luncheon.

¨      Thank you for your donation on Christmas and for the flowers donation for our Church.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home. Please think over it.

 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.

 One Main Point

John the Baptizer came “so that all might believe through him.” (1:7b) Through him, the first believers came to Christ.

SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (THREE KINGS)

January 7th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Today we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord. This is the Solemnity when God reveals His deity to us and to the whole World.

We see this incredible scene in the picture of three wise men – Magi or Kings who were seek God and they found him in the form of the small baby in the manger in Bethlehem.

This behavior of that three wise men, which in the polish tradition we call them Kacper, Melchior and Baltasar, is very close to every person who wants to find Jesus Christ in his or her own life.

Therefore in the polish tradition we mark the door of our home with their names to remember that every step is for the finding our Lord Jesus Christ on the way through our own lives. (The mark for the door: +K+M+B+2012+)

The Eucharist which we now celebrate is like the bus stop on our way to haven where we see our goal – Jesus Christ and after Holy Mass we try to bring him into effect by the commandment of the love to each of our neighbors.

Holy Masses

January 08, 2012 – Epiphany of the Lord

10:00 AM for +Eirwen Wisniewski

January 15, 2012 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Thelma Hutson from Michael Rachuba

January 22, 2012 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

 

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

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point (Also thank you for the cookies.) and in Christmas Luncheon.

¨       Thank you for your donation on Christmas and for the flowers donation for our Church.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home. Please think over it.

One Main Point

THE REVELATION OF GOD TO THE WORLD.
The Magi from around the world search for Jesus and pay him homage, while Herod only pretends to do so. At the beginning of the Gospel, these Gentile Astrologers point to the conclusion of the Gospel, when the disciples pay Jesus homage, and Jesus told them to “make disciples of all the Gentiles.” (28:17-20)

Reflections

  1. By what signs do I recognize Jesus? How do I feel when I recognize these signs? Then what do I do?

SOLEMNITY OF THE HOLY FAMILY; SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD; SOLEMNITY OF HUMBLE SHEPHERDS

December 31st, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Family, the Blessed Virgin Mary – Mother of God and also the feast of the Humble Shepherds. The feast of the Holy Family is very meaningful for us today. We see the crisis of the Families today and we need a new power of love for our own Families. This is the reason that the Church offers us the good example of the Holy Family, where the obedience and the love is the priority.

From the other hand the feast of the Humble Shepherds concentrate our caution on our mission – to be the apostles of Jesus Christ our Savior in our modern world.

The Eucharist is like the meeting of the shepherds with the Baby Jesus, His Mother and Joseph. Here and now we get the wisdom of our heavenly Childhood.

Holy Masses

January 01, 2012 – Holy Family

10:00 AM for +James L. Otto & Helen A. Otto from James L. Otto Jr.

January 08, 2012 – Epiphany of the Lord

10:00 AM for +Eirwen Wisniewski

January 15, 2012 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Thelma Hutson from Michael Rachuba

January 22, 2012 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

 Announcements

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point.

¨      Thank you for your donation on Christmas and for the flowers for our Church.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home. Please think over it.

 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.

Merry Christmas!!!

December 25th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

I extend to you and your families our very best greetings.  I wish you a most blessed, happy and fulfilling Christmas experience.  May the Child Jesus, the Eternal Son of God Who was born at Bethlehem grant you His peace, love and joy. 

Merry Christmas!

Fr. Andrzej and Holy Cross Community

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD – Christmas

December 25th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Christmas is finally here. During all four weeks of Advent we have been waiting and praying for the coming blessings of Christmas. And Christmas is present here and now, in our Family, in our Church, in our Community and in our hearts.

In this Holy Mass which we now celebrate, Christ two times is born within us: He will be born in the Liturgy of the Word as the everlasting Word of God and he will be born in the Liturgy of the Eucharist as a bread of the life. These two comings of our Lord we celebrate in each Holy Mass, therefore it is the time to understand that THE word CHRISTMAS is the combination of Christ and the Mass, therefore we are here to celebrate the Mass of Christ.

Holy Masses

December 24, 2011 – Christmas Eve

8:00 PM – for all parishioners living and death, also that who are not today with us, for ill parishioners

December 25, 2011 – Christmas Day  

11:00 AM – for all parishioners living and death and for all Donors and Sponsors

January 01, 2012 – Holy Family

10:00 AM for +James L. Otto & Helen A. Otto from James L. Otto Jr.

 

Announcements

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point.

¨      Thank you for your donation on Christmas and for the flowers for our Church.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home. Please think over it.

¨      The Christmas Lunch will be on Christmas Day December 25 after Holy Mass at 11:00AM. Please provide for it some dishes – this is the lunch in the form of Potluck. Talk to Ewa.

Welcome Our Visitors – You will be loved at Holy Cross Church

Christmas Schedule

December 18th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Saturday –

December 24, 2011

8:00PM  Christmas Eve

 

Sunday –

December 25, 2011

11:00AM  Christmas Day

 

4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT – Peace

December 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

This Sunday precedes the Christ birthday as well. We have only one week to welcome Jesus Christ in our midst at Christmas. Today’s gospel gives us the example of Mary – the Mother of God. She is the perfect person prepared by God for his Son. But today we should follow her life in our own daily lives. We have to be the Mothers of Christ for our neighbors. This is the task for us on the coming of our Lord. Mary does not seek her own advancement , but rather places herself at the disposition of God saying that she is God’s handmaid. She answers God’s call with great generosity even though she does not yet fully understand His message.

The Holy Mass is the place where Jesus Christ is born for us on the altar of the Word and on the altar of the Eucharist. We have to be the Mothers of Christ to born – to make disciples of Christ for his Holy Church today.

Holy Masses

December 18, 2011 – 4th Sunday of Advent

HC 10:00 AM for +Leonard Kutrik & August Jagodzinski from Augusta Kutrik

December 24, 2011 – Christmas Eve

8:00 PM – for all parishioners living and death

December 25, 2011 – Christmas Day  

11:00 AM – for all parishioners living and death

The Announcements

¨       My warmly Thank you to all people who helped cleaning of the Church Dec.10. God bless you, the Church is ready for Christmas.

¨      Christmas Wafers – Opłatki. You can pick up them from sacristy. Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.

¨       Members of Holy Cross parish are invited to attend the East Baltimore Christmas Caroling which is to be held – on December 23rd at 7:00 PM (beginning in Polish Home). They will be in our Church around 7:30PM. All people are invited.

¨       We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.

¨       The Christmas and flowers offerings are accepted now. Thank you for your donation.

¨       +Marcy Crull Memorial Service will take place in Silver Spring, MD at Masonic Lodge (410 University Blvd., W., Silver Spring, MD 20901) on Sunday Dec. 18, 2011 at 2:00PM. Please pray for her: “Eternal Rest”.

¨       The Christmas Lunch will be on Christmas Day December 25 after Holy Mass at11:00AM. Please provide for it some dishes – this is the lunch in the form of Potluck. Talk to Ewa.

Welcome Our Visitors

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