3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

March 10th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

In the Lent we more pray, more fast and more make almsgiving. These three things of lent penance help us to understand our situation. Some times we realize our sinful position some times we are in the propaganda of our sin and we think that we are free from sins and we don’t need salvation. Today Christ is fighting against us, precisely against our sin, as He cleansed the mess from the Temple in Jerusalem. We need to make all part of our lives clear and open for Him, because he is our Savior.

The Eucharist is the place to meet Jesus in his Temple, to make the covenant with God on His 10 simple rules – the Ten Commandments. In the action of the Eucharist we hear His voice during the Word of God and we are in the communion with Him during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. We have also the right of voice to say our petition.

Holy Masses

March 11, 2012 – 3rd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for ++Edwina Macko, Helen & Edward Macko from Stefany Skleres Goffredi

March 18, 2012 – 4th Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Norma Victor (2 year anniversary of her death) from Denice Funk

March 25, 2012 – 5th Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for ++Lawrence Piwinski, Kathrine Piwinski, Michael Piwinski, Elzbieta Piwinski, Bertha Piwinski, Walter Potrzuski, Eva Potrzuski, Mary Stokowski, Vera Dobsakowski from Frank Piwinski

Announcements

  • We start the Lent. In that season we learn about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.
  • The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
  • The Agape Dinner will be on Holy Saturday. April 7 is the date for it. Please remember of it and provide for it some dishes – this is the dinner in the form of Potluck dinner.
  • If somebody wants to be a sponsor for the egg hunting prizes please let Fr. Andrew know of it.
  • As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and look for the new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
  • Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

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

Faith in Jesus: The disciples remembered what Jesus said and done, and “they believed in the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.” (v.22).

2nd SUNDAY OF LENT

March 3rd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The Lenten Season is the time for our preparation for the great mystery of our faith which is the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and our own resurrection. From the beginning of the Church this time was the very special preparation for baptism, which is the same as resurrection – the journey from the death to life.

The different ways of our lives lead us through the valleys and through the mountains. Today we have the meeting with God on high. He shows us on the mountain of the transfiguration how to pray. He also shows us how to trust him by the example of our father in faith Abraham.

The Eucharist is the great event with God /as the Transfiguration was. Here and now we pray to God with the assistance of Christ, we hear also the Word of God, which is the response of God to our prayers.

Holy Masses

March 4, 2012 – 2nd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

March 11, 2012 – 3rd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for ++Edwina Macko, Helen & Edward Macko from Stefany Skleres Goffredi

March 18, 2012 – 4th Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Norma Victor (2 year anniversary of her death) from Denice Funk

March 25, 2012 – 5th Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for ++Lawrence Piwinski, Kathrine Piwinski, Michael Piwinski, Elzbieta Piwinski, Bertha Piwinski, Walter Potrzuski, Eva Potrzuski, Mary Stokowski, Vera Dobsakowski from Frank Piwinski

Announcements

¨       We start the Lent. In that season we learn about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.

¨       The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.

¨       The Agape Dinner will be on Holy Saturday. April 11 is the date for it. Please remember of it and provide for it some dishes – this is the dinner in the form of Potluck dinner.

¨       If somebody wants to be a sponsor for the egg hunting prizes please let Fr. Andrew know of it.

¨       As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and look for the new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.

¨      Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

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.

1st SUNDAY OF LENT

February 25th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The new period of the Liturgical Year of Lent we started on Ash Wednesday. This period is very important for us because in this time we prepare ourselves by reflection and penance to the great feast of our salvation, which is Easter. Each year God gives us this season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery – the transition from death to the fullness of life in Christ.

The Eucharist is the strong power for our discipleship, in which we learn more about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These three things will accompany us during the Lenten season. They are the three things, which characterize the real spirit of penance, so close to us in Lent.

Holy Masses

February 26, 2012 – 1st Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Clara M. Wille from the family of Eleanor Valenti

March 4, 2012 – 2nd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

Announcements

  • We start the Lent. In that season we learn about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.
  • The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
  • 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.)

  • As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and look for the new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
  • Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

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 HolyCrossChurch.

Ash Wednesday is near…

February 21st, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Ash Wednesday Service

February 22, 2012

7:00 P.M.

 

The service will include the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist and

the traditional imposition of Ashes.

…for dust you are and to dust you will return…

Gen 3:19

The call for Annual Meeting

February 18th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

There is the invitation to The Annual Meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish - you will be very welcomed when you are the active member or you like to join Our Parish.

The date for it is February 26, 2012, right after 10:00AM Holy Mass.

You can be more involved in your spiritual life by governing your Own Church.

Sincerly Fr. Andrew – Pastor with Parish Committee

7th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 18th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The Ordinary Time is for us the simple guidance of the daily moments of our lives.

This Sunday gives us the example of being simply the good friend to our brothers and sisters in Christ. It is very easy to be the anonymous brother or sister to someone. It is very difficult to be the real friend, because the best friend is the person who knows you and helps you in the time of need.

Today we are going to Church for the Eucharist to meet Jesus who heals our body and soul. But we need the real friends who will introduce us to Jesus and who will carry us before his face. Because we are sick before God /as a paralyzed man from today’s gospel – we have sinned. And we need someone who will carry us to Jesus and who will surmount (przezwyciezac) great obstacles on our way to Jesus. We need the healing grace of God like air for life. And this is the main function of the community of the Church to bring us to Jesus. We can help each other in this duty very well…but we only have to want.

Holy Masses

February 19, 2012 – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for + Garfield Gorski

February 22, 2012 – Ash Wednesday

7:00PM for +Clara Wille

February 26, 2012 – 1st Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

March 4, 2012 – 2nd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Clara M. Wille from the family of Eleanor Valenti

Announcements

  • Ash Wednesday Mass will be on Wed. Feb 22, 2012 at 7:00PM. We will start by that the Lent Season.
  • The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
  • 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.

St. Valentine’s Day

February 14th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Valentine’s Day. We’re so grateful to be with members & sympathizers like you. If you have any questions or need anything at all, call or email us anytime.

Fr. Andrew with the Holy Cross Parish

6th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – St. Valentine’s Day

February 11th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The Ordinary Time is for us the simple guidance of the daily moments of our lives.

Next Tuesday we will celebrate the feast of love – St. Valentine’s day; we will send cards and give presents to the persons whom we love.

This Sunday gives us the example of difficult behavior of Jesus to the very sick person. He met the leper – the person who was sick with the disease, which was defined as the sickness of the unclean before the God and he cured this person with love and he sent him to the priest to prove his cleanliness.

Today we are going to Church for the Eucharist. It is like the first step of the leper toward Jesus. We are unclean before God because, we have sinned. And he will clean us from our spiritual diseases. Now we have to regard ourselves as a sin person and ask God: “If you wish, you can make me clean.” And response of Christ during today’s Mass will be: “I do will it. Be made clean”.

Holy Masses

February 12, 2012 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Frank Wiatrowski from Theresa Wiatrowski

February 19, 2012 – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Clara M. Wille from the family of Eleanor Valenti

February 22, 2012 – Ash Wednesday

7:00PM for +Clara Wille

February 26, 2012 – 1st Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

 

Announcements

  • After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home.
  • Ash Wednesday Mass will be on Wed. Feb 22, 2012 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 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.

 

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?

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