December 15th, 2012 § § permalink
Today we celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Advent. This Sunday we call rejoice Sunday, because we are very close to the meeting with Jesus in the feast of Christmas, for that reason we use the pink color for the liturgy, we light the pink candle in the Advent Wreath. We fill the season of Christmas in our surroundings very well: in the stores, in the work even in our private homes. But we have to prepare ourselves on the coming of Jesus in our lives; not only our outside but especially our whole inside. In the deepest of our heart we ask ourselves: What we should do?
The Eucharist is the strait way to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus. During the Eucharist we repent and confess our sins, we hear the Word of God which give us the answer for our questions, we celebrate the Liturgy of the Holy Communion which is the food for our own and after this we start our mission to be the messengers as St. John the Baptist of the Good News to our neighbors in our private lives.
Holy Masses
December 16, 2012 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Precilla Rachuba from William Rachuba
December 23, 2012 – 4th Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for ++Julia & Walter Ruck, Helen & Frances Dwyer from Kathy and Bob Dwyer
December 24, 2012 – Christmas – Shepherds Mass
HC 8:00 PM for all parishioners living or death
December 25, 2012 – Christmas Day
HC 11:00 AM – for the growth of our Parish
The Announcements
¨ My warmly Thank you to all people who helped prepare the Church last Sunday. God bless you, the Church is ready for Christmas.
¨ Christmas Wafers – Opłatki; Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.
¨ Members and sympathizers of HC are invited to attend the Polish Christmas Caroling Through Fells Point which is to be held – on December 23rd at 7:30 PM (beginning in Polish Home). In our Church they will be around 8:00 PM All people are invited, we need every hand.
¨ HC- We need the cookies for the welcoming of the singers in our Church please bring it next Sunday.
¨ 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 what you can bring.
¨ Do you have anyone of any reason (for example: someone in Hospital) or life event you would like to pray for – Please ask and see Fr. Andrew.
Welcome Our Visitors
We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday!
December 8th, 2012 § § permalink
Today we celebrate the second Sunday of Advent. The time of awaiting Christ in the feast of Christmas and in our private lives, gives us the real person of John the Baptist, as an example of being like that. In the Gospel we will see him in the precise environment of time, place and living space. We see his three steps to be holier and closer with God. We have to follow his way to find happiness in our lives.
In the Eucharist, which we now celebrate we have the three steps of awaiting Christ by John the Baptist. 1. We go to the desert – we come to Church to find a place far from the noisy world, 2. We hear the Word of God – which realizes our sinfulness. 3. After Mass we proclaim this Word of God in our private lives by words, deeds and brotherly love. This is our way to salvation; this is our way to meet God.
Holy Masses
December 9, 2012 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +France & John Gierczak from Joyce Dabrowski
December 16, 2012 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Precilla Rachuba from William Rachuba
December 23, 2012 – 4th Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for ++Julia & Walter Ruck, Helen & Frances Dwyer from Kathy and Bob Dwyer
Announcements
¨ Members of HC are invited to attend the Polish Christmas Caroling Through Fells Point which is to be held – on December 23rd at 6:30 PM (beginning in Polish Home). All people are invited.
¨ Do you have anyone of any reason (for example: someone in Hospital) or life event you would like to pray for – Please ask and see Fr. Andrew.
¨ My source of power in prayer is the Vine. If I am the branches abiding in Christ, He will supply the power. (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom)
¨ Christmas Wafers – Opłatki – let Father know how many Christmas wafers we need for family’s vigil supper. Today will be blessing of the Wafers. Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.
¨ We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.
Welcome Our Visitors
We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor afterMass.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 atHolyCrossChurch.
December 2nd, 2012 § § permalink
Today we celebrate the first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the new Church calendar. Each year we start the same liturgical year, with the same feasts and the same periods, but we changed ourselves day by day. Thus we start the new liturgical year 2013, now. The topic or the mission statement for this year is: “Lord, All of my hope is in you!”- it means that we need put our whole hope and desire only in Jesus Christ, don’t believe and don’t look for different savior or news which make us far away from God.
The Eucharist is the time when we discover that Jesus Christ is really present and he teaches us how to meet him in our hearts. We need to extend this situation which we call meeting with the Lord for the rest of our daily time.
An advent wreath can help us to get back the real “Spirit” of the Advent season.
(The Advent wreath reminds us that Jesus is the true source of joy. The circular shape of the Advent wreath denotes that God’s Love for us will never end; it is everlasting. The evergreen is an ancient symbol of victory and glory. The lighting of the candles each week another is also very symbolic. For centuries, it has been a religious practice to represent Jesus, our Lord, by a burning candle “I am the light of the world”. Each week we light another candle to mark our faith journey into our own Advent.)
Holy Masses
December 2, 2012 – 1ST Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Pat Biscotti
December 9, 2012 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +France & John Gierczak from Joyce Dabrowski
December 16, 2012 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Precilla Rachuba from William Rachuba
Announcements
¨ My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Polish Dinner and around it. We did great job. The Dinner was well done and the atmosphere was unique. The all visitors were very glad about the dinner. They see our Church as a friendly community. I think that God first of all helps all people who are praying and working together for His Holy Church.
¨ Do you have anyone of any reason (for example: someone in Hospital) or life event you would like to pray for – Please ask and see Fr. Andrew.
¨ My source of power in prayer is the Vine. If I am the branches abiding in Christ, He will supply the power. (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom)
¨ Christmas Wafers – Opłatki – let Father know how many Christmas wafers we need for family’s vigil supper. Today will be blessing of the Wafers. Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.
¨ We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.
Welcome Our Visitors
We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor afterMass.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 atHolyCrossChurch.
December 17th, 2011 § § 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
December 10th, 2011 § § permalink
This Sunday continues the example of John the Baptist from last Sunday. It gives us the example not only for searching in our life for God, but mainly to recognize the Lord Jesus in our own lives and to make firm attitude of Christian within us.
For us it is very important to see the view of the prophet John, because he gave the testimony – witnessing to the fact that Jesus is the Messiah and that he, John, is not. John considered his role as one of preparing the way of the Lord, making straight the path through a conversion of hearts. And our role is the same today, to be The John the Baptist for others in our surroundings.
The Eucharist is the place where we recognize Jesus as our Messiah who is among us and we identify ourselves as Christians – his followers. We take Jesus to our lives and we go to the people who do not recognize him to share with them our own faith.
Holy Masses
December 11, 2011 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for + Clara & George Wille from Mike & Vicky Dodson
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
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
¨ My warmly Thank you to all people who helped cleaning of the Church yesterday. 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.
¨ HC- the 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 at 11:00AM. Please provide for it some dishes – this is the
lunch in the form of Potluck. Talk to Ewa.
December 3rd, 2011 § § permalink
Today’s Sunday offers us the example of John the Baptist for pointing on Jesus Christ to others around us. Our today’s situation is different: we don’t looking for God, more God is looking for us in our world. He calls us each time to change our hearts, especially in this Advent season and in this year. We are call to prepare the ways for the Lord, we have to make them straight, without potholes – that’s mean – we have to live according to the Ten Commandments and to the Commandment of Love. But God is very honest to us and He respects us and our doing. He is very gentle about our conscience and our free will.
The Eucharist is the place where we meet Jesus – it is like the desert where they live the godly people as St. John the Baptist. In this place when we go on in the prayer’s silence we can let God to find us in our private lives.
Holy Masses
December 04, 2011 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00AM for God’s blessing upon Zender, Jack, Quinn, Dexter Kaczorowski (grandsons) from Marianna & David Frederick
December 11, 2011 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for + Clara & George Wille from Mike & Vicky Dodson
December 18, 2011 – 4th Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Leonard Kutrik & August Jagodzinski from Augusta Kutrik
The Announcements
¨ My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Polish Dinner and around it.
¨ 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.
¨ On Saturday Dec 10th, at 1:00PM we cleaning and decorating the Church in Baltimore. Everyone is welcomed.
¨ +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”.
¨ HC- the flowers offerings are accepted now. Thank you for your donation.
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.
November 26th, 2011 § § permalink
What is all about Advent that makes this time so special? Preparation for Christmas is one thing, but that’s not all. Advent gives us a vision of our lives as Christians. Advent shows us the possibilities of our life.
Life is a continuous journey through time. A journey in cycles, like waves of the ocean, tides high and low and high again, on and on. Church liturgy clearly shows such a journey in faith, with a full cycle
covering three years and then it is repeated. Each liturgical year takes a look at seasons and scripture from different point of view; this year we will see the point of St. Mark – very short and very exactly.
This Liturgical year we will have in our mind the thought: Here I Am To Worship. Doing that we want to remember that every place especially the church is good to be there and to praise the Lord.
Holy Masses
November 27, 2011 – 1st Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for ++Eugene Przybylowicz, Alvira Przybylowicz, Stephen West, Antonetta West
from Eugene & Elvira Przybylowicz
December 04, 2011 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for God’s blessing upon Zender, Jack, Quinn, Dexter Kaczorowski (grandsons)
from Marianna & David Frederick
December 11, 2011 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for + Clara & George Wille from Mike & Vicky Dodson
The Announcements
¨ My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Polish Dinner and around it. We did great job. The Dinner was well done. The all visitors were very glad about the dinner. They see our Church as a friendly community and this is good. I think that God first of all helps all people who are praying and working together for His Holy Church.
¨ The November was the month of the prayer and remembrance for our departed brothers and sisters. My Thank You to all of the people who remember of the deceased from
your Family and Friends in the Remembrances (Wypominki) 2011 and for all your donations. The prayer is the big help for them. Also the reminder for us that we are not alone in the cosmos. Thank you.
¨ Christmas Wafers – Opłatki – Today we will bless them. You can pick up them from sacristy. Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.
¨ We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.
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.
