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.