23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Labor Day

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Today we celebrate the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and Labor Day tomorrow.

This time we learn more about our discipleship for Jesus. We have to be as the athlete who in the Olympic Games has to fight for the ultimate rewards. The transposition of our attitude on that comparison is very meaningful: we are the people who need to fight so that we can win our whole life. We have to be sometimes against the people whom we loved to find the best at the end for our spiritual life. As an athlete we have to have only one point as a goal in our future – the salvation with Jesus Christ then we will be OK with everyone and everything around us.

The Eucharist is the time when we realize that we can sacrifice everything for Jesus Christ to be his disciples. From the other side we must assume that, as the needs arise, God gives to us whatever strength we will need when the time comes to do what needs to be done.

„Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”

Holy Masses

Sep 4, 2022 – 23th Ordinary Sunday

HC 10:00 AM for healing of Peggy Krieger from Jenny Macek

Sep 11, 2022  – 24th Ordinary Sunday

HC 10:00 AM for +Victorino Malabayabas from Timothy Ratajczak

Announcements

  • As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and `look for new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
  • Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org
  • 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.
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It is important, in the life of prayer, to be able to respond to such flashes  of aesthetic intuition. Art and prayer have never been conceived by the Church as enemies, and where the Church has been austere it has only been because she meant to insist on the essential difference between art and entertainment.. (Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)

If I seek fellowship with the Father, I will find Him in His word.

 (Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom)

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

Jesus challenges us to take up the demands of discipleship. It demands everything we are and everything we have.

Reflections

1 What are the costs of discipleship in my case? What possessions and relationships do I need to forgo? What to foster?
2 To the extent that I have been able to follow Christ, what results have I experienced? To the extent that I have shied away from following Christ, what have been the results?
3 What concrete steps do I plan for my life: staying the current course, or making specific changes? How will I be able to do it?

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