Today we celebrate the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. When we come to the church every Sunday, we find ourselves in the Kingdom of Heaven and we praise God for the great privilege to be his sons and daughters. The honor to be the sons of God is the simple continuation of our discipleship for Christ. We believe in him; therefore, we follow Him in our private lives, and we can be accepted by God as the good and prudent stewards and more as good sons of God. It is only one requirement to deal with God fair, as a good manager does it.
The Eucharist is the good dealing with God. We come as sinners and beg for redemption in the sacrament of the penance at the beginning of the Mass. We hear the voice of God and his rules in the Liturgy of the Word. We go in the holy action in the Liturgy of the Eucharist and reunite with our Lord in Holy Communion. At the end we accept the deal with God and go further to make realization of it in our daily lives by our good and bold actions.
Holy Masses
Sep 18, 2022 – 25th Ordinary Sunday
HC 10:00 AM for healing of Rebecca Krieger from Jenny Macek
Sep 25, 2022 – 26th Ordinary Sunday
10:00 AM for departed members of the Polish National Union of America.
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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The Liturgy and the chant and Church art are all supposed to form and spiritualize man’s consciousenss, to give him a tone and a maturity without which his prayer cannot normally be either very deep or very wide or very pure. (Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)
- So you say you see. Do you know what you see and what to do with what you see?
(Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom )
- Others should imitate us only as far as we imitate Christ
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
Use our possessions wisely (serving the poor) so that when it runs out and when we are summoned to God in the final day, we will be received into God’s house.
Reflections
1 What are in my possessions? How do I manage them? When God summons me, what can I say?
2 When my possessions run out, what is left? Will the Lord receive me?