Today we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Advent. This Sunday is the Sunday of Love, by that we remember great love which God our Father gave us – and this special gift from God is Jesus Christ Emmanuel – God with us.
Today we will hear the Matthew’s Gospel in which he presents his account of Jesus’ divine origins annunciation according to Matthew. Unlike Luke, Matthew tells the story from the perspective of Joseph. It is Joseph who is distressed over Mary’s pregnancy, and it is he who has a dream, which resolves this matter. As one who hears God’s message in a dream, Joseph is connected with the patriarch Joseph who communicated with God in dreams (Gen 37:1ff), because Matthew is intent on showing how the Hebrew Scriptures were fulfilled in the story of Jesus the Messiah.
The Eucharist is the great thanksgiving to God for his perfect gift of love for us, which is Jesus Christ. When we come for the Holy Mass, we step in the mystery of God’s presence.
Holy Masses
December 18, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for ++James and Helen Otto from James L. Otto Jr.
DECEMBER 25, 2022 – SOLEMNITY OF CHRISTMAS – MASS DURING THE DAY
HC 11:00 AM – for all parishioners living and death
Announcements
- My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Holiday Polish Food Sale and around it. We did great job. The Sale was well done. The all visitors were very glad about the food and warm welcome.
- 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
- Thank you for your donations to the Cemetery Care Fund and All Souls Day prayer. God bless you.
- Like us on Facebook and give hint of it to your relative and friends. Share the Good News about our Church.
- The moral conscience, by showing us the way of obedience to the inspirations of actual grace, grasps and possesses as each moment of time the living law that is the will and love of God for ourselves. (Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)
- We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.
- The flowers offerings are accepted now. Thank you for your donation.
My hidden prayer life is inseparably bound up with united prayer.
(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
Our King, Jesus, Son of God, comes to dwell among us through such simple, struggling and heroic figures as Joseph and Mary.
Reflections
- What do I plan to do to prepare for the arrival of Jesus into my home and my soul this Christmas, coming in a few days?
- Have I grown from confusion to trust and enlightenment like Joseph, or to despair and withdrawal?
- How do I find the will of the Lord?