Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Family and also the feast of Humble Shepherds in the PNCC.
The feast of the Holy Family is very meaningful for us today. We see a lot of crises in our life which coming from the bad formed Families. Today We need new power of love for our own Families. This is the reason that the Church offers us the good example of the Holy Family, where the obedience and the love is the priority.
From the other hand we have the feast of the Humble Shepherds concentrate our caution on our mission of evangelization – to be the new apostles of Jesus Christ our Savior in our modern world.
The Eucharist is like the meeting of the shepherds with the Baby Jesus and His Mother and his Father. We are the humble shepherds we got the divine vision of angels. We hear that voice of Gloria and we follow it to the manger. Here and now in this church we can meet in person with our God and Savior.
“Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee…”
Holy Masses
December 28, 2025 – Christmas – Holy Family
HC 10:00 AM for +Joe Bonafede from The Aldrich Family
January 4, 2026 – Christmas – Three Kings
HC 10:00 AM for ++Ed Macek, Bobby Krieger, Jachim Family and Macek Family from Genevieve Macek
Announcements
- After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the homes.
- My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Thanksgiving and Christmas 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.
- Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point.
- Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org
- Like us on Facebook and give hint of it to your relative and friends. Share the Good News about our Church.
- Do you have anyone of any reason or life event you would like to pray for – Please see Fr. Andrew.
- “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness Is love. .” (Mother Teresa – A simple path.)
- “Want to keep Christ in Christmas?
- Feed the hungry, Clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the stranger and the unwanted child, care for the ill, love your enemies, and go to Holy Mass (from Future direction PNCC Committee)
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 is the new Moses (savior for God’s people).
Moses’ story: Pharaoh killed all male Hebrew children, but Moses was saved. The young Moses killed an Egyptian and fled. When Pharaoh died, Moses returned.
Jesus’ story also has the killing of children, fleeing, and returning.
Reflections
- How did Joseph feel about the whole event?
First, having a wife pregnant by someone else; then any preparations he had made (as a carpenter, probably he made a crib and some furniture for the child) was scrapped for the trip to Bethlehem, then another tired and unexpected trip all the way to Egypt; and then a return to some place other than home for the rest of his life. (John Kavanaugh, in America Magazine.) - How did Mary feel? And Jesus? And the others around them?
- If you have experienced an ordeal of escaping for your life leaving behind your loved ones; in your position as a father, a mother or a child, what have you done to strengthen your faith or your family?