Today we celebrate the 12th Sunday in Ordinary time. Daily lives coming to be our routine but in that time we have special meeting with God which is extraordinary event for us. During that encounter we can know better our Lord and give him our natural praise and worship.
Today Jesus speaks about the crucifixion as our way to salvation. Then he states what we must do to follow him. Take up our daily cross. The cross at its deepest level means forgiveness. To take up our cross means to accept forgiveness and to forgive others.
When we come for the Holy Eucharist each Sunday we pray to the Heavenly Father to shape our lives the same as his son. First of all we have to declare who is Jesus for us – we have to make our personal confession after that we have to keep the secret about His Messianic future and follow his way the same as the Station of the Cross. During the Holy Mass we ask Our Father who is in heaven for the blessing of our ordinary lives. And He really blesses us and loves us when He sees that we are similar to his son Jesus.
Holy Masses
June 23, 2013 – 12th Ordinary Sunday
10:00 AM – for +Lidia Dorogovcev from Nellie Dobrowolski
June 30, 2013 – 13th Ordinary Sunday
10:00 AM – for ++ Skweres and Eyering Family from Pat & Marge Feehley
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 HolyCrossChurch.
Announcements
¨     My Warmly Thank You to all of the people who helped with golabki yesterday. Be sure that you are in my prayers before the alter.
¨     As the members of our Church we are responsible for our past and future and we will pray and look for new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
¨     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.
¨     The Polish Festival will be held on on Saturday Jul. 20th at 11am – 10PM and on Sunday Jul 21st at 11am – 9PM in the Timonium Fairgrounds, we need the willing people for help to take the order, serve food and drinks, cook meals and help in main things. I dedicate the Polish Festival to Our Mother of Perpetual Care please pray to her on your daily basis.
¨     Because of the Festival due the Holy Mass on Sunday Jul. 21st will be at 8:00AM extraordinarily.
¨     Fr. Marcel Pytlarz will substitute me during three weeks of my vacation (July 23 – Aug 10, 2013). He will celebrate Holy Mass and when will be some problem and emergency please call him. The phone number is 202-835-8379. Please remember me and my Family in your prayers.
One Main Point
Confessing that Jesus is the Messiah, Son of the living God is an
important turning point for discipleship. Only with that grace that we
can deny ourselves and carry our own apostolic cross. Jesus invites each
one of us to carry the cross.
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Reflections
1 Write down the first thought that you have as an answer to this
question: Perhaps you have recited so many times the Creed of the
Apostles (or the Nicence Creed), for you who is Jesus?
2 Right after the confession of Peter about Jesus, He predicted for
the first time His passion, His death on the cross. Within this
pretext, reflect on Jesus’ mission and your own mission. Does your
mission also follow the way of the cross as Jesus’ did? As Jesus
said to Peter that it was the grace of God the Father that revealed
to him the true mission of Jesus, pray for the grace to discern
your mission in the will of God the Father.
3 Now, with a better concept about the mission of Jesus and yours,
let us go back to the first question and re-examine your confession
about Jesus. Listen to the words that Jesus reveals in your heart:
who do you believe that I am? How would your heart answer to Jesus’
invitation: Carry your cross and walk with me.