Today we celebrate the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the time when we do ordinary things and we are expected by others to be the only ordinary people. This is the best time for thinking about matters, which need a special consideration, as the spiritual matters are. But we need also to have the careful mind to recognize the events, the things and the people which are the extraordinary.
The Holy Mass is one of that situation when we are extraordinary. We have the Liturgy of the Word when we consider the truth of our faith and we have the Liturgy of the Eucharist when we recognize our Lord and Master Jesus Christ in the form of ordinary bread and wine, which comes from heaven to feed us. We need only to be there present and involve in that situation with our heart, mind and all our forces.
Holy Masses
Aug 9, 2015 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10:00 AM for ++Sophie & Frank Koger, Helen & Ted Purcell from Pam and Bob Koger
August 16, 2015 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HC 10:00 AM for all parishioners living or dead
August 23, 2015 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
HC 10:00 AM for all parishioners living or dead
 Announcements
- Thank you to Fr. Marcel Pytlarz for the divine service and stand in place of me during three weeks of my vacation. God bless You Fr. Marcel.
- August, 18-20, 2015 Father will attend the Central Diocese Clergy Conference and Retreat in Mount Pocono PA
- Do you have anyone of any reason or life event you would like to pray for – Please see Fr. Andrew.
- We now start organized the Flea Market before our Church – at Fells Point Fun Festival (first weekend of October). If you have some things for it please bring it to the Parish Hall. Really thank you for it. Everyone is welcomed for the work and the help for this reason.
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.
Reflections
1 If you were one of the Jews and you knew well about Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph and Mary, what would be your reactions when you heard: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven?”
2 Recall your first Holy Communion, how did you feel when you received the Eucharist for the first time? Later on, do you still have the same feeling each time you receive the blessed Sacrament?
3 Why do we believe the Eucharist is really Jesus’ flesh?
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