1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT – Hope

/ From the Pastor, Parish Life / By

hopeToday we celebrate the 1st Sunday of Advent. The Advent Season begins the new Liturgical Year 2017 which makes us closer to our salvation. The topic for the Year 2017 is: “Lord bless our Parish with new members.”. It reminds us that only God can bring new parishioners to our Community. We can ask Him of that by our prayers, we can make some arrangements by bringing some people to the Church – but the last word of acceptance and desire is in God’s hands not ours. From the other side we ask for the blessing of our Parish not for condemnation and God can do that by multiply our numbers. Especially when we go for Holy Eucharist each Sunday we can feel the joy and we can say thanks to God by our worship. God is so good and gave us a lot of things, for that we have to say Great Thanksgiving – we do Thanks to God in the Perfect Way of being the disciple of Jesus Christ.

The first period of the Church Year – Advent helps us to prepare ourselves for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in our lives. At the beginning of this season we want to be the Church watchful and ready for the second coming of the Lord. An advent wreath can help us get back the real “Spirit” of that season. Each week we light one more candle to mark our faith journey into our own Meeting with the Lord. Today we light the first candle which we call the candle of Hope, because Jesus Christ is only our hope on the last day of judgement.

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Holy Masses

November 27, 2016 – 1St Sunday of Advent

HC 10:00 AM for +Stanisław Matysiak from Greg & Krysia Filipowicz

December 4, 2016 – 2nd Sunday of Advent

HC 10:00 AM for +Mary Rybak Groah from Marianna & David Frederick

The Announcements

  • My warmly Thank you to all people who helped us on the Polish Dinner and around it. We did great job. The Dinner was well done. The all visitors were very glad about the dinner. They see our Church as a friendly community and this is nice. I think that God first of all helps all people who are praying and working together for His Holy Church.
  • The November is the month of the prayer and remembrance for our departed brothers and sisters. My Thank You to all of the people who remember of the deceased from your Family and Friends in the Remembrances (Wypominki) 2016 and for all your donations. The prayer is the big help for them. Also the reminder for us that we are not alone in the cosmos. God bless you.
  • 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.
  • 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 Church in Baltimore, MD.
  • We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23rd.

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