Today we celebrate the 3rd Sunday in Lent. The Lent is the time of preparation for the feast of Easter and it focuses our eyes on the spirit of repentance and deep conversion to meet Jesus in our life again.
Often we are not willing to listen to people who judge us or who look down on us. The people we can easily listen to and whom we can encounter from person to person are those who do not criticize us but respect us. Even though we have not always been the persons and Christians we should have been, we know that Jesus always treats us with respect and sees the potentials for good in us.
Let us ask our Lord in this Eucharist that we may treat one another with the same esteem as he shows us.
Holy Masses
March 15, 2020 – 3rd Sunday of Lent
10:00 AM for ++Walter and Helen Novak from Theresa Wiatrowski
March 22, 2020 – 4th Sunday of Lent
10:00 AM for +John L Edler from Jally Edler
Announcements
- We are in the Lent. In that season we learn more about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.
- The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. Please take the efforts to contemplate each week by yourselves in private. We will have it in Church on Good Friday 6:30PM.
- 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.
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A PRAYER in OUR TIME of the CORONAVIRUS
– O Jesus Christ, my Savior and healer, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.†At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.
Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from helping one another.
Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow. Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.
Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace.
Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help, who put themselves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace.
Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve. Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth.
Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace.
Jesus Christ, heal us.
The Coronavirus Prayer in Its Essence
(also one, in Tweet-able form)
Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.†At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, that we may experience your healing love.