Today we celebrate the thirty forth Sunday in Ordinary Time – the feast of Christ the King. This is the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year 2021. The whole Liturgy and especially the Gospel speaks of the kingship of Christ. He is our Lord and Master, He is our King. He was born and he lived to testify to the truth and this feast of Christ the King reminds us that each of us was born for the same reason: to testify to the truth. And what is the truth? Jesus Christ is the Truth. We need to recognize the fields of our life: where Jesus is the King who rules our lives and the fields where is not place for Him. We have to open these fields of our privacy for His beneficial grace. And give to him Thanks.
The Eucharist is the great Thanksgiving to God by Jesus Christ for our creation and our salvation. On Sunday before the Feast of Thanksgiving we want to thank God our Father through Jesus Christ our King and Lord, for our family, for our friends and any people who stay on our earthly way.
Holy Masses
November 21, 2021 – 34th Sunday in OT Christ the King.
HC 10:00 AM for + Russell Schneider
November 28, 2021 – 1st Sunday of Advent
HC 10:00 AM for +Helen Kazmarek from Timothy Ratajczak
Announcements
- On Sunday Dec. 19, 2021 we will have the Polish Christmas Food Sale in our Hall from 12pm till 5pm.
- Thank you for your participation in the Processionat our Holy Cross Cemetery on past Sunday. We prayed for The Commemoration Of All The Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)
- Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org
- Like us on Facebook and give hint of it to your relatives 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.
- 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.
- 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) 2021 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.
- We will read and pray for our departed (on 2nd and 4th Sunday of November).
- “We leave the good things of this world not because they are not good, but because they are only good for us insofar as they form part of a promise.” (Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)
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. Jesus is on trial. His values are on trial. I put myself in his trial scene. When was the trial? Where am I? Who am I? What am I?
2 How is Jesus my king?
3 Jesus came to testify to the truth, to show us God’s life. How do I belong to him? What is truth for me?
One Main Point
Jesus came to testify to the truth, and those who belong to him will listen to his voice. As professed Christians, our vocation is to accept this truth, which will transform our lives so we can recognize Jesus’ voice. In other words, our task is to be “enlightened” and Jesus is the source of our “enlightenment.”