Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ the last Sunday of Christmas Season and the first Sunday of the Ordinary Time at the same time.
When Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, just as John had baptized the other people. Jesus saw that his task was to save people from their sins and change the world. He himself was without sin, but he made himself one with the people in their weakness. And then God confirmed him in his task by saying: “This is my beloved Son.”
When we were baptized, we expressed, through our parents and godparents, that we had become one with Jesus and with his mission. Since that day we share with Jesus in his task of serving and saving the people. If we do so, then God can tell us too: “you are my beloved son or daughter.”
Holy Masses
January 9, 2022 – The Baptism of the Lord
HC 10:00 AM for +Bobby Krieger from Genevieve Macek
January 16, 2022 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
HC 10:00 AM for ++Józefa and Stanisław Figiel from John Figiel
Announcements
- Thank you for your donation on Christmas. Thanks for the cookies for Carolers.
- Thank you for your help on Christmas Food Sale. God bless you.
- After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the homes.
- Evangelization is in no small part about accessibility. Make your parish accessible; make the extra effort. Like the young Samuel, let your first priority be a basic one: Open the temple doors.
- Our conscience is enlightened and it looks out upon a vastly widened horizon. We are able to see far nobler possibilities for the exercise of our freedom because we have grown in charity and because we are enriched in divine grace, we find in ourselves the power to attain ends that had been beyond us before. (Thomas Merton – No Man is an Island)
- My Warmly Thank You to all of the people who remember of me and my family by the presents and the donations. Be sure that you are in my prayers before the Alter.
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.
Am I spending time in His presence?
Everything depends on this.
(Andrew Murray – Treasures of Wisdom)