Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Family and also the feast of the Humble Shepherds in PNCC.
The feast of the Holy Family is very meaningful for us today. We see the crisis of the Families today and we need a new power of love for our own Families. This is the reason why the Church offers us the good example of the Holy Family, where the obedience and the love is the priority.
The Holy Family illustrates also a healthy balance between obedience and freedom, but pain comes when that freedom seems to be abused.
From the other hand the feast of the Humble Shepherds concentrates our caution on our mission – to be the apostles of Jesus Christ our Savior in our modern world.
The Eucharist is like the meeting of the shepherds with the Baby Jesus and His Holy Family. Here and now, we get the wisdom of our heavenly Childhood
“He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them.”
I want to wish you and your loved ones:
May the presence of Emmanuel
fill your lives with abundant joy and peace.
Wishing you peaceful, warm and family oriented feast of Christmas
And good healthy condition and May God bless you in New Year 2025
Fr. Andrzej Bieganowski and Family
Holy Masses
December 29, 2024 – Christmas – Holy Family
HC 10:00 AM for better health for James J. Durkin Jr. and Jeannette Marchant from Helen Durkin
January 5, 2025 – Epiphany of the Lord
HC 10:00 AM for +Denice Funk from Dawn Funk
Announcements
- Thank you for your donation on Christmas. Thanks for the cookies for Carolers.
- Cordially Thank you for your help to prepare the Christmas Food Sale and on the event itself. God bless you.
- Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point.
- After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the homes.
- Every night before you go to bed you must make an examination of conscience (because you don’t know if you will be alive in the morning!)Whatever is troubling you , or whatever wrong you may have done, you need to repair it. (Mother Teresa – A Simple Path)
- 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.
- 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.
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
One Main Point
One must, at some point in life, mature spiritually into the providence of God the Father and discover his own unique relation with God.
Reflections
- Mary and Joseph nurtured the young Jesus spiritually so that he could reach the conclusion: “Did you know that I have to be in my Father’s house?” Reflect on your one journey of faith. Who has nurtured you spiritually, and how? How and when did you discover your unique place in God’s heart?
- A family is the primary place to nurture spirituality. Read Luke (2:21-40) and contemplate the care that Mary and Joseph had for Jesus during his childhood. Contemplate your own spiritual responsibility in your family: the obstacles, the doubt, and the mission in bringing up your own children so that they will be able to grow into the wisdom and love of God.