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St. Casimir's Parish
Polish National Catholic Church
268 Lakeview Avenue - Lowell, Massachusetts 01850 USA
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James Obara, Esther & Mary Riopelle, Carol Martin, Lisa Prince, Gloria Bergman, Carol Mason, Father Gus Sicard, Richard Ferus Proctor, Arlene Strazzulla, Jeanne Franzn, Nona Bilionis, Cathy Kirschbaum, Marcy Szczepanik, Bp. John Mack, Katherine Gnat, Harrison McKinstry, James Strazzulla, Harry Cullinan, Helen Rogers, Eugene Leczynski, Stanley Sepiol, Father Adam Czarnecki, Father Senior Joseph Soltysiak, Nate Rosario, Carol McNiff, Jennifer Sheehan, Kayla Tanguay, Joshua Bakx, Danny Roberts, Barbara Chappel and Brittany Larkham, William Kucharski, Janice Daviault, Ben Marek, Rosalynn Owens, Brett Kraz, Gina Pellegrino, Alessandra Ventura, Dolly Normand, Kevin Frawley, Marilyn Folcik, Ann Platt, Corinne Berube, Flora Radziunas, Peter Willis, Krissy Toth, Ted Kostzewski, Janet Dadoly, Colton Bouchillon, Jack Kirschbaum, Diane Becchetti, Judy McNeil Anita Tuozza, Maureen Carabino, John Gibson, Jonasz Tenus, Richard Salach, David Cyr Sr., David Cyr Jr., Brock Borton, Joyce Normand, Arlene Swantek, Beata Mazur, Beth Koules, Doug Capsilors, Marie Griffin, Judy McNeill, Sharon Rittuci, Kerrie Garvey, Dr. Bert Quirbach, Bp. Paul Sobiechowski, Celia Menzia, Sophie Kosidlo, Debbie Charette, Nathan Strazzulla, Kathryn Ricard, Charlotte Cole and Renata Wos.
Plans for our annual Homecoming celebration are already being made! The event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 at our parish center. This year we are offering a buffet dinner of baked stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls and butter, and delicious puddings for dessert.
Appetizers will be served starting at 4 PM, followed by dinner at 5 PM. A raffle and short program will follow.
Donations of simple, ready-to-eat appetizers would be appreciated.
Tickets are $10 per adult or $20 for parents with small children. Santa Claus will be our guest! See a member of our parish to reserve tickets soon as our Homecoming Dinner sells out fast.
33 Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Gospel: Mark 13:24-32
Always at the end of the Church Year, we hear these readings speaking of the end of time, the judgment and God’s love for us. We should never be dismayed. Even scientifically, the world will have an end. Whether we shall destroy our world before it comes to a natural end is another question. This seemed really possible and imminent a couple of decades ago. Today we tend to trust that political negotiations will not end in a nuclear holocaust.
Why the end of the world? Because speaking of the end of the world makes us much more aware of the question of a life beyond our death. Lots of people no longer believe in these. Lots of people in the time of Daniel also did not believe in life after death. Scripture begins with a dim awareness of God’s creation and God’s love for us. In time, there seems to be a growing understanding that there is a life beyond death. By the time of Jesus we hear of this division between the Pharisees and Scribes, who seem to believe in a life after death, and the Sadducees who deny such a resurrection.
So as we come to the end of the year, we are challenged to believe in resurrection. Followers of Jesus believe in resurrection, both His and our own. The reading from the Book of Daniel is from that part of the book that believes in a life after death: Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.
The Gospel of Mark which we have today speaks of the judgement because it speaks of choosing the elect. Not all are chosen. It is a question of how we live. Always in our Christian tradition there is belief in the existence of Hell, even if we do not have to believe that anyone is actually there. This possibility that we might choose eternally against God shows the incredible gift of freedom that God has given to us. True freedom is in choosing God and walking in His way. But there is still that freedom that takes us away from God and leads to Hell.
The second reading today, from the Letter to the Hebrews, tells us that Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God. Jesus has saved us. Yet in order for us to receive salvation, we must believe. That never means that we must believe in a way in which others can recognize our believe, but in a way in which Jesus, who sees our hearts, can recognize our belief.
My sisters and brothers, we have one life to live and it ends in death. There is life after death in Christ Jesus if we accept Him as our Savior. The end of the world is coming. Our death is coming. Let us choose life and the Lord Jesus.
Homecoming Dinner
Come, Worship With Us on Sunday
You are invited to join us at 10:00 on any Sunday morning to attend Mass at our church. No matter your background, ethnicity, or denomination, we don't look at that. Just people with good will looking for some place to fill out their souls. If you need comfort, a place to pray, this is the place. We do not judge—it's not up to us to judge. All are welcome.
The Mass liturgy is celebrated in English and booklets are available for you to follow the service in comfort. Please come and worship along side the friendly people of St. Casimir’s.
A Special Announcement...
We are very thankful for the response we have received from our websie readers! In the very short period of time since we created our site, we have received many messages from you via the Contact Us page with comments and questions about our activities, and requests for information about our church, our cemetery and the PNCC in general. How wonderful that is! Thank you very much.
We would like to apologize, however, for our failure to keep the site current. We have a lot going on at St. Casimir's and our volunteer parishioners are really very busy. We are working on a plan to maintain the website on a more current schedule and ask your indulgence. In order to make the site even more interesting, we are in the process of redesigning it as yu will see in the coming weeks....please send us your comments as we progress.
Rev. Andrzej Tenus
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