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10:00 AM | Sunday 
9:00 AM | Weekdays 
 (Except Monday)

St. Casimir's Parish 

Polish National Catholic Church

268 Lakeview Avenue - Lowell, Massachusetts 01850 USA

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for the sick, shut ins and those serving in our military. ​


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.

 




Palm Sunday


Isaiah 50:4-7 or Philippians 2:6-11; Gospel: Mark 15:1-39

“Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit.”  These words from the account of the Passion of Jesus Christ according to Matthew are so strong.  The Passion ends with death and darkness and the disciples in total confusion.  Palm Sunday always gives us the story of the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus.
Still we must listen to the other readings.  Isaiah tell us today that the Prophets could see this death but also could see the Messiah with these words:  “The Lord God is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.”  Jesus knows the Prophet Isaiah and lives out these words.  Jesus is able to embrace suffering and death with a confidence that God Himself, God the Father, will not let Him be put to shame, but will vindicate Him.  Jesus’ confidence in the Father was surely tested in the last hours of His life, but Jesus clings to His Father.
The second reading, from the Letter to the Philippians, also speaks of the plans of the Father for Jesus:  “Jesus humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”  Jesus dies for us.  In the midst of incredible sufferings, Jesus clings to His love for all people and clings to His will to save all.  We who suffer smaller pains in this life often find it difficult to offer our sufferings for anyone.
And so we come to the Passion once more.  We can listen to the struggle of Jesus and the struggle of His followers.  All of them knew the Scriptures, but only Jesus had a full understanding of what was about to happen.  The followers really could not believe that He would be put to death.  We are called to recognize that we are part of His followers.  Like them, we find it difficult to believe that He will die.  Even more difficult for us is to recognize that it is we who help put Him to death by our sin and our lack of love.  We must walk with Him today and in this Holy Week, acknowledging our sins and our lack of love and praying that He will raise us up with Him.


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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