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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 18, 2026

 

 

JANUARY IS THE MONTH DEDICATED TO THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS

 

Monthly Challenge: “Living the Holy Name of Jesus” - Throughout the month of January, parishioners are invited to intentionally honor and invoke the Holy Name of Jesus in prayer, speech, and daily actions. After all, our parish carries this same sacred name as a patronal title. It is fitting that we observe it with special devotion. Put into practice some or all of the suggestions below.

 

Reverence for the Holy Name

• Make the Sign of the Cross slowly and reverently each time you pray.

• When you hear the Name of Jesus spoken in prayer or at Mass, bow your head in reverence.

• Avoid using the Holy Name of Jesus carelessly or as an expression of frustration.

The Name of Jesus in Prayer

• Pray the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus once a week (individually or as a family).

Witnessing to the Name of Jesus

• Perform one concrete act of kindness or mercy in Jesus’ Name (visit, call, forgive, serve)

• Each day, pause for one moment and pray slowly: “Jesus”

Allow His Name to bring peace, strength, and hope to your life and family.

 

On Wednesday, January 28, at 6:30 pm, we will have special service honoring and invoking the Holy Name of Jesus in Pocomoke. All parishioners are cordially invited, and light refreshments will be served in the parish hall at the conclusion of the prayers.

 

 

The Christmas season ended last Sunday. Now that everything is wrapped up, it seems appropriate to thank everyone who contributed in some way to make our observance of this great feast successful, beginning with those who decorated in Advent, worked with the Angel Tree, arranged and paid for St. Elizabeth to be power-washed, set up outdoor decorations and the cribs, sang in the Christmas choir, sent greetings or gave gifts to the parish and pastor, and those who helped to take everything down and put it away. God bless you all, and anyone we missed!

 

 

CCD MAKE UP DATE.  Because we had a snow day this year, we are adding a CCD date on March 22nd at 10:30am-Noon, the usual time.

 

 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FOOD DRIVE - We will be collecting food after all Masses beginning January 10th through February 8th. The Seton Center will distribute all food collected to those in need. Please bring what you can from the list and place it in the food collection boxes.  Thank you!

 

Peanut Butter      Canned Soup    Canned Fruit       Canned Vegetables     Canned Stew    Canned Fish                        Canned Beans Pasta               Rice                         Jelly                      Pasta Sauce       Juice Boxes        Mac and Cheese           Bottled Water    Tuna Salad Kits                   Condiments                      Granola Bars       

Unopened Baby Food and Formula                            Cracker Packs          Boxed Stuffing   Chicken Salad Kits              Shelf Stable Milk               All Pop Top Foods                    Canned / PKG Chicken and Tuna                Juice Bars          

Snack Packs        Boxed Cereal           Canned Meat

                                         

 NOTE: NO PERISHABLE OR EXPIRED FOOD ITEMS PLEASE.

 

 

THANK YOU to the Knights of Columbus volunteers who painted the parish hall this Wednesday!

 

 

CHECK OUT the parish website at https://www.hnjpocomoke.org/   Let us know if you have any questions or ideas.  Email them to: hnj7@hotmail.com

 

 

TODAY, JANUARY 18, we begin the week of prayer for Christian unity. Pray - even if only one Hail Mary per day - for Christians throughout the world to work together for a unanimous and theologically sound profession of the True Faith, and for the healing of old wounds and misunderstandings. Jesus Himself prayed at the Last Supper that all might be one.

 

 

PARISH TRUSTEES - Our current trustees, Maureen Brittingham and Joseph Sowinski, have agreed to serve another term in their positions. If anyone is opposed AND wishes to be a trustee and is willing to campaign for the position, please come to the parish office after the 9:30 Mass today and present your case. Otherwise, silence implies consent.

 

 

PLEASE remember in your prayers the sick of the parish, including Sallie Ridgway, Debbie Woolen, Amanda Panshoukian, Hope Carlson, Joe Bicknell, Maddeline West, Shawn Leahy, Dave Craft, Allison Kargas, Janice Grant, Lillian Herz, Rhonda Bain, Ellen Cimino, Ed and Mary Weatherby, baby Carter Harycki and his mother Claire Harycki, Jeff and Vivian Limbeck, and Rob Demaris.  

 

Pray fervently for peace in Ukraine, as deliberate attacks designed to cripple civilian infrastructure leave the elderly and children especially vulnerable to the cold and lack of running water. Pray for the people in Sudan, the Holy Land, and for lasting peace in Gaza, where innocent civilians have died in great numbers. Pray for those in other troubled areas of our world, that governments may pursue secure, true peace and justice, and for victims of violence everywhere, as we recall the most recent victims of violence in our nation and elsewhere. Remember the people of Venezuela and Iran and their current situation. Pray the rosary. Let us pray that the friendly and allied countries of Denmark and Greenland are not subjected to an act of unprovoked aggression from the United States. Remember the people and any of God's creatures suffering in the aftermath of various disasters, those who will be affected by bad weather and the cold, as well as all those suffering from human cruelty and neglect.

 

 

Fr. Dan

 

 

Collection totals 1/11, $3315.  Thank you!

 

 

CONFESSIONS

 

Saturdays: 3:25 pm - 3:45 p.m. at Holy Name

Sundays: 7:25 am - 7:45 a.m. at St. Elizabeth

Sundays 4:00 pm – 4:45 p.m. Spanish Confessions at St. Elizabeth

 

 

MASSES

 

HOLY NAME

 

Sat.   4:00 pm - +Balbino Tayag Jr. req. by Mike & Giannico

Sun.  9:30 am - Unity of Christians

Tues. 9:00 am - Private Intention

Wed.  6:30 pm - Rosary & Hour of Prayer

 

                         

ST. ELIZABETH

 

Sat.   5:30 p.m. - People of the Parish

Sun.  8:00 a.m. - Domestic & International Peace

          5.30 p.m. - Spanish Mass

Wed. 8:30 a.m. - Private Intention, followed by Adoration

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