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Monday, March 14, 2022
Today we begin what is typically referred to as ‘Holy Week’. It is a time set aside by the Church for us to commemorate the events of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection. Following are excerpts from the Ceremonial of Bishops, 1984, regarding these…
Monday, March 14, 2022
Mass is boring, isn’t it? Well, if we don’t understand what is going on it certainly seems to be. It’s not entertaining. We sit, stand, and kneel at various times, and half of it seems like we’re just watching the priest do his thing up there on the…
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
This Sunday, the 2nd Sunday of Lent, we always get the account of Jesus’ Transfiguration. An ancient tradition is that this occurred forty days before Good Friday. Jesus literally shines on the mountain as he prays: “While he was praying his face…
Friday, March 4, 2022
We are now here at the last ‘regular’ Sunday of Lent. Next week begins Holy Week with the celebration of Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday. I would highly recommend that you…
Friday, March 4, 2022
This Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday. The entrance antiphon for this Sunday in Latin is “Laetare Jerusalem” or “Rejoice, Jerusalem”. We are halfway through Lent now, and the Church gives us this Sunday to add in a little ‘rejoicing’. The…
Friday, March 4, 2022
This weekend at the 9am mass on Sunday, we celebrate the First Scrutiny with the elect. Who are the elect? These are the people who are preparing to enter our community at the Easter Vigil. Some have been baptized already and are the Candidates;…
Friday, March 4, 2022
This Sunday, as always on the 2nd Sunday of Lent, we have the Gospel reading of the Transfiguration.
Our opening song is a retelling of the Gospel narrative – “’Tis Good, Lord, to be Here”. We also here the story in a more modern rendition at…
Friday, March 4, 2022
You may have noticed some changes today or on Ash Wednesday when you came to mass. The environment is definitely different. All of the gold that can be removed has been; all the greenery is gone. We have gone back to using a simple wooden cross…
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
We have begun the season of Lent, but likely much of our attention is on the news concerning Russia’s unjust invasion of Ukraine. We pray for peace and for all those who have died and suffered in the war, especially the innocent. We are reminded how…
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to remove the wooden beam from our own eyes first so that we may see clearly, and only then are we able to even consider removing a splinter from our brother’s eye. Did you know your pastor is literally…