Greetings in Christ and welcome to the first Sunday in Lent!
I was absolutely blown away and touched by the sheer volume of people at the Ash Wednesday Masses…God bless your faithful, beautiful hearts.
All during Lent this year, we will be preaching on the themes of Corporal and Spiritual works of Mercy. We started praying about this literally last June, asking Jesus where He wanted us to go in Lent of 2025. This seemed to be where he was/is taking us.
Week One, we will be looking at four of the Corporal Works of Mercy:
· Feed the hungry
· Clothe the naked
· Shelter the homeless
· Give alms to the Poor
These four ideas we will preach under the banner “Concern for the Poor.”
I look forward to Jesus blessing and guiding us during this Lenten Season. A couple of notes to make our Lent Confessions work best:
It’s important to get to confession if you can during Lent. Our goal is to have three priests at every confession time we offer during this season because we weren’t able to offer our usual 12 hours of confession.
To that end, please be conscious of the time. Try to get there at the start of the confession times and keep in mind that we are not always free to stay longer than the times we offer them.
On Wednesdays, we start confessions at 5 and have to end them at 6.
On Saturdays, we start confessions around 8:30 and end them at ten.
With three priests working each time, we should be able to get everybody taken care of.
Thanks so much, everyone. By God’s grace, we will make this the Best Lent Ever.
I love being your priest
Fjk