Our Lent started in earnest last night with the reappearance of the stomach bug I thought we had conquered. Sigh. No Mass for us today. I live in fear of giving a virus to an elderly or immune compromised person so I tend to hunker down when there is a viral type thing in the […]

"On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord’s tomb, meditating on His suffering and death. The altar is left bare, and the sacrifice of the Mass is not celebrated. Only after the solemn vigil during the night, held in anticipation of the resurrection, does the Easter celebration begin, with a spirit of joy that […]

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do! Luke 24:34

Nos autem gloriari oportet in cruce Domini nostri Iesu Christi,in quo est salus, vita et resurrectio nostra per quem salvati et liberati sumus. Father,by the power of the Holy SpiritYou anointed Your own Son Messiah and Lord of creation;You have given us a share in His consecrationto priestly service in Your Church.Help us to be […]

"Lent is the time for entering into oneself. It is the period of the particular intimacy with God in the secrecy of one’s own heart and conscience… Lent is essentially an invitation to conversion." ~ Pope John Paul II "The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed […]