Happy Laetare "Rejoice" Sunday!

Posted by Brian Myers on 3/29/25

The Fourth Sunday of Lent marks the halfway point of the Sundays of Lent. Easter is enticingly near! Our parish has further reason to rejoice! This year marks the forty-fifth anniversary of our founding (1980-2025). We began to anticipate this with the offering of a new parish photo ... Read More »

The Scrutinies

Posted by Brian Myers on 3/21/25

For the next three Sundays (at the 9 am liturgy), we will celebrate the Scrutinies for our elect, Samantha Starkey. These rites reveal both what is weak, sick, and sinful in the hearts of the elect so that it can be healed, and what is honorable, strong, and ... Read More »

Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving

Posted by Brian Myers on 3/17/25

Purification of Spirit through Fasting and Almsgiving

The age-old disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are to mark our Lenten journey. During the season of Lent, there are four options the celebrant may choose from for a Preface (the prayer prayed before the Eucharistic Prayer). In the third ... Read More »

Momento Mori

Posted by Brian Myers on 3/08/25

Remember Your Death

The season of Lent. The word lent comes from the Old English lencten, meaning springtime. In Germanic languages, a derivation of this word is still used to refer to springtime. Other languages use much clearer terms such as “The Forty Days” and “The Time of Fasting.”

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The Season of Lent

Posted by Brian Myers on 3/01/25

A Campaign of Christian Service

“The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter” (Ceremonial of Bishops, 249). Through its two-fold theme of repentance and baptism, the season of Lent disposes both the catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the ... Read More »