Lent is just about upon us and with that we are called to enter into a 40 day season to prepare us for Easter.
We will start the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday, February 26. This is not a Holy Day of Obligation, but is a perfect way to enter into this season. Masses for that day will be 7am, 8:30am, 6pm, and 7:30pm (Spanish). We will also have an Imposition of Ashes liturgy at 12:15pm, this will not be Mass.
During the season of Lent we should make use of the sacrament of confession. On Ash Wednesday I will hear confessions at 8am and 7pm until the last person in line makes their confession. We will also have our Lenten penance service on March 10 starting at 7pm.
I also invite you to attend out Friday activities. It was Friday in which our Lord died upon the cross to save us from our sins and open the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven. On this day we will have a special 5:30pm Mass and Stations of the Cross at 7pm. The Knights of Columbus will also offer their Lenten fish fry following Mass until the start of the Stations of the Cross.
I also want to highlight our Lenten Day of Recollection which will be February 29 on the topic of “Fast in order to Feast.” This will start following 8:30pm Mass and stretching until 12:30pm. This time will include a Holy Hour which will offer the opportunity for the sacrament of confession.
In Christ,
Fr. Dustin Collins
