Ash Wednesday is a day where many people will put forth the effort to make it to Mass. During Lent, we abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays. We will fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. We will give up something for Lent. Why? The whole idea of doing any of this is to show what is going on in our hearts. Receiving ashes or abstaining from meat cannot save us. What does save us? It isn’t a question of what saves us but who! We are saved by Jesus through his loving act of giving himself to be crucified. We demonstrate our desire to be saved by making sacrifices. We make a sacrifice by giving up something important to us. Whatever we give up for Lent should be something important to us. By giving up something that we value we show that our faith is more important. I suggest you think about giving of your time in a way that can help you come to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Are you willing to give up some time that you spend on something else to spend time with Jesus? Here are some ideas on how you might spend some time with Jesus this Lent: * Attend daily Mass. If you can’t attend every day, could you make it once a week? Masses are 12:10pm on Mon. and Thurs. and 7:00am on Tues., Wed., and Fri. and last 25 min. * Attend Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 7pm. Celebrating the Stations of the Cross reminds us of what Jesus went through for us, what he gave up for us. Can you make time for Jesus? * Join a Small Christian community (SCC) for Lent. Contact Pat Meyer or Mary Edsall-Golway for more information * Each First Friday of the month, we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 7am Mass until Benediction at 11am. (During Lent: March 7 and April 4). You don’t have to be there the whole time. Maybe you could come for a few minutes. We also have a Communal Holy Hour on the First Saturday of the Month with Exposition beginning at 6pm. (During Lent, April 5). * If none of these are possible for you, I encourage you to find some time to pray at home, or you can always stop by church. It’s open 8am—3pm on Monday—Saturday. Peace, ~Father Jeff
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:32:12 +0000
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