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Qué es la Cuaresma?
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Why Meatless Fridays?
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2nd Sunday
Transfiguration of The Lord
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Tiempo de Cuaresma
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3rd
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"The Living Water"
The Scrutinies
Examining Our Lives
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4th
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The
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Scrutiny -
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Week Four
Devotions
Lenten Practices
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5th
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Lazarus: "Come Out"
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Lent may seem like a gloomy season, a
time for ashes and
thoughts of mortality. We fast from certain pleasures and struggle to
become a more loving person. Doesn’t sound very cheerful. In fact,
Lent can seem like a lot of hard work.
Yet in the gospel for Ash Wednesday,
Jesus tell us, “When
you fast, do not look gloomy” (Matthew 6:16). Why? Because we know
that Ash Wednesday leads to the truth. The truth is the Resurrection of
Jesus has already happened and the gloom of death has been
defeated. So the question might be how can we not be joyful amid
such incredibly good news? Yet, the world in which we live is still in
darkness. Everywhere we look we see pain, war, hunger, violence,
sickness, greed, racism, sexism and injustices of all kinds.
It takes great faith to
be a joyful person amid this constant
bombardment of bad news in us and around us.Yet Jesus tells us not
to look gloomy. In fact we may even want to fast from gloominess,, that
is to fast from complaining, from looking at the dark side of things,
from
feeling sorry for ourselves, seeing our glass always half empty instead
of half full, whatever it is that keeps us from seeing God’s goodness in
our lives. There is a saying that the greatest sin might be failing to
see
the good in goodness.
As we enter this lent as
individuals and as a community, let us
renew our faith in the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. Let us
discover the good that surrounds us, let us work at doing the simple
things of life that keep us grounded in presence of our Creator. Let us
pray, ponder, reflect, discover and share the deep underlying joy that
Jesus Christ is with us now. Alleluia!
Jeanine Jensen
Pastoral Associate
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Lent 2008 -
Reflections by Parishioner Inma Gomez
Lent Sunday
Masses -
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Lent Scrutiny:
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Lent, which
comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten,
meaning “spring” is a time that seems marked
with particular rituals.
Scrutinies: Examining our lives
The
primary way that the Church assists the
catechumens (called the elect after the
celebration of the Rite of Election on the First
Sunday of Lent) in this conversion process
during Lent is through the celebration of the
rites called Scrutinies. These ritual
celebrations on the Third, Fourth and Fifth
Sundays of Lent are communal prayers celebrated
around the elect to strengthen them to overcome
the power of sin in their lives and to grow in
virtue. To scrutinize something means to examine
it closely. The community does not scrutinize
the catechumens; the catechumens scrutinize
their own lives and allow God to scrutinize them
and to heal them.
There is a danger in celebrating the Scrutinies
if the community thinks of the elect as the only
sinners in our midst who need conversion. All of
us are called to continuing conversion
throughout our lives, so we join with the elect
in scrutinizing our own lives and praying to God
for the grace to overcome the power of sin that
still infects our hearts.
Many
parishes today seek to surface the concrete
issues that the elect need to confront; these
issues then become the focus of the
intercessions during the Scrutinies. Some
parishes extend this discernment process to the
wider community so that all are called to name
the ways that evil continues to prevent them
from living the gospel fully. Even if the parish
does not do this in an organized way, every
Catholic should spend some time reflecting on
what obstacles to gospel living exist in his or
her own life. Then when the Scrutinies are
celebrated, we will all know that the prayers
are for us as well as for the elect.
Taking seriously this dynamic of scrutiny and
conversion gives us a richer perspective on
Lenten "giving up." What we are to give up more
than anything else is sin, which is to say we
are to give up whatever keeps us from living out
our baptismal promises fully. Along with the
elect we all need to approach the season of Lent
asking ourselves what needs to change in our
lives if we are to live the gospel values that
Jesus taught us. Our journey through these forty
days should be a movement ever closer to Christ
and to the way of life he has exemplified for
us.
Scrutinies and Penance
The
elect deal with sin through the Scrutinies and
through the waters of the font; the already
baptized deal with sin through the Sacrament of
Penance. The same kind of reflection that
enables all members of the community to share in
the Scrutinies can lead the baptized to
celebrate this Sacrament of Reconciliation to
renew their baptismal commitment.
Lent
is the primary time for celebrating the
Sacrament of Penance, because Lent is the season
for baptismal preparation and baptismal renewal.
Early Christian teachers called this sacrament
"second Baptism," because it is intended to
enable us to start again to live the baptismal
life in its fullness. Those who experience the
loving mercy of God in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation should find themselves standing
alongside the newly baptized at Easter filled
with great joy at the new life
God has given all of us.
From:
Catholic Online
FAQs About Lent:
American Catholic.org
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Lent:
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Holy Week :
TRIDUUM
The Three
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Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
March 20th
March 21st
March 22nd
The Eucharist The Crucifixion The Easter Vigil
Devotion
Devotion
Devotion
"These days
are particularly opportune to make more profound the
conversion of our heart to him who out of love died for
us."
- Pope John Paul II
April 7, 2004
Passion:
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Julie Billiart Parish
Holy Thursday – March 20th - English/Spanish
7:00 pm – Eucharist
Jueves Santo – 20th de Marzo - Inglés/Español
7:00 PM – Eucaristía
Adoración del Santísimo hasta la media noche
Good Friday – March 21st – English/Spanish
12 Noon – 3 pm – Three Hour Devotion
Stations of the Cross, Prayer, Meditation
7:00 pm – The Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord
Communion and Veneration of the Cross
Viernes Santo – 21st de Marzo - Inglés/Español
12 medio día – 3 PM – Tres Horas de Devoción
Estaciones de la Cruz, Oración, Meditación
7:00 PM –Celebración de la Pasión de nuestro Señor
Comunión & Veneración de la Cruz
Easter Vigil – March 22nd English/Spanish
8:00 pm – Vigil
Vigil begins on lawn behind the church
Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist
Vigilia de Pascua – 22nd de Marzo- Inglés/Español
8:15 PM –Inicio de la vigilia
Vigilia comienza en el área detrás de la iglesia
Bautismo, Confirmación y Eucaristía
Easter Sunday Mass – March 23rd
7:30 am
9:30 am – Outside behind Sullivan Center
(bring lawn chair or blanket)
9:30 am – Inside with Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
of Children
11:30 am
Domingo de Pascua – 23rd de Marzo
Horarios de Misa
7:30 AM
9:30 AM – Afuera, detrás del Centro Sullivan
(Traer su propia silla o cobija)
9:30 AM – Dentro, con Bautizo, Confirmación y Eucaristía
de los Niños
11:30 AM
1:00 PM - Misa en Español
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