Dear Brothers and Sisters,
During the season of Lent the Church reflects on the story of salvation, especially in considering how God saved His people in the history of the Old Testament. God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and through Moses gave them the Ten Commandments. He made a covenant with His people saying that He would bless them if they followed Him. One of the main features of the history of Salvation is not just God’s love and goodness, but also of His people’s rejection of His love. Time and time again God would save His people and time and time again they would turn away from Him. The season of Lent is a time for recognizing that the story of God’s people is also our story. God has blessed us and yet we turn away from Him and sin. This is why we needed a savior, because we cannot save ourselves.
As we move onward towards the celebration of Easter, may God open our eyes to see the greatness of His love and may we know the joy of His salvation.
Those of you who attended our Lenten Penance Service will know that for a variety of reasons the two other priests that were scheduled arrived late. Many of you had to wait some time to receive confession and some of you left not having received confession. I sincerely apologize for this. In order to accommodate those of you who would like to receive the sacrament of reconciliation, I will be extending our regularly scheduled times for confession. Between now and Easter I will hear confessions from 3:30-4:30 on Saturday afternoons and from 5:30-6:15 on Tuesdays before the evening Mass.
Please read the important update from Archbishop Hebda about the archdiocesan bankruptcy process which is inside the bulletin.
God bless,
Fr. Tony