LENTEN SEASON

As the Season of Lent is quickly approaching with Ash Wendesday on March 6th, we are called to dive deeper in our faith through prayer, fasting, and alsmgiving over the next 40 days of Lent.

As the Gospel of Mark (1:12-15) tells us, “…the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts;” we must then take these 40 days of Lent as Christ did, with the strength to battle our wild beasts as our prayers cry out to the angels. 

"Matthew writes, "...whenever you fast, do not look dismal like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show other that they are fasting. ...put oil on your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret." (6:16-18).

The only place you will find the 3 Pillars of Lent together are emphasised in the book of Tobit, "pray with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness" (Tobit 12:8), "it is better to give up alms that to lay up gold." Almsgiving is greater than prayer and fasting because it IS prayer, and it INVOLVES fasting .This form of prayer is "giving to God," Christ tells us that WHEN we give alms, we should not let our left hand know what our right hand is doing (Matthew 6:2-3). 

Open your hearts this Lenten Season to hear what it is the Lord is calling on your to bring to the Table. 

Weekly Mass Schedules:

Saturdays
5:30pm

Sundays
8:00am
10:00am

LifeTeen Mass
2nd Sunday each month at 5:00pm

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