Our 40 Day Lenten journey begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025
ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE:
7:00 AM ………. Fr. Isaac
9:00 AM ………. Fr. Gomez
12:00 PM (Liturgy of the Word) ……… Fr. Isaac
5:30 PM (Liturgy of the Word) ………. Msgr. Souckar
7:00 PM (Spanish) ………. Fr. Gomez
DAILY MASS: Monday - Friday: 9AM - English, 6PM - Spanish Saturday: 9AM English
STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday during Lent 9:30 AM in English and 6:30 PM in Spanish CONFESSION (SACRAMENT OF PENANCE) Every Saturday: 3:00 - 4:00pm
These forty days are a time of special grace and mercy from the Lord; a time for conversion and repentance leading to rebirth through the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some important reminders and guidelines for Lent are given below.
- Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat for those who are 14 years of age and older. They are also days of fast (one full meal and two small meals, with nothing eaten between the meals) for adults from 18 to 59 years of age.
- All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat for those 14 years of age and older.
- If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily the Resurrection.
- Those who are truly unable to observe the Lenten disciplines of fasting or abstinence due to health or other serious reasons are not bound to observe them. They are, however, urged to observe some other suitable sacrifice on these days of Lenten penance.
- Lent is a most suitable time to receive the forgiveness of sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation (also known as Penance or Confession). Personal sacrifices during Lent are a healthy spiritual discipline; they united us more intimately to the sacrifice of Christ. The tradition of “giving up something” for Lent is still encouraged. In addition, one might take on a particular spiritual or charitable practice during Lent.
A Lenten Prayer
“O Lord, Who has mercy upon all,
take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore Thee,
a heart to delight in Thee,
to follow and enjoy Thee,
for Christ’s sake. Amen.”
Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)