Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Our high holy days are upon us! Our Palm Sunday celebration today begins Holy Week. You will find a complete schedule of events leading us to the Holy Triduum - Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil and Easter liturgies in this bulletin.

The Easter Vigil is the focal point of the entire Church year. In remembering the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, we proclaim our death to sin and our rising to new life in Jesus. Plunged into the waters of baptism, we emerge refreshed and enlivened to help God do the work of the Church. The best gift we can give our families and ourselves is a prayerful participation in the liturgies of the Holy Triduum. Let us walk with the pray with Jesus as we celebrate the events marking the beginning of our salvation. Let us ask God to strengthen us so we can continue the work begun by Jesus our Savior.

I wish to thank Fr. Scott Seethaler for a wonderful mission. His message was excellent, especially for us to make Lent a time for awakening to God's presence in our lives. I also wish to thank all who attended the evening conferences and the morning Masses. Everyone definitely received a blessing as well as our parish.