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2010
Lent
Dear Parishioners,
Lent is the Church's sacred springtime. This is our time to turn toward God's renewing compassion as surely as the earth turns toward the sun. "A Clean Heart Create For Me." These words from Psalm 51, which we pray on Ash Wednesday, set the tempo for this season of hope and new life. Lent is a journey of conversion, a passage of a people who have been forever marked by the story's end...by Jesus' passion, death and resurrection.
The liturgies during Lent are designed to remind us that the paschal mystery is the centerpiece of the Church's existence and the soul of our Christian faith. This animation sparks us to move beyond words into deeds. This is why we take upon ourselves the Lenten discipline (prayer, fasting, charitable works), not to punish ourselves, not to recognize personal failure, but rather to nurture a more compassionate and empathetic posture toward others ...especially the most disadvantaged dwelling in our midst.
As we enter upon these forty days, let us pray that we will strive to rid ourselves of the hidden corruption of sin, so that we may arrive at the joy of Easter renewed in the image of the glorified, Risen Christ.
Peace,
Father Ed
May the Peace of Christ be with You
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LENTEN SEASON - HOLY WEEK - EASTER SCHEDULES
Daily Mass During Lent:
Our usual 9:00am Mass will take place Monday through Thursday.
Beginning Feb. 23- Mar. 31, Mass will also be offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, at 7:00am in the Daily Mass Chapel.
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Ash Wednesday
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7:00am, 9:00am, 7:00pm
Service of Ashes: Noon and 4:
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Stations of the Cross
Mondays: Feb 22, March 1,8,15 and 22
9:30am in the Daily Mass Chapel
Fridays: Feb 26, March 5,12,19 and 26
6:00pm in Church
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Reconciliation Communal Service with the Sacrament of Anointing
Tuesday, March 16, at 9:00am and 7:00pm
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Celebration of St. Joseph's Day
Friday, March 19, at 9:00am
(bread will be blessed, reception to follow)
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Chrism Mass:
March 25, at 7:00pm at St. Helen's in Niskayuna
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Holy
Week
Palm/Passion Sunday
March 28
Saturday - 4:00pm
Sunday - 8:30am and 10:30am
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Triduum
Holy Thursday
| April 1 |
9:00am - Morning Prayer |
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7:00pm - Service of the Lord's Supper |
Good Friday
April 2 |
9:00am - Morning Prayer |
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3:00pm - Stations of the Cross |
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7:00pm - Good Friday Service |
Holy Saturday
| April 3 |
9:00am - Morning Prayer |
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7:00pm - Easter Vigil |
Easter Sunday
| April 4 |
Masses at 8:30am and 10:30am |
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