The Roman Catholic Community of  Corpus Christi


- Round Lake, New York

 

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.

 

 

Ash Wednesday

 

Wednesday , February 17

 

7:00am, 9:00am, 7:00pm

Service of Ashes: Noon and 4:

 

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

 

Reconciliation Communal Service with the Sacrament of Anointing

Tuesday, March 16, at 9:00am and 7:00pm

 

Celebration of St. Joseph's Day

Friday, March 19, at 9:00am
(bread will be blessed, reception to follow)

 

Chrism Mass:

March 25, at 7:00pm at St. Helen's in Niskayuna

 

 


Holy Week

Palm/Passion Sunday

March 28

Saturday - 4:00pm

Sunday - 8:30am and 10:30am

 


 

Triduum

 

 

Holy Thursday

 
April 1 9:00am - Morning Prayer
  7:00pm - Service of the Lord's Supper 

 

Good Friday

April 2

9:00am - Morning Prayer

  3:00pm - Stations of the Cross
  7:00pm - Good Friday Service

 

Holy Saturday

April 3

9:00am - Morning Prayer

  7:00pm - Easter Vigil

 

 

Easter Sunday

 

April 4

Masses at 8:30am and 10:30am

 
 
 

 

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