ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

ash wednesday is a day of universal fasting and abstinence.

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of LENT.


Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter
(Sundays are not included in the count).

Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection.

Alleluia is not said or sung from the beginning of LENT until the EASTER VIGIL.

WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

SATURDAY

schedule:

2PM    CONFESSIONS

3PM    MASS  and ANOINTING OF THE SICK

please come  !!!!

Pope John Paul II designated February 11 as the World Day of the Sick, " a special time of prayer and sharing of offering one's suffering for the good of the Church, and of reminding us to see in our sick brothers and sisters the face of Jesus who by suffering, dying and rising, achieved the salvation of humankind.

( Letter Instituting the World Day of the Sick, 13 May 1992)