FATHER JIM'S JOTS - First Sunday of Lent - February 18, 2024

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

First Sunday of Lent

February 18, 2024

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

We are now in the special liturgical season of Lent.  A time of prayer, fasting and alms giving.  I am challenging all to have this be a special time of Prayer.

I believe we are living in challenging times, times of division of a national and global nature. The Church in its wisdom, calls us to love one another and to be peacemakers.  We are asked to do acts of penance, to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and to abstain from meat on the Fridays of Lent.

I hope you will consider attending the Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 6 p.m. and enjoy a simple meal with us before the Stations at 5 p.m. in the Parish Hall or attending one of our weekday Masses on Wednesdays or Fridays.  On March 23rd, we will have a Lenten Retreat led by Sr. Anns James with a communal Reconciliation service to follow.  More details will be shared in the next coming weeks.

Spend some time before the Blessed Sacrament; we have Benediction after the 12 p.m. Mass every First Friday of the month, the next Friday being March 1st.

Our country and world need our prayers.  Please make this Lent a special journey to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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