Feb 20
As Lent approaches each year, our minds turn to, “what will we do; what will we give up?” Instead of giving up, why not put something in … something that will take hold and stay with us for the rest of our lives – since Lent is about change/conversion. Remember that real penance is to …
Feb 20
We are now into the great season of Lent, when we spend six weeks preparing to celebrate the high point of our faith: the Paschal Mystery, the suffering, death and resurrection of the Incarnate God. Formerly it was a time of severe penance as a way of purifying ourselves from our sinful habits and …
Mar 16
As we each find our own ways to mark the season of Lent, we follow in the footsteps of centuries of Christians who have spent time preparing to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. How did the Church’s understanding of the forty days of Lent change between the Council of Nicaea in the 4th century and …
Mar 12
Please join the Saint Edward parish family as we begin our Lenten Journey with our annual Mission March 13-15 , 2011 at 7:00 pm with Father Thomas Dragga, Rector of Borremeo Seminary Cleveland Father Dragga will help us reflect on the implications of our baptismal faith from the Lenten Sunday Readings of the Samaritan …
Mar 11
This year’s Lenten retreat is based on the Sunday gospels. The gospels for the 1st and 2nd Sundays of Lent are the same every year—Jesus’ temptation in the desert and his transfiguration on Mount Tabor in Galilee—although we read them from a different gospel writer each year. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of Lent …
Mar 09
Here is a printable Lenten Calendar for kids: Lenten Calendar “THE 40 DAYS OF LENT” has always been more of a metaphor than a literal count. Over the course of history the season of preparation for Easter Sunday has ranged from one day (in the first century) to 44 (today in the Roman church). Officially …
Mar 09
Litany for Peace By Linda Friern and Tony Bartlett, in The Fire of Peace Let us pray to Jesus Christ that we may be set free from the chains of violence and war. Jesus the Christ, by your cross and resurrection … deliver us. by your nonviolence and love by your witness to truth …
Mar 07
I received the following in an email today. Made me pause for awhile! –from The Liturgical Year by Joan Chittister “Life, we come to understand, is not only about joy. It is about the power to endure what is not joyful as well. I remember quite clearly the day in grade school when my teacher …
Mar 02
Whenever there is silence around me, by day or night, I am startled by a cry. The first time I heard it, I went out and searched and found a man in the throes of crucifixion. I went to him and said, “I will take you down.” And I began to take the nails out …
Apr 13
We had the April Younth Ministry meeting on Sunday April 11th, 2010. It was a week later than usual since the celebration of Easter was last weekend. At this months meeting we continued the Lent & Easter theme. To remind us of prayer and fasting we made hand rolled pretzels in the church kitchen. From …