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Please join us each Friday during Lent (3/7 - 4/11) 7:00 pm for the Stations of the Cross.

Each Friday will be led by one of our

 Parish Ministries. See schedule.

Please join us for 

Our Lady of Fatima Rosary

Thursday March 13th 6:30pm inside the church. Hosted by the

Block Rosary Group

You are still welcome to wear your mask in church

PARISH PHOTO GALLERY

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MASS & COMMUNION

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PRAYERS

Prayers and devotions are powerful means of increasing our Faith

DAILY READINGS

Link to Bible readings at the USCCB (US Conference of Catholic Bishops) website

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FAITH FORMATION

Classes on the Catholic faith for children and adults

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Above the Clouds
REFLECTIONS

MARCH 9, 2025 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13

Gospel: Luke 4:1-13

In our Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent, Luke gives us the story of the temptation in the desert. At every point in the Gospels, we are meant to identify with Jesus. God became man that man might become God. We participate in him and thereby learn what a godly life is like.

 

Jesus has just been baptized; he has just learned his deepest identity and mission. And now he confronts—as we all must—the great temptations. What precisely is entailed in being the beloved Son of God?

 

First, the tempter urges him to use his divine power to satisfy his bodily desires, which Jesus dismisses with a word. Having failed at his first attempt, the devil shifts to perhaps the greatest of the temptations: power. Power is extremely seductive. Many would gladly eschew material things or attention or fame in order to get it. Jesus’ great answer in Matthew’s account of this story is “Away with you, Satan!” To seek power is to serve Satan—it is stated that bluntly.

 

Finally, the devil plays a subtler game—he tempts Jesus to manipulate his Father, encouraging him to jump from the temple and let angels save him. It is the temptation faced by Adam and Eve in the garden: deciding how and when God will act.

MASS SCHEDULE

SUNDAY  

 8:00 AM, 7:30-Rosary

10:00 AM, 9:30-Rosary

12:00 Noon, 11:30-Rosary

SATURDAY VIGIL 

 5:30 PM, 5:00-Rosary

DAILY (MONDAY-SATURDAY)

         8:30 AM Devotional Prayer

9:00 AM Mass

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION

9:00 AM and 7:00 PM

CONFESSION

SATURDAY 

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

SUNDAY

30 minutes before each Sunday Mass

 

Other times by Appointment

Guide to making a good Confession

How to make a good confession

Examination of Conscience

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