“God of everlasting mercy, (…) increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed, that all may grasp and rightly understand in what font they have been washed, by whose Spirit they have been reborn, by whose Blood they have been redeemed” those words we can find in the text of the Collect prescribed to this […]
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest Today united in spirit with the crowds gathered almost 2000 years ago in Jerusalem with palm branches we greet Jesus entering the City of David. Palm Sunday always reminds us of two important events: Jesus’ solemn entrance to Jerusalem and His Passion and Death. The same people who greeted […]
Today we observe the 5th Sunday of Lent that begins the second part of the Lenten season (Passiontide) dedicated to the Passion of the Lord. Passiontide – is a name for the two last weeks of Lent. It is associated with the practice of covering crosses, statues and images throughout the church. That practice hails […]
The 4th Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday that means Sunday of Joy. This Sunday we enjoy a relaxation from the Lenten austerity. The name of this Sunday is derived from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon in Latin: Laetare Ierusalem (Rejoice, Jerusalem).In the liturgy we may use a rose colour instead of […]
On the 3rd Sunday of Lent we have the option to read the readings prescribed to the liturgical year ‘A’ regardless of what liturgical year we have. This set ‘A’ is highly recommended if in the parish there are electi (adult candidates for the Sacraments of Christian Initiation). Since we indeed have electi, I have […]