Liturgical News

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)

This Sunday (March 30, 2025), the fourth in Lent, is known as Laetare Sunday because the Mass begins with the invocation: Laetáre, Jerúsalem: et convéntum fácite, omnes qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte cum laetítia, qui in tristítia fuístis.

Third Sunday of Lent

In the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent (March 23rd, 2025) Jesus invokes the image of a kingdom divided against itself to refute those who accuse him of casting out devils “by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.”

Respect Life Latin Mass Tomorrow Saturday 8:00 a.m. (St. Ann)

Just a reminder that tomorrow Saturday March 22 at 8:00 a.m. is the monthly Respect Life Latin Mass at Saint Ann parish.

Second Sunday of Lent

Last week, in the Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent, we were told that after Jesus had fasted forty days in the desert “the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them” (Matthew 4:8): His, if he would but fall down and worship Satan. In this week’s Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent (March 16, 2025) we see Jesus on another mountain in a very different light.

First Sunday of Lent

In the Gospel for the First Sunday in Lent (March 9, 2025) we are told that after Jesus had fasted forty days in the desert, the devil confronted Him with three temptations.

St. Gregory Novena Begins & Ash Wednesday Schedule

Just a reminder that today begins our annual novena to St. Gregory the Great. We also share the updated Ash Wednesday schedule below.

Quinquagesima Sunday

The first reading in the liturgy for Quinquagesima Sunday (March 2, 2025) – the third of the three Sundays in the pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima – is Saint Paul’s great discourse on charity (I Corinthians:13).