Liturgical News

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).

Sexagesima Sunday

The first reading in the liturgy for Sexagesima Sunday (February 23, 2025) – the second of three Sundays in the pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima – includes Saint Paul’s mention of a man “caught up to the third heaven” who “heard secret words".

Saint Ann Respect Life Latin Mass Saturday 8:00 a.m.

Just a reminder that this Saturday February 22 at 8:00 a.m. is the monthly Respect Life Latin Mass at Saint Ann parish (it is also the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter).

Septuagesima Sunday

In the liturgy for this Sunday (February 16, 2024), the first in the pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima, features the parable of the laborers in the vineyard.