Easter Sunday

This Sunday is Easter Sunday, but the season of Eastertide actually begins with celebration of the Easter Vigil on Saturday night.

Palm Sunday

This Sunday, the second in Passiontide, is Palm Sunday. For centuries this last Sunday in Lent has celebrated the triumphal entry into Jerusalem made by Jesus just days before his arrest and crucifixion.

Passion Sunday

This Sunday, the fifth in the season of Lent, is known as Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of Passiontide, the period of a dozen days at the end of Lent during which the Church has traditionally reflected on the events leading up to the crucifixion and death of Our Lord.

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.