Our Lady of Lourdes Church and School

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Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. We seek the Lord in prayer during Lent by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms and practicing self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began a new life in Christ.

Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection. In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God's gifts—not only through the distribution of money but also through sharing our time and talents. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us: "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2446).

In Lent, the baptized are called to renew their baptismal commitment as others prepare to be baptized through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, a period of learning and discernment for individuals who have declared their desire to become Catholics.

ASH WEDNESDAY | February 14

6:30 am - Mass 
8:30 am - Mass 
12:15 pm - Liturgy of the Word
5:30 pm - Liturgia de la Palabra
7:00 pm - Bilingual Mass | Misa bilingüe

MONDAY-THURSDAY IN LENT

5:00 pm - Stations of the Cross in the Church
Led by OLL Legion of Mary

THURSDAYS IN LENT

7:00 pm | Around the Lenten Circle on ZOOM                            
                    Small Group Sessions on the Sunday Readings
                  February 22, 29, March 7, 14, & 21
                      CLICK HERE TO REGISTER & ZOOM LINK

FRIDAYS IN LENT

5:30 pm - Vía Crucis en Español en la iglesia
6:30 pm - Lenten Supper in Stroup Hall | Cena Cuaresmal en Stroup Hall
7:30 pm - Stations of the Cross in the Church

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE

7:00 pm - Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Martes, 12 de marzo, 2024

CRS RICE BOWLS WILL BE COLLECTED BEGINNING EASTER SUNDAY WEEKEND, MARCH 30-31, 2024