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Lent 2023: A Time for Conversion
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The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Lent is the season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. During this six-week period, we prepare to celebrate the Paschal Mystery: the passion, death, and resurrection of Our Lord.
All are encouraged to prepare their hearts and minds during the season of Lent by joining in prayer and participating in the liturgical and communal prayer experiences offered by the parish during this most holy season. -
Penitential Regulations
- Abstinence – Catholics 14 years of age and older must abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.
- Fasting – Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 (inclusive) are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
- On these days one full meal is allowed. Food may be taken at two other times during the day, in order to maintain strength according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted. Liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.
- Penance – Each weekday of Lent (with the exception of solemnities, including St. Joseph Day on March 20 and the Annunciation on March 25) is also an obligatory day of penance to be marked by prayer and increased devotion to spiritual practices.
- Some recommendations are daily Mass, Adoration, increased personal prayer time or spiritual study, self-imposed fasting or abstinence, works of charity, almsgiving, Stations of the Cross, the Rosary, retreats, and especially the sacrament of Reconciliation.
— From ArchSPM.org
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Liturgies & Events
Ash Wednesday
February 22, 2023
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church. The words of the blessing — “Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you will return”
— help us to develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice.
Masses:
7:00 AM, 8:15 AM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Stations
of the Cross
Led by a priest or deacon on Fridays during Lent.
(Good Friday is at 7:00 PM.)
Senior citizens are also invited to three
opportunities with the school children
at 2:00 PM on March 3, 24, and 31, 2023.
Shortly following the 5:00 PM Mass (~5:30 PM) Fish Fry
Sponsored by the Nativity Men's Club
Friday, February 24, 5:00-8:00 PM and
Friday, March 10, 5:00-6:30 PM,
with to-go orders available until 8:00 PM
Dine-in in the school cafeteria,
drive-up at garage on Wellesley Ave.
5:00 PM
Palm Sunday
April 2, 2023
Passion Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.
At this liturgy, we recreate and celebrate Christ's messianic entrance into Jerusalem.
Palms will be distributed and blessed at all Masses.Masses:
Usual Sunday schedule
Penance Service
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend our Lenten Penance Service in the main upper church.
Several priests will be available to hear private confessions and help us prepare our hearts for the passion, death and Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.7:00 PM
Sacred Triduum
Thursday-Sunday, April 6-9, 2023
Click here for schedule and
information for the Sacred Triduum -
External Resources
- Best Lent Ever
- Word on Fire's Lenten Reflections (or see above left)
- Archdiocesan Lenten resources
