Tag Archive: #lent2024

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 2nd Sunday of Lent

All three readings from this Sunday give us a greatly expanded understanding of God’s covenant with us. If you recall in last Sunday’s first reading, God covenants with Noah that God will no longer destroy the earth by a flood. [read more...]

Ash Distribution at (and Near) Our Lady of the Wayside

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. Ashes have been distributed at services and masses in our Church throughout the day (and into the night). Ashes were also distributed at the REP Mass Tuesday night. Additionally, Father [read more...]

Operations Director Corner: February

Top of the list – Thank you to all who generously supported OLW during the past year. Our Sunday collections were up 7% over 2022. Second, we benefited from an 8.7% increase for the last quarter of the year vs [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 1st Sunday of Lent

In the first reading this Sunday, God tells Noah of God’s covenant that he will never again destroy the world by flood. God made the rainbow in the sky as symbol to remind us of this promise. Earlier God had [read more...]

Our Valentine to God

This year, St. Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday are celebrated on the same day. At first, I thought what a strange coincidence. Then, I thought that it seemed very appropriate. Love is the main theme of St. Valentine’s Day – [read more...]

Into the Desert

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our 40-day Lenten journey. Lent is a season of reflection, prayer, repentance, and sacrifice – a time to prepare our hearts and minds to walk beside Jesus into the barren desert and, ultimately, into [read more...]

Adoration, Make a Lenten Commitment

You may have seen this statistic – In 2019, a study by the Pew Research Center reported that only a third of Catholics believe the Eucharist is the real Body and Blood of Christ. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised by [read more...]

Lenten Regulations for Fasting and Abstinence

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. The norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person [read more...]