Archive for the ‘Lent’ Category

Holy Week

Yesterday, Palm Sunday, marked the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. As Catholics, this year we will seem to be walking even closer to Christ than usual as a result of the recent developments out of Europe and the media’s attack on the Catholic Church.

Holy Week is time when Catholics worldwide feel [...]

On My Way…

A very good morning to all of you! Today, I hit the road for Orlando to spend Holy Week with the family, with my parish community, and with the Diocese. As we come to this last week before the celebration of Easter, let us remember why God sent us his only Son. May we continually [...]

Preparing for the Passover Feast

Well folks, we are finally arriving at Passiontide. May we be willing to take a deeper look at ourselves over the next two weeks as prepare for the Passover Feast.
PHOTO SOURCE: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

I’ll Be Home for….Easter?!?!

The weekend is upon us…and a weekend of work it will be for me. This weekend is the last here on campus before all of the seminarians depart for their home dioceses to celebrate Holy Week.
The seminarians from the Diocese of Orlando will be serving at the Chrism Mass on Wednesday, March 31. As usual, [...]

In These Days of Lenten Journey…

“Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin the Lenten path that lasts forty days and which leads us to the joy of the Lord’s Easter.”  (Benedict XVI, Wednesday Audience 17 Feb. 2010)

In his weekly audience today in St. Peter’s Square, B16 stated that the Church asks us to embark on a journey of conversion during Lent: