This Year A cycle of readings offers us many stories of Jesus encountering people who are seeking: Nicodemus comes to him in the veil of night, he approaches a Samaritan woman at a well, he heals a man born without sight. In these stories, each person is seeking a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. What unfolds is an exchange filled with questions and exploration. Often, an unveiling occurs—assumptions are disrupted, a curious sense of joy is felt, a new perspective is revealed.
Like the characters in our Lenten scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. We are seeking our calling, the sacred, and how to live as a disciple. Throughout the turbulence of the past few years, many of us are asking big questions about our lives and our faith. Perhaps this season will help us unpack some of those big questions in ways that are honest and faithful. Can we inspire our communities to continually ask: what am I seeking? What is God seeking?
This Lent, let’s engage in the spiritual practice of seeking. Let’s stay curious, open, and honest. Let’s ask honest questions - restorative questions, yes, but also some that charge or challenge us, and certainly some that are hopeful and curious. All questions won't necessarily lead to answers, but all can help us find clarity and a new perspective. Let these questions spark a sense of curious joy that ultimately, we pray, leads to a new beginning, a restoration, a wider grace, a deeper faith.
Like the characters in our Lenten scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. We are seeking our calling, the sacred, and how to live as a disciple. Throughout the turbulence of the past few years, many of us are asking big questions about our lives and our faith. Perhaps this season will help us unpack some of those big questions in ways that are honest and faithful. Can we inspire our communities to continually ask: what am I seeking? What is God seeking?
This Lent, let’s engage in the spiritual practice of seeking. Let’s stay curious, open, and honest. Let’s ask honest questions - restorative questions, yes, but also some that charge or challenge us, and certainly some that are hopeful and curious. All questions won't necessarily lead to answers, but all can help us find clarity and a new perspective. Let these questions spark a sense of curious joy that ultimately, we pray, leads to a new beginning, a restoration, a wider grace, a deeper faith.
SEEKING: Lenten Prayer BookletOur parish communities have combined efforts to provide a daily reflection and prayer for each day of the Lenten season. As we seek to deepen our faith these Lenten days, allow the words of your friends and neighbors to inspire, motivate, and enrich your faith!
Printed copies of our SEEKING Lenten Prayer Booklet are available in both churches - or just click the image above! |
Keeping a Holy Lent...DAILY MASS
8:00 AM CSG | 12:10 PM OLS STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday 12:45 PM OLS | 5:30 PM CSG (*no 5:30 PM Stations on 3/31) RECONCILIATION Every Saturday 3:00 PM CSB | 4:00 PM CSG | 5:00 PM OLS Monday March 20 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM OLS Monday, March 27 (Deanery Penance Service) 6:30 PM OLS FORMATION, STUDY, & CONVERSATION "The Chosen" Series -- Tuesdays Season 1...12:45 PM OLS | Season 2...6:30 PM CSG Soup & Scripture Sessions -- Wednesdays March 22 @ 5:30 PM CSG -- SIGN UP HERE! |
Special Lenten Opportunities...
Lenten Holy Hour with
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Lenten Youth RetreatsTwo unique opportunities for our youth. MISSING MYSTERIES is an "Escape Room Retreat" for middle school students on Thursday, March 16 at 4 PM at OLS. PALMS + PARADES is a Holy Week Retreat for Children Grades K-3 on Thursday, March 30 at 4 PM at CSG. Click HERE to register for either!
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Song of the Shadows:
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Help us spread Easter joy this year with our Lenten service - an Easter Basket Drive, benefitting the Friends of the Poor. Each weekend of March, we will collect items in the Narthex which will help us assemble Easter baskets for those in need. Weekly items include:
MARCH 4/5 - SMALL STUFFED ANIMALS
MARCH 11/12 - BAGS OF CANDY
MARCH 18/19 - SMALL TOYS/GAMES
MARCH 25/26 - EASTER BASKETS, EASTER GRASS, CELLOPHANE
An "Assembling Party" will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 6 PM in the Narthex to assemble the baskets before delivery to FOTP on Friday.
MONETARY DONATIONS MOST WELCOME!
MARCH 4/5 - SMALL STUFFED ANIMALS
MARCH 11/12 - BAGS OF CANDY
MARCH 18/19 - SMALL TOYS/GAMES
MARCH 25/26 - EASTER BASKETS, EASTER GRASS, CELLOPHANE
An "Assembling Party" will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 6 PM in the Narthex to assemble the baskets before delivery to FOTP on Friday.
MONETARY DONATIONS MOST WELCOME!
