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The time of year that we call Holy Week involves events that are both from the Bible and tradition. The first day we call Palm Sunday. It celebrates the entrance of Jesus into the holy city, Jerusalem. It is a time of great expectations.

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After this Sunday there are not many more days of the Lenten season left. This supplication for help leads us closer to passion and the cross.

This weekend is Laetare “Rejoice” Sunday, which is the mid-marker of the Lenten season. It’s an intermission of sorts, an opportunity to take a breather and then dive deeper into a program of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in preparation for the Paschal feast.

March is the Month of St. Joseph, and Pope Francis has declared the Year of St. Joseph until December 8, 2021. We seek his intercession for our protection here on earth and that we may exemplify the virtues he did while caring for Jesus and Mary.

We begin mass today expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward Him, hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord. My eyes are always on the Lord; This is an indication of the habitual state of mind of the psalmist. His trust in God is fixed.

Special thanks to the Family Life Office in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for publishing this newsletter. Enjoy reading the March/April 2021 issue.