THE LENTEN SEASON

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THE LENTEN SEASON

In ‘The General Instructions on the Roman Missal, under - the Universal norms on the liturgical year  Nos. 27-31,  we find the following:

- Lent is ordered to preparing for the celebration of Easter…..,

- The days of Lent run from Ash Wednesday up to but excluding the Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Evening Mass of Holy Thursday).

- From the beginning of Lent until the Paschal Vigil, no Alleluia.

- The Sundays of this time of year are called the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Sundays of Lent.

- The 6th Sunday, on which Holy Week begins, is called “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.”

- Holy Week commemorates Christ’s Passion....

ASH WEDNESDAY

- On Ash Wednesday, we begin Lent, ashes are distributed and everywhere it is observed as a day of fasting,

 - Following the example of the Ninevites, who did penance in sackcloth and ashes, our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and reminds us that life passes away on Earth

- Ashes also symbolize grief for 

our having sinned and caused division from God...

- Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday …

FSTING & ABSTINENCE

- Canon 1251: Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday ….

- Canon 1252: All persons who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their sixtieth year…. But even those who are not bound by the law of fasting  and abstinence should be educated in an authentic sense of penance…..

PARISH LENTEN PROGRAM

A detailed Lenten programme will be given on Sunday I of Lent.

On Ash Wed: Mass and distribution of ashes, 6:15 a.m.; 7:00 a.m.; 01:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.

We shall also be having: Holy Hours with special penitential psalms and Lenten exhortations on Thursday evening; Stations or Way of the Cross on Fridays, Lenten recollections, home visits, community Masses and a penitential service.

The 1st annual Solemn Novena to St. Jude also takes place in this season.

 

 

Sun 11, Feb 2018 10:02 am