My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. 
I embrace You as if You were already there 
and unite myself wholly to You. 
Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

We are NOT having our Fish Fry this year due to Covid19 restrictions.

ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN REGULATIONS
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.”
(John 3:16-17)
The Church has always helped us fulfill these words of Jesus by prescribing very definite penance for all Catholics, so that we too might have Eternal life. Accordingly, the Pope and the American Bishops have outlined obligatory fast and abstinence as follows:
Ash Wednesday (February 17, 2021), all Fridays of Lent and Good Friday (April 2, 2021) are days of abstinence (refraining from meat) for all Catholics from age 14 onwards. On these two days, fast, as well as abstinence, is also obligatory for those from the ages of 18-59. Abstinence means refraining from meat. Fast means one full meal a day, with two smaller meals and nothing between meals (liquids are permitted). No Catholic will lightly excuse himself or herself from this obligation.
We should strive to make all days of Lent a time of prayer and penance. 

ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN RESOURCES
There are many excellent resources for the Season of Lent you might wish to use or share with your parishioners. Following are also a list of some resources available for Lent this year:

• Augustine Institute Formed: https://formed.org/
• Best Lent Ever daily reflections: https://dynamiccatholic.com/best-lent-ever
• Bishop Barron Word on Fire Lenten Reflections: https://www.lentreflections.com/

TOTAL ALLEGIANCE

     In previous weeks we have seen how the theme of covenant—as a preparation for the baptismal covenant celebrated at Easter—occupies an important place in our cycle of Lenten readings. The notion of covenant as a relationship between two parties carries with it an expectation of mutual accountability and fidelity to the terms of the covenant. When God forged the covenant with the Jewish people on Mt. Sinai, it was a pledge of God’s protection, and it would forever permit them familiar access as the Chosen People. For their part, the Jewish people were to observe the dictates of the law, summarized most succinctly here in the form of the Ten Commandments. To be in a covenantal relationship with the Lord God requires an exclusive relationship, just as discipleship with Jesus—ritualized in baptism—demands a total allegiance to him and none other.

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Mass Intentions for March 8-14, 2021
            6:15 a.m.                  8:00 a.m.          
Mon  Ken Kays Sr.                Michael Dillon
Tue   Mr & Mrs John J Rothweil   Moritz Gapsch
           12:00 p.m.                 Ray Toth
Wed  Joyce Roper                Dennis Menos          
Thu   Mr & Mrs Lester Rothweil   Charles F. Husereau 
           12:00 p.m.                  Frank Mueller
Fri    Robert J. Will                  Joe Kuczka    
Sat                                         Dr. David Robinson                 5:00 p.m.             H. Sulze 
Sun 7:00 a.m.            Purgatorial Society 
        8:30 a.m.            Marvin Dahlhauser                            10:00 a.m.            Kathryn J. DiPrimo
      11:30 a.m.            Missa pro populi

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