March 27th, 2022

fourth Sunday of Lent

by Fr. Boniface Endorf, O.P.

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Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

Easter is quickly coming! By now our Lenten penances tend to become either frustrating or forgotten! If Lent has not been as spiritually fruitful as you hoped, there is still time to take advantage of the graces of this season. Consider the many upcoming events at St. Joseph’s to help boost your spiritual life. 

Our parish mission will be in a week, from Monday 4/4 to Thursday 4/7. Fr. Thomas Blau OP will be preaching those evenings at 7pm in the main church. He’ll hear confessions afterwards. He’s a great preacher and I hope everyone will be able to come hear Fr. Thomas’s wisdom.

We also have Stations of the Cross every Friday in Lent at 7pm in the main church.

The week after the parish mission is Holy Week, the center of the Church calendar. Here’s a schedule for Holy Week and Easter this year: 

Holy Thursday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

8pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Adoration in chapel of repose (McGuire Hall) until midnight

Compline just before midnight

Good Friday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

Noon: Stations of the cross with confessions

3pm: Veneration of the Cross

8pm: Tenebrae

Holy Saturday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

8:30pm: Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday–

no confessions Easter Sunday

9am: Easter Mass

11:30am: Easter Mass

6pm: Easter Mass

If you’re deciding which of these liturgies to attend the most important are the Mass of the Lord’s Supper Thursday night, the Veneration of the Cross Friday afternoon, Tenebrae Friday evening, and the Easter Vigil Saturday night. The more liturgies you attend, the deeper you can delve into these holiest of days and the closer you can come to encounter Christ.

Have a blessed Lent,

Fr. Boniface