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Lent will soon be upon us and so we can hit the ground running, I’d like to offer some spiritual pro tips to make sure you get your journey to Easter started on the right foot. Something that always comes up in conversation is what you’re giving up for Lent. My advice to you is to make sure your sacrifice is S.M.A.R.T.
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Specific: don’t choose something so generic that you really don’t know whether or not you’ve made any progress i.e. “I’m going to be holier this Lent” doesn’t describe what it is you are doing.
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Measurable: you should be able to quantify what you are doing. “I’m going to pray the rosary more” is hard to measure if you only pray it now and then as is. “I’m going to pray the rosary everyday during Lent” is a much better goal and you know when you are slacking.
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Attainable: If you have a job that requires you to work 12 hours each day, from 6am-6pm, then you should not choose a goal you cannot fulfill, like going to morning Mass every day. Make sure you can actually reach your goal – which is different from it being difficult.
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Relatable: your goal should involve something that interests you. If you find praying the rosary difficult and hard to focus on, how about doing some extra reading about the saints instead?
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Timely: know how long you will make your sacrifice for and what days you will be making it.
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I also recommend one positive and one negative sacrifice in Lent: a positive is adding something (like prayer) and a negative is subtracting something (like candy).
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Yours in Christ,
Fr. Frank
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Join us for Irish Night, Saturday March 5th following the 4pm Mass. There will be live Irish music by Bill Eagan from 6pm-8pm… appetizers and drinks will also be available.
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Ash Wednesday is March 2nd. Masses are at 8am, 12pm, and 6:30pm. There will be adoration, confessions and benediction on this day.
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This is the final week for our Dollars for Babies campaign. Please return all baby bottles this week to the parish office. Thank you for your generosity!
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There are lots to plug into this Lent:
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- Mondays - Mass at 6pm starting on March 7th.
- Tuesdays - The Mass Explained: Catholic Worship and why it matters. Classes begin March 8th
- Wednesdays - Adoration from 12pm-6pm and confessions at 5pm
- Thursdays - Rosary for our country starting March 3rd.
- Fridays - Stations of the Cross at 6pm followed by homemade soups at 6:30pm. Starting on March 4th.
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There is no new Coffee with FJ episode.
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See the link to previous episodes below!
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