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Palm Sunday

This Sunday, the second in Passiontide, is Palm Sunday. For centuries this last Sunday in Lent has celebrated the triumphal entry into Jerusalem made by Jesus just days before his arrest and crucifixion.

Passion Sunday

This Sunday, the fifth in the season of Lent, is known as Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of Passiontide, the period of a dozen days at the end of Lent during which the Church has traditionally reflected on the events leading up to the crucifixion and death of Our Lord.

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)

This Sunday, the fourth in Lent, is known as Laetare Sunday because the Mass begins with the invocation: Laetáre, Jerúsalem: et convéntum fácite, omnes qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte cum laetítia, qui in tristítia fuístis.

Third Sunday of Lent

In the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent Jesus invokes the image of a kingdom divided against itself to refute those who accuse him of casting out devils “by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.”

St. Gregory Latin Mass Novena Begins Today

Just a reminder that today March 3rd begins our annual novena to St. Gregory the Great for the preservation of the Latin Mass.

Second Sunday of Lent

In this week’s Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent we see Jesus on another mountain in a very different light. Taking Peter and James and John “up into a high mountain apart . . . "

First Sunday of Lent

In the Gospel for the First Sunday in Lent we are told that after Jesus had fasted forty days in the desert, the devil confronted Him with three temptations.