“Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil…” (Lk 4:1)
From that place of being filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was sent forth and able to face the devil’s temptation. This truth is extremely important for us. If we are to face any temptation, problem, struggle, mountain, etc. we cannot face it alone. Jesus shows us what the power of being filled with the Holy Spirit can do in life. Come, Holy Spirit!
Spirit Day. Please pray for our 8th graders as they spend this Sunday in a retreat day of preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Pray that they can be consumed by the love of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Rite of Election. This Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m. in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium, our Bishop will celebrate the Rite of Election. This celebration closes the period of the catechumenate. In this ancient rite of the Church, the Bishop listens to the testimony of the sponsors, godparents, and assembly. Based upon this testimony, he judges their state of readiness and "elects" or "chooses" them to receive the sacraments of initiation at the coming Easter Vigil. "It is called 'Election' because the admission made by the Church is founded on election by God, in whose name the Church acts..." (OCIA 119). Please pray for our catechumens and candidates as they journey to Cleveland with Fr. David and celebrate this momentous day in their lives.
Thank you. Thanks so much for your cooperation in singing the Holy Holy Holy (Sanctus), Memorial Acclamation and the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) in Latin. I thought everyone sang beautifully on Ash Wednesday. The Vatican II document Sacrosanctum Concilium, states that “the use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites” (36). I know as a parish we sang these Mass parts in Latin before Covid. Thanks to Mrs. Colleen McVicker, we brought them back for Lent. Thanks again!
Come, Spirit, Come!
Fr. Jeremy
P.S. See you this Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. as we welcome Fr. Matt Jordan back for Mass and a talk.
