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We begin mass today expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward Him, hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord. My eyes are always on the Lord; This is an indication of the habitual state of mind of the psalmist. His trust in God is fixed.

Special thanks to the Family Life Office in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for publishing this newsletter. Enjoy reading the March/April 2021 issue.

There are three things here as we conform our attitude before we approach the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar today; God’s merciful call to us all; the response of the devout soul to that call; the prayer built upon both the call and the response.

The forty-day journey of Lent leads to Calvary on Good Friday, and from there to the resurrection. It is a journey towards Easter, but it brings us first to the cross. It is a difficult journey on which, like Jesus and with Jesus, we will be put to the test.

From the time of the early church, Lent had three foci: (1) the final, intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil, (2) a period leading to restoration for those alienated from the church, the Christian community, (3) a time of preparation for all the faithful leading up to the annual celebration of the paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ.