2025.03.09 1st Sunday of Lent

Dear Parishioners,

We find ourselves in the Season of Lent and Lent is a special time of renewal for the entire Church; it is especially a time of preparation and renewal for all those who are preparing to receive the sacraments during Easter. This Sunday, the First Sunday of Lent, our RCIA candidates and their sponsors will join Bishop Vincent Nguyen, and other RCIA candidates from the Eastern Region, at St. Barnabas Parish, for the Rite of Election and a Call to Lenten Renewal. It is always a beautiful liturgy.

Then, later in our Lenten journey, we will welcome our RCIA candidates and their sponsors for the Scrutinies at Masses here at St. Rose of Lima Parish. Scrutinies are celebrated to pray for those who are to be baptized that they may be given strength in Christ, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. I invite the Parish community to keep our RCIA candidates in your prayers as they prepare to be welcomed into our community at the Easter Vigil on April 19. May the Lord who has called them to follow Him closely give them the grace to be faithful to that call.

Lent is the season to be praying, fasting, almsgiving...and remember to spend more time with Jesus!I wish you all a blessed Lenten Journey ahead.

Fr. Vijai, C.S.C. ~ Pastor