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NB PENZANCE MASS
TIMES CHANGES to 11.30 ON
SATURDAY mornings DURING LENT
Welcome
happy fast of Lent. Lent is time. Forty days of time for God. Time
when we can look at our lives and see how we can return to a right
relationship with Him. Time is given to all of us. How we use it, is the
question. Listening and reflecting on the Word of God is a sure way of
growing in his grace . This leaflet shows many opportunities across the
parish that we can use to help us in this holy season. I hope you will
all take as full a part as possible in the Lenten programme so that we
can all be renewed in the Easter Mystery. Fr. Philip.
For your Lent savings please think about "Mary's Meals"
It costs from just £6.15 to feed a child at school for a year!
Also please consider CAFOD - Lent Appeal 2010
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Ecumenical
Stations of the Cross at 7.30 p.m. on Fridays with St. Mary's & St.
John's C of E Churches.
Ecumenical Lenten Lunches will also
take place in the usual 'Churches Together in Penzance' venues. See
newsletter for schedule. Note Saturday Mass time then changes to 11.30
and Reconciliation at 11.00 a.m. We host the lunch in St. Mary's Haven
dining room on 27th February 2010. Proceeds to Christian Aid UK -(see also CA USA)
‘But now, now – it is the Lord who speaks – come
back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning. Let your
hearts be broken, not your garments torn, turn to the Lord your God
again, for he is all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in
graciousness, and ready to relent.' (from 1st reading of Ash
Wednesday - in full see Joel 2:12 - 18)
Comment from a 2007 Lenten Zenit e-mail:
"Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers, and Tradition invite us to
live Lent with a spirit of interior conversion, made concrete in three
things: fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. As the Catechism of the
Catholic Church no. 1434 says: "Express conversion in relation to
oneself, to God, and to others." No. 1438 of the Catechism goes on
to say: "The seasons and days of penance in the course of the
liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the
Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice. These
times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential
liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such
as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and
missionary works)." www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4B.HTM
- Lent
- From an Anglo-Saxon word, lencten,
meaning, "spring," the time of the lengthening of the
days. Lent is one of the seasons of the church year and is the
forty-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy
Saturday (the day before Easter). The period is actually 46 days,
but since Sundays are feast days and to be celebrated, they are
not included in the count. Lent is intended to be a period of
preparation and penitence marked by fasting and meditation. Lent
is widely associated with denial -- "giving something up for
Lent." and it can also be seen as a time of "doing
something" and also coming closer to God. Lent is definitely
a time for self-examination and a time to grow spiritually through
prayer.
- Purple
- The primary colour used in the season of Lent.
Purple signifies penitence and preparation.
- Ash Wednesday (Day
of Ashes)
- The Wednesday marking the beginning of the season
of Lent, usually observed with a period of fasting and spiritual
preparation. A day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics.
In the Ash Wednesday liturgy, the priest makes a sign of the cross
with ashes on a person's forehead as a mark of their mortality
saying "Remember (man) that you are dust, and to dust you
shall return." or "Turn away from sin and believe in the
Gospel" ["good-news"] ) The ashes are burned palms
saved from the previous year's Palm Sunday celebration.
- Palm Sunday
- The Sunday before Easter, where Jesus' final and
triumphal entry into Jerusalem is observed. The Gospel of passion
of Our Lord is read. Real palm branches or crosses made from palms
(or both) are blessed and distributed to the congregation usually
after a short procession. I Palm Sunday palms are saved and later
burned to make the ashes for the next year's Ash Wednesday
service.
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- Holy Week
- The week preceding Easter -- the last week in
Lent. Holy Week is the most important period of the church year,
observed with many special services, beginning with Palm Sunday
and concluding on Holy Saturday. Holy Week includes Maundy
Thursday and Good Friday.
- Maundy Thursday
- Thursday in Holy Week; the name is from a
corruption of the Old English word for "commandment"
in Christ's commandment given in John 13:34: "A new
commandment I give you, that you love one another." The
word "command" was originally spelled "commaundment"
and was shortened to "Maundy" through careless
enunciation. The command is closely tied to another "commaund"
given by Jesus at the same time:"Do this in remembrance of
me." Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) was the day on which
the first Lord's Supper, the Last Supper, was celebrated with
the 12 Disciples. Maundy Thursday services often include
"stripping the altar" (removing all items including
hangings) and in some parishes, foot washing (see John 13:5).
- Good Friday
- The day in Holy Week in which we remember
Christ's arrest, passion, crucifixion, and death on a cross.
It is unclear where the name "Good Friday"
originated. Some have said it is a corruption of "God's
Friday," Others say it is called "Good" because
of the great benefits given to humanity by Christ's death and
resurrection.
- He was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon
him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
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- Holy Saturday
- Lighting the "First Fire"
- Paschal Candle
- From the Hebrew word Pesach, meaning
Passover. A large candle on a tall holder, placed in a prominent
position on the left side of the sanctuary. The candle is lit from
the first fire kindled at the Holy Saturday Mass and then
throughout the Easter season, also during baptisms, weddings, and
funerals.
- Easter
- The festival that commemorates the resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the third day after he was crucified.
It is called Easter Day but has come to be called Easter Sunday
by the media, most laity, and some clergy, all of whom ought to
know better! Easter is a movable feast, which means it does not
always fall on the same day each year. Easter is always the
first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox
(first day of Spring). By this calculation, Easter could occur
anytime from March 22, to April 25. The length of Epiphany and
the Season after Pentecost, as well as the dates of Ash
Wednesday, Holy Week, Ascension Day, Pentecost, and Trinity
Sunday are all determined by the date of Easter. Easter is also
a Church season, spanning the 50 days (six Sundays) after
Easter, to Ascension Day.
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"Peace is the gift of Christ, which he obtained
for us with the sacrifice of the Cross. To achieve it effectively it is
necessary to climb with the divine Teacher up to Calvary. And who can
guide us better in this ascent than Mary who, as she stood at the foot
of the Cross, was given to us as our mother through the faithful
apostle, St John." - Pope John Paul II (Palm Sunday, 2003)
n.b. Divine Mercy Novena commences Good Friday
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