Mass and Confession Schedule
Sunday
7:30 a.m. ⎪ 9 a.m. ⎪ 10:30 a.m. Gym Mass ⎪10:30 a.m. Church ⎪ 12:30 p.m.⎪ 5:30 p.m. Filipino Mass every 4th Sunday at 4 p.m.
Weekdays
6:30 a.m. (Except Federal Holidays)
8 a.m. ⎪ 11 a.m. ⎪ 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
8 a.m.⎪ 11 a.m.⎪5:30 p.m.
(Fullfills Sunday Obligation; Sign Interpreted)
Holy Days of Obligation
Eve Before the Feast - 5:30 p.m.
Feast Day - 6:30 a.m.⎪ 8 a.m.⎪ 9 a.m. ⎪11 a.m.⎪ 5:30 p.m.
Sacrament Of Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and after the 5:30 p.m. Mass
Daily: After 11 a.m. Mass (when this Mass is celebrated)
Letter from the Pastor
March 7, 2010
Dear Friends,
Most of us are not sad to see February behind us. The “Blizzard of 2010” was an event that will long be remembered by all of us who live in the Washington area. I asked a four-year-old the other day after Mass whether she wanted more snow. She gave me an emphatic “no.” When the children have had enough, I know we adults have also had enough.
I talked last week about the thaw of the snow and now finally it has disappeared from our landscape, leaving behind shattered tree limbs, uprooted curbs and plenty of potholes. Yet the rapidly thawing snow early this Lent has prepared us for the fire and joy of Easter. Most of us have hearts that need melting. We are hardened by a tough and hard-nosed world that seems to disrupt the goodness that comes from hearts filled with God’s love and peace.
Whatever you are using as your Lenten practice (i.e., prayer, fasting, almsgiving) I hope that you sense a newness of grace and a fullness of God’s presence during this forty-day journey toward Easter. Next Sunday will mark the half-way point of Lent. As the flowers begin to bloom, and the grass turns green again, may our hearts continue to be formed in the image and likeness of the Lord. Ask yourself today, are you closer to Jesus than you were on Ash Wednesday? I will ask the same question Palm Sunday. If the answer is “yes,” may the warmth of the Lord embrace you. If the answer is “no,” may the Lord soften your heart as well.
Father John
