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Lent to Easter

St. Blase Journey into Lent

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Will This Lent Change Your Life? Annually we are called to  take 40 days and live in a spirit of penance. This is not a time of punishment,  but a graced time to renew our Baptism. This is a season to listen carefully and  examine honestly our discipleship. In what webs have we become entangled? Like  the call in Mark of the first disciples, what nets must we drop in order to  follow Jesus? During this season we are invited to more fully embrace Jesus’ command:
Repent, and believe in the gospel.

Ash Wednesday

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This marks  the beginning of the season of Lent, a time of penitence leading to the  Paschal Triduum after the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence. This is not a time of punishment, but a graced time to renew our  Baptism. This is a season to listen carefully and examine honestly our discipleship.

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Palm Sunday

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The Catholic faithful use palm branches at Mass on Palm Sunday and bring them for home for devotional purposes. "Palm Sunday" is the popular name for the Sunday before Easter, though its full title is "Palm Sunday  of the Lord's Passion." Two Gospel passages are proclaimed at Mass that day: One  tells of people waiving branches or spreading cloaks to welcome Jesus in triumph to Jerusalem, and the other tells of his Passion and death.

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Ash Wednesday & Lenten Guidlines
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St. Blase Lenten Fish Fry

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On Ash Wednesday, and every Friday during Lent  from 4 pm. to 7 pm.  Good Friday from 3 pm-7pm.  CLICK THE THUMBNAIL TO THE LEFT TO SEE OUR MENU!

Reconciliation Services

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Communal Services are scheduled during Advent and Lent. The Sacrament of Penance may also be made by appointment.

Sacred Triduum & Easter

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The Triduum
​Three Days Before Easter

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     Lent comes to an end before the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy  Thursday. That liturgy begins the Triduum, the great Three Days that celebrate  the central mystery of our faith.
The Season of Lent ends on Holy Thursday, when the Mass of the Lord's Supper begins. Spend sometime this week to reflect on how these forty  days have been a time of conversion and/or renewal in your life. Give thanks to  God for your growth.
     We have begun "Holy Week." On Holy Thursday we begin the celebration of The Sacred Triduum, the Sacred Three Days. This celebration is actually ONE CONTINUOUS LITURGY over a three day period. There is no dismissal from the Mass on Holy Thursday, no greeting or dismissal from the liturgy of Good Friday (which is NOT Mass) and no greeting at the start of the Easter Vigil. The Church never takes leave from prayer an worship during this sacred time.
Fr. Randall Phillips, St. Blase Catholic  Community, "The Flame," April 9, 2006


The Last Supper & Washing of Feet

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After the homily on Holy Thursday, we imitate our master in the washing of feet. This ritual reminds us that our baptismal commitment means we are to be servants of one another. In the time of St. Ambrose in Milan, those who were baptized also had their feet washed, because of Jesus' words to Peter: "Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed" (Jn 13:10). Many scholars have seen a baptismal reference in those words.

Veneration of The Cross

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As part of our observance of Good Friday, we venerate the cross on which Christ died. The veneration challenges us to be willing to accept the cross, too, for it is the only way to resurrection. Through Baptism, we shared in Christ's death that we might come to new life. Every year we are called to deepen our identification with his cross and resurrection.

Easter Vigil

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Celebrate with us this Night of Nights! Our church the world over assembles on Holy Saturday to hear the Greatest Story ever told...The History of our Salvation.
After a long period of prayer, preparation, and life with our parish community, the catechumens and candidates will be called forth to celebrate the Easter Sacraments with us.

Waters of Baptism

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The core of our celebration of the Easter Vigil is the Baptism of the elect. As we share in their joy on this holy night, we are all called to renew our own baptismal promises, to live in the joy of life in the Risen One. Lent comes to its fulfillment around the waters of the font.

Easter Sunday - Indeed He Is Risen!

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You are invited to come and celebrate Masses at 9 am and 11 am

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