Bishop O’Connell’s message for Lent · Lenten regulations

BISHOP DAVID M. O’CONNELL, C.M., HAS SHARED THIS MESSAGE FOR THE SEASON OF LENT.

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025.  Christians make this Jubilee Lenten “journey to Jerusalem” with our Lord Jesus Christ as “pilgrims of hope,” renewing our faith, hope and love.  Such Lenten renewal invites us to “fasting, prayer and almsgiving,” three traditional Lenten paths to spiritual conversion of mind and heart.  

As your Shepherd, I humbly offer you some simple thoughts for Lent.

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DURING THE DAYS AND WEEKS OF PENANCE THAT LIE AHEAD — from Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, until Holy Thursday morning, April 17, 2025 — the Catholic Church throughout the world commemorates the penitential season of Lent ending with the Sacred Triduum of Holy Week. The model Jesus gave us for “these 40 days” was his own experience in the desert and the temptations that followed him there where he encountered Satan face to face. And yet, Jesus, there in the desert – alone, fasting and in intense prayer – beat back the devil and triumphed over temptation, as strong and as unrelenting as it was throughout those 40 days.

We enter the desert of Lent like Jesus, led by the Holy Spirit, to face our devils, our temptations head on. But we are not alone. The Lord Jesus Christ is with us. And so, too, is the Church, the entire community of faith observing Lent. To read more click HERE.