Welcome to Our Lady of Sorrows!

Dear Parishioners,

This message greets you during the 50 days of Easter, and I wish to stress fifty!

To the best of our ability, we try to live according to the liturgical prayer life of the Church. For us Easter is not a matter of a 24-hour feast but rather a feast extending for fifty days. Clearly, some may wonder at this length.

For one thing, there is a lot to be done during the Easter season and much time is required. We will see considerable activity in our own parish during the weeks of Easter. The forty days of Lent have prepared us to renew our baptismal vows and also those among us seeking initiation for the full celebration of Easter. During the weeks of Easter we can expect to see both adults and children embraced into the church through the initiation sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation.

The proper place to celebrate the sacraments is of course at the Eucharist. I can only repeat the truth that such celebrations are not only private and joyful moments for the individual families but also joyful moments for the entire parish family.

Through the weeks of Easter you can expect to see many of our young people celebrating these sacraments at Mass. I hope you can share in the joy of these young people and their families, and thank God for the gift of faith bestowed upon them and us.

This is the most appropriate place for me to acknowledge and thank those who have worked so hopefully and joyfully with our RCIA candidates and young people, preparing them for sacramental celebration. Our school staff, Monday night program and parish catechists deserve the thanks of the entire parish for their desire and commitment to share their faith with others.

Happy Easter to all!