Fifth Sunday of Lent - Cycle B

Sunday, March 21th, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Lent -  Cycle B
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51“Create a clean heart in me, O God”, Hebrews 5:7-9, John 12:20-33
 
May the peace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. I wish to thank each one of you for your dedication and love to our parish. With your support and labor, we were able to put in the church the new carpet. May the almighty bless and replenish your zeal and generosity a thousand-fold.
Friday March 19thwas a special day as we celebrated the feast of St. Joseph in the Year of St. Joseph. The Church grants plenary indulgence for the year of St Joseph. So that during this period, the faithful have the opportunity to commit themselves “with prayer and good works, to obtain, with the help of St. Joseph, head of the heavenly Family of Nazareth, comfort and relief from the serious human and social tribulations that besiege the contemporary world to-day.”

The plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions). The Plenary indulgence is granted to those who will meditate for at least 30 minutes on the Lord’s Prayer, or take part in a Spiritual Retreat of at least one day that includes a meditation on St. Joseph. Also, by those who, following St. Joseph’s example, will perform a spiritual or corporal work of mercy. The recitation of the Holy Rosary in families and among engaged couples is another way of obtaining indulgences. Those who entrust their daily activity to the protection of St. Joseph, and every faithful who invokes the intercession of           St. Joseph so that those seeking work can find dignifying work can also obtain the plenary indulgence. The plenary indulgence is also granted to the faithful who will recite the Litany to St. Joseph or any other prayer to St. Joseph, for the persecuted Church ad intra and ad extra, and for the relief of all Christians suffering all forms of persecution.

St. Joseph “encourages us to rediscover the value of silence, prudence and loyalty in carrying out our duties”. May he
intercede for us. Amen
 
Fr. Paschal Chester, svd