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Happy Palm Sunday! It is hard to believe that Lent is wrapping up. I pray that your Lent has been fruitful and God’s grace has been transforming you to be more Christ-like. As we head into Holy Week, I always challenge myself that this week must be different. If my week is just another week then what is point. Below are 5 simple ways that I challenge myself to make Holy Week different and participate in the Pascal Mystery of Jesus’s Death and Resurrection. Fast 1 day this week until it hurts. Not for the sake of pain, but to recall love of Christ Jesus who bore our pain and poured out His blood. It could be food, drink, or tech, etc. Pray at least 1 time each the Sorrowful Mysteries of Rosary and Divine Mercy. Contemplate the depths of Jesus’s sacrificial love poured outin His Death. Do an act of charity/kindness for somebody you can’t stand. We all have somebody in mind – either at work or in our family. Do an act of charity for them to recall depths of Mercy that Jesus showed forth in His Death. Participate in some shape and form in the Pascal Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil. These 3 liturgies form one Mass contemplating the events ofJesus’s sacrifice on the Cross that continues in the Mass. Journey with a character from the Passion Story of our Lord. Maybe this year you are Mary surrendering something painfulto God, perhaps you are Joseph of Arimathea caring for the forgotten, perhaps you are Simon of Cyrene struggling with God's will, maybe you are Peter, Judas, or another apostle in the Story. Each year, we usually relate more with one person than another in the Passion Story. Chrism Mass is coming up on March 31 – 6:30pm at the Cathedral. Anyone is welcome to attend this beautiful Mass where allthe oils used in the Sacraments are consecrated by our Bishop and priests from our Diocese renew their priestly promises. Military Weekends April 12-25 and May 16-17 Holy Week Schedule: March 29-April 4 Holy Thursday: 5:30pm (Incense) Good Friday; 5:30pm Easter Vigil: 8pm (Incense)  Easter Sunday: April 5 8am 10am (Incense) (Please note no 4:30 or 5pm this weekend)

Happy 4th Sunday of Lent! This Sunday, we celebrate Laetare Sunday marking roughly the middle point of Lent. Laetare Sunday shifts our focus to the coming liturgies of Holy Week and Easter Season. Laetare means rejoice in Latin and comes from the Entrance Antiphon at Mass which announces Rejoice, Jerusalem, and who love her from Isaiah 66. Holy Week Schedule is below for reference. Next Sunday, March 22nd at 2pm, Christthe King will host a Penance Service for our Parish plus Parishes of Blessed Sacrament and St Agnes. Anyone is welcome to attend. 6 priests will be available for the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation. Our new Church project that we will be doing this summer is installing a Hearing Loop system. A hearing loop allows more hearing access for those with hearing aids. This hearing loop will be installed sometime this summer; we do not have a date yet. After installation, those who use hearing aids will just need to turn on telecoil in their hearing aids to use the system. If you would like to donate to the project, you can place a check in collection or drop something offto the office just put Hearing Loop in the memo. You can also donate online for the project by giving to the offertory and putting Hearing Loop in the note. Lent Information Stations of the Cross Every Wednesday 5pm Every Friday 12:05pm  Lent Penence Service March 22 at 2pm Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King and St. Agnes Hosted by Christ the King 6 Priests will be available for confessions Holy Week Schedule: March 29-April 4 Palm Sunday: Normal Mass Times Holy Thursday: 5:30pm Good Friday; 5:30pm Easter Vigil: 8pm Easter Sunday:April 5 8am and 10am (Please note no 4:30 or 5pm this weekend) Confessions Monday through Friday: 6:30am-6:50am Every Saturday: 3:00pm-4pm Every Sunday: 4-45pm Military Weekends April 12-25 and May 16-17