J.M.J.
Lenten Parish Mission
for Saint Lawrence Parish
in Milbank, South Dakota
Monday, February
15—
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
during The Holy
Year of Mercy
“GOD’S MERCY IS
FOR US!”
Why
a Parish Mission?
A Parish Mission affords us additional time to gather in prayer, receive the
Sacraments, learn about our Catholic Faith and support one another.
How
does a Parish Mission benefit our Parish? One parishioner prays for all “the
rest,” and “the rest” pray for the one parishioner! Prayer for all!
Why
during Lent? Lent
is the penitential Season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Our Crucified
Jesus wants our love and commitment to follow Him.
Who
may attend?
Anyone and everyone, including non-Catholics.
What
if I cannot attend the entire Parish Mission? Please come whenever you can.
What
is the schedule for our Parish Mission? Please consult the Sunday Parish
Bulletin.
What
is “The Holy Year of Mercy” or sometimes called “The Extraordinary Jubilee of
Mercy?”
Of all the things that Pope Francis has said and done during his still brief
Pontificate, his insistence that we extend mercy to others as God has shown
mercy to us remains front and center.
The Holy Father announced for the Universal Church the
Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that began on
Tuesday, December 8, 2015—the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception—and extends
through Sunday, November 20, 2016—the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King
of the Universe.
Pope Francis wrote that he wishes “that the Jubilee be a living experience of the closeness of
the Father, whose tenderness is almost tangible, so that the faith of every
believer may be strengthened and thus testimony to it be ever more effective.”
This Holy Year of Mercy has as its
special focus the words of Jesus, “Be merciful, even as Your Father is
merciful.” (Saint Luke 6:36) Let us draw close to the Merciful Jesus through
Our Mother of Mercy!
Monsignor Charles M. Mangan
Missionary of Mercy commissioned by
Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday of 2016
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