Pastor's Weekly Message

third sunday of lent, 8 March 2026

My Beloved Fellow Saints-in-the-Making,

Greetings in Jesus Christ!

With our recent record-breaking snowfall in the blizzard on the First Sunday of Lent and the 20 inches of snow now having melted—or still melting—we might very well feel as if we have had enough of water for the time being. And yet, in her wisdom, Holy Mother Church reminds us of the necessity for water for more than our daily life; we need water, too, for our spiritual health and well-being. 

We encounter this water for the first time in Baptism, which cleanses us of Original Sin, grafts us onto the Vine Who is Christ, incorporates us into His One Body, and makes us an adopted daughter / son of God the Father and a temple of God the Holy Spirit. Truly the water of the Baptismal font nourishes us at the depths of our soul, and lastingly so! 



Please continue to keep our Catechumens in your prayers; they will be baptized at the Easter Vigil and receive the promise of the life-giving water Jesus shares with the Samaritan woman at the well. Please keep our Candidates in your prayers as well, that they may share even more abundantly in the Baptism they have already received. They will all experience the First Scrutiny this Third Sunday of Lent. Very soon, our fifteen (15!!!!) Catechumens and Candidates, both adult and children, will share in full communion with the Catholic Church, and we, as a larger parish family, will all be nourished at the Well of Salvation by the loving and merciful Hand of Jesus Christ the Lord. 

God love you! I do.

Fr. Lewis