Important Letter to Families: Open and Download
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PREPARATION for the THREE SACRAMENTS of INITIATION
VERY IMPORTANT DATES to SAVE
Beloved Families:
God has been actively forming the hearts and minds of your children/youth to become an active part of his family forever.
We hope that you are seeing how their faith in Jesus is growing and how they truly want to receive more of God’s grace-filled life through the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.
The season of Lent will start on ASH Wednesday, March 5. During the 40 days of LENT, we take time for self-examination and preparation for Easter.
We prayerfully remember how Jesus gave us the victory of a NEW and never ending LIFE by his suffering, death and resurrection. We celebrate this victory every year on Easter Sunday and every Sunday at MASS!!!
On SATURDAY, March 15, at the 4:00 PM Mass you, your children/youth, and godparent will take part in a VERY important part of the Mass called:
THE RITE OF ELECTION or ENROLLMENT OF NAMES.
Here are some exciting things that will happen:
Your children/youth will write their names in the Book of Election as a sincere pledge of their faithfulness to love and follow God with all their hearts as a way of life forever.
The children/youth’s godparents and you will be asked to confirm that the catechumens have been sufficiently prepared and are ready to receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation.
Everyone at the Mass will be asked to pray for and support your children/youth as they prepare to receive the Sacraments at the Easter Vigil.
Here are the types of questions that you and your children/youth’s godparent can ask to affirm their openness to receive the grace of new life that God gives them in the Sacraments.
Have they been listening to God’s WORD (voice), in daily prayer and study and at Mass?
Are they showing in their thoughts, words, and actions that they are obediently following what they are learning from God’s WORD to their daily lives?
Do they truly believe that Jesus is with them always to love and guide them through the power of the Holy Spirit?
Have they willingly participated in fellowship and prayer with others in God’s community?
Are they loving and humbly serving others following Jesus’ example?
What comes after the Rite of Election?
Period of Purification and Enlightenment
Your children/youth will then participate in three weeks of purification and enlightenment of their souls. You and their godparents will experience amazing transformation as you come alongside them on this Lenten journey.
Your children/youth will have an opportunity to scrutinize or examine their lives as they study Bible stories that help them to grow in their awareness of sin and in the desire for salvation from sin.
They will come to yearn for the healing power of:
Jesus as living water for their lives,
Jesus as the light of the world, and,
Jesus as the resurrection and the life.
Your families are being asked to attend the Saturday 4:00 PM Masses on
Saturday, March 22: First Scrutiny
Saturday, March 29: Second Scrutiny
Saturday, April 5: Third Scrutiny
We will post Mass Preparation resources to prepare your children/youth (and you) for each Scrutiny to break open and receive God’s WORD and teaching as a community of God.
Let us know if you have any questions or special prayer needs as we prepare for these important God moments and encounters with Jesus as our mighty Lord, Savior and Friend forever. Ms. Sue
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