Category Archives: Lent and Holy Week

posted 4/4/20 One of my enduring memories of Palm Sunday growing up is my father’s expressions of exasperation at the amount of palm my sisters and I would bring home from church.  At the time I didn’t understand it.  Why wouldn’t you want to get a big handful (or two) of palm?  But looking back, I kind of get it because by the endContinue reading “Palm Sunday”

posted 4/3/20 Today we find ourselves in the Friday of what’s called “Passiontide,” which refers to the final two weeks of Lent.  Passiontide begins in dramatic fashion, with the veiling of images in our churches on the 5th Sunday of Lent.  If you visit St. Cecilia Church, or watched the video of the parish Mass in St. Gabriel’s last weekend, youContinue reading “Friday of Sorrows”

posted 3/24/20 Tomorrow, 3/25, is the Feast of the Annunciation on which we celebrate the Archangel Gabriel’s announcement to the Blessed Virgin Mary that God had chosen her to be the Mother of the Savior.  It’s a special day for the people of our parish for a couple of reasons – first: St. Gabriel is one of ourContinue reading “The Annunciation”