"Remember Your love and Your faithfulness O Lord.  Remember Your people and have mercy on us Lord."  This refrain from a "Mass song" is echoed in a number of scripture passages (like Daniel 3:25, 34-43 and Matthew 18:21-35 from this past Tuesday's Mass) and are given to us, in part, as a reminder of how merciful God is towards the sinner.

As a season of Lent calls us to repentance and conversion, we are strongly encouraged to come contritely and humbly before the Lord to celebrate His mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  As we enter into the last half of the Lenten Season, I would like to offer additional opportunities to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, firstly at our Reconciliation Service on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00 p.m. with priests of the area coming to celebrate God's mercy with us, but also before the 9:00 a.m. daily Masses (8:30-8:50 a.m., Wednesdays (4:30-5:15 p.m.), and Saturdays (3:30-4:30 p.m.)

As we grow in our appreciation of God's mercy (no matter what our sins may be), and purify our minds and hearts for the celebration of Easter and the Easter Season, we, no doubt, will find ourselves better equipped and ready to forgive those who have offended us and live us true ambassadors for Christ each and every day.