Mass Times

The holy Season of Lent, according to the ancient tradition of the Church, is a penitential season of forty days. This penitential time has three main purposes: to curb the concupiscence of the flesh, to facilitate the elevation of our souls toward divine realities, and to make satisfaction for our sins. Our Lord gave us the example during His life here on earth: pray and do penance! The faithful who have the spirit of the Faith will wholeheartedly enter into the practice of this holy season by means of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. In their penitential practice, besides fasting and abstinence, souls do well to take on additional penances, which might be abstinence from certain foods and beverages, from television, from electronic devices, or other similar sacrifices. Fervent souls will make an effort to pray more, to assist more frequently at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to recite the Rosary, and not to miss evening prayers with the family. They will detach themselves from everything superfluous in order to draw near to God, the source of the interior life. Sanctity is attained by means of the Cross; if we truly seek perfection then we must follow the Way of the Cross (Archbishop Lefebvre).