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   Hi parish family! It’s Angel, Fr. John’s companion and, as I like to think about it, his “boss”. My dad’s been a bit busy working with everyone to make sure that everything is ready for this week, so I told him that I would put together a little something for this week’s bulletin to help him out.

These last weeks of Lent & Holy Week are a busy time of the year. As we draw to the end of the Lenten season & enter into the holiest days of the Church year there is a lot of planning and preparation to be done, there are details that need to be figured out, homilies to be written, and questions to be answered.

This week we celebrate the Solemnity of St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Patron Saint of the Universal Church. Normally we celebrate St. Joseph on March 19th, but since that is a Sunday this year and St. Joseph is so central to our faith, the celebration of his feast is transferred to Monday the 20th.

Sometime’s it’s tempting and easy to give into spiritual discouragement. Whether that be in failing in our Lenten commitments or any other challenge that might arise on our spiritual journeys. The spiritual journey isn’t always the proverbial “walk in the park.” Sometimes we find ourselves struggling with the same sin over and over and over again and, despite what seems like our best efforts, we haven’t been able to rid ourselves of it yet.

How long does it take you to get ready? Most of us have a routine before we go out, especially first thing in the morning. We may brush our teeth, comb our hair, and change our clothes to make ourselves presentable. From the time we get out of bed until the time we walk out the door, we undergo a transfiguration of sorts. We don’t want just anyone to see us before we transfigure.