Anno Domini 2025 March 1

Beloved of the Lord:

Today is Saturday, 1 March, in the year of our Lord 2025. The scheduled service are as-follows:

• Sunday (tomorrow): 8:30 AM, Deacon's Liturgy, Quinquagesima.
  10:00 AM, Mass, Quinquagesima.
• Monday: 10:00 AM, Mass, S. Aelred, Abbot.
• Tuesday: 5:30 PM, SHROVE TUESDAY, pancake Supper ~ last day to bring blessed palms to Church.
• Wednesday: 12:10 & 6:30 PM, ASH WEDNESDAY, The Great Litany, A Penitential Office, the Blessing of the Palms, Mass.
• Thursday: 6:30 PM, SS. Perpetua & Felicity, Sung Evensong, Holy Communion, followed by Supper and Study.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, S. Thomas Aquinas, using the Gregorian Canon.
  Immediately following, 'Stations of the Cross, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Saturday: 10:00 AM, Holy Communion, S. John of God, Confessor.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Lent I.

BRING YOUR BLESSED PALMS FROM LAST YEAR TOMORROW! I will burn all palms brought-in to use as ashes for Ash Wednesday. Tuesday is the cut-off, as I usually burn the palms on Wednesday morning. However, if you fail to bring your palms in-time for Ash Wednesday, still bring them in, as they will be replaced on Palm Sunday.

As one may see from the foregoing, we've a busy week before us. There will be NO SERVICES on Tuesday, aside from the Pancake Supper. There was a mis-print in last week's 'Post, concerning the times. Servers, cooks, etc. are to be at the Parish no-later than 5:00 PM. Food will begin to be served at 5:30 PM. Food service will cease no-later than 7:00 PM. A small donation to benefit the Altar Guild will be asked.

There will be two services on Ash Wednesday. One will be a Sung Mass, and the other Said ~ otherwise, they will be identical. The evening service is primarily for those who cannot attend in the daytime ~ no excuse to miss Ash Wednesday.

The rest of the week will be per the usual schedule. Do remember, though, that a Lenten Feria is unlike many of the other ferial Fests throughout the year, whereupon the Mass of the preceding Sunday is merely repeated. There is a Mass specific to every day in Lent. Once more, you will have the opportunity to collect them all! I remain

in His praise,

The Rt. Rev'd T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish