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- Prayer
  WHERE OUR HOPE IS RENEWED
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- Fasting
  WHERE OUR HOPE IS STRENGTHENED
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- Almsgiving
  WHERE OUR HOPE IS
  SHARED
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Prayer
- "Hope is expressed and nourished in prayer..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, ¶1820). This makes Lent the ideal time to renew the HOPE we hold by seeking God in prayer. Here are a few opportunities for prayer to help you get started:
- Act of Hope
  
  If you want to be more intentional about your prayer, but aren't sure where to start, try praying this Act of Hope every morning:
  O Lord God, I hope by your grace for the pardon of all my sins and after life here to gain eternal happiness, because you have promised it who are infinitely powerful, faithful, kind, and merciful. In this hope I intend to live and die. Amen.
- Scriptures to Pray With
  
  Monday of the Second Week of Easter
  
  Reading 1 Acts 4:23-31
  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9
  Gospel John 3:1-8
- Daily Gospel Reflections
  
  Monday, April 28, 2025
  
  by Bishop Robert Barron
  
  Friends, today in this inexhaustibly rich conversation with Nicodemus in the Gospel, Jesus tells the Israelite elder: “Unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
- Lent Pray40: The Way
  
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- Lent is a great opportunity to hear, see and receive Christ in the Eucharist at Mass, spend quiet time with him in adoration and receive his mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (a.k.a. confession):
- Mass Times
  
  Saturday: 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
  
  Sunday: 8:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN 11:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
  
  Tuesday: 5:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN
  
  Wed Fri 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
  
  Thursday: 9:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Lenten Homilies
  
  Ash Wednesday | March 5, 2025 | Father Ben Little
  First Sunday of Lent | March 9, 2025 | Father Ben Little
- Adoration Times
  
  Sunday: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  MonSat 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
  
  Enter door #10 during Adoration Hours. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
- Confession Times
  
  Tuesday: 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM
  
  Friday: 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM
  
  Saturday: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  
  All confessions will be heard in the church confessional.
- Don't worry if this is the first time you've been to the Sacrament of Reconciliation in a while. We have resources to help you on our Reconciliation page.
Music for the Season
- Since music can have a powerful effect on one's spiritual journey, we've curated a playlist (available on Spotify and YouTube) of songs and hymns than can be used before, during or after your prayer.
- Spotify
- YouTube
Fasting
- At any given moment, we have at our fingertips the world's best attempts at giving us stability, connectedness and clarity by which to anchor ourselves in the changing times. In his letter to the Hebrews, Saint Paul tells us that HOPE is our sure and firm anchor of the soul (Hebrews 6:18-19). Fasting can help you release those fragile and shifting anchors of the world and strengthen the true anchor of hope.
- Resources & Ideas
  
  Hallow Blog: What to Give Up For Lent in 2025—Practical Fasting Ideas for Lent
  
  Dynamic Catholic: What Should I Give Up for Lent?
- Fasting & Abstaining Basics
  
  On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, all Catholics from 18 to 59 years old, are obliged to fast and abstain from meat (unless there are medical circumstances that require one to adhere to a specific diet).
  
  On the other Fridays of Lent, those 14 years and older, are to abstain from eating meat (unless there are medical circumstances that require a specific diet).
- Meatless Recipes
  
  If you're looking for new meatless options for your menu this Lent, Catholic Relief Services has a great collection of recipes from around the world!
  
  If you give any of these recipes a try, share how they turned out on social media (if you haven't given it up this Lent) and use #sjblent.
  
  Explore the Recipes
Lent on FORMED
- FORMED is a video streaming service that produces and distributes a massive treasury of content that will help you and your family develop a rich friendship with Christ.
- What Catholics Believe: Lent
  
  Join Fr. Scott Bailey, a priest in the Archdiocese of Denver, as he answers some of the Internet's most asked questions about Lent. What is Lent? Why is Lent 40 days long? What should I give up for Lent?
  Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this episode.
  Watch Here
Almsgiving
- Having received the light of Christ at our baptism, we are to be a light to the world and a light in the darkness for others. Almsgiving, the practice of giving money or goods to the poor, is a tangible way of bearing that light by which those in need can find HOPE. Since the needs of the poor are not just present during Lent, Lent is a good opportunity to grow in the practice of almsgiving so that it can take root throughout your life.
- CRS Rice Bowl
  
  At this very moment, millions of our most vulnerable sisters and brothers are facing life-threatening levels of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. At the root of this crisis is a perfect storm of poverty, climate change, conflict and inequality. There is no one solution to breaking the cycle of hunger for every community around the world—but we can do our part through CRS Rice Bowl by answering Jesus’ invitation us to share bread for life with our sisters and brothers during Lent—so all may live with dignity.
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- Wine to Water Build
  
  March 22 | 7PM | Atrium
  Come together to change a life! Join us for a water filter build and, as a community, make a life-saving difference. A representative from Wine to Water will guide us through an individual filter build. Each filter gives the recipient access to clean water for up to 10 years and comes with a notecard so you can write a note to your water filter recipient.
  Sign Up Here
  
  *Must be 18 years or older

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