Dear Folks,

Christ is Risen!

Easter is the primordial feast of the Church. Everything we are, celebrate, and profess comes from this feast of the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord.

By faith, we know that we are eagerly striving for that day when we too will share in His life- giving resurrection and His triumph over death.

I wish you a blessed day with your family! Eat lots of delicious foods, and if you see my family at one of the Expo Masses, don’t be surprised. I am excited that they may be coming down here this year!

Peace and love,

Father John Mosimann

Easter Sunday

8am Mass at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

10:15am at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

12:30pm Bilingual Mass at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

Dear Folks,

It is already Palm Sunday… I can hardly believe it, and I am ready to shave this beard come Easter!I know that many folks say, “keep the beard!” But as the weather warms up, I find having a beard to be miserable! By the end of Lent, it has become the penance that I joke about it being on Ash Wednesday! When Jesus rises from the dead, so will my face!

This week, I give you the words of our Holy Father Pope Francis at a Vatican Penance service:

The Sacrament of Reconciliation, in fact, allows us with confidence to draw near to the Father, in order to be certain of His pardon. He really is “rich in mercy” and extends His mercy with abundance over those who turn to Him with a sincere heart…To be touched with tenderness by His hand and shaped by His grace allows us, therefore, to approach the priest without fear for our sins, but with the certainty of being welcomed by him in the name of God, and understood notwithstanding our miseries. Coming out of the confessional, we will feel God’s strength, which restores life and returns the enthusiasm of faith.

Good words to hopefully strengthen your hearts as you make plans to prepare your soul for Holy Week.

Please remember that almost all of our Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday celebrations will be at the Fredericksburg Convention Center. Its name is new, but it is the same place we have been for many Easters. I am proud of the work that staff does so that it is beautifully set up so that we can reverently worship the Lord!

pax,

Father John Mosimann

Additional Lenten Confessions

Thursday April 10: 6:30pm-7

Friday April 11: 6:30pm-7

Saturday April 12: 8am-9am, 3:30pm-4:30pm

Monday April 14: 11:30am-12pm, 6:30pm-7:30pm

Tuesday April 15: 6:30pm-7:30pm

Wednesday April 16: 11:30am-12pm, 6:30pm-8pm

SACRED TRIDUUM

Holy Thursday

8am:  Morning Prayer and Office of Readings in the Church

7:30pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

9pm: Adoration in the Parish Life Center

11:45pm:  Night Prayer in the Parish Life Center

Good Friday

8am Office of Reading and Morning Prayer in the Church

12pm Tre Ore at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

3pm The Passion and Veneration of the Holy Cross at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

6:30pm Stations of the Cross at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

7:15pm: Stations of the Cross in Spanish at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

8pm:  Night Prayer in the Church

Holy Saturday

8am Office of Reading and Morning Prayer at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

11am Blessing of Easter Food in the Church

8:30pm The Easter Vigil at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

Easter Sunday

8am Mass at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

10:15am at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)

12:30pm Bilingual Mass at the Fredericksburg EXPO Center (2371 Carl D. Silver Pkwy)