Our Lenten Reconciliation Service will take place this Thursday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. exactly one week before we begin the celebration of the Easter Triduum.  One of the prefaces of Mass during Lent says that God gives us this great season of grace "to purify our hearts."  Whether you regularly receive the sacrament or not, this opportunity to gather as a community to recognize and celebrate our merciful God, and examine our own lives in light of the Gospel, can lead to many blessings, including a purified heart that is truly ready to celebrate the great paschal mystery of Christ's passion, death and resurrection.  Please join us and welcome our visiting priests who will be instruments of reconciliation for us who come with humble and contrite hearts.