Welcome to Our Lenten Journey for March 24, Palm Sunday, and the beginning of Holy Week. Take a moment to connect with the Word of God during this time of prayer and sacrifice and check out the full Gospel and readings here: March 24, 2024. Check in with TheDialog.org each morning for a new Gospel quote to take into your day.
Looking for a different approach for Holy Week? Aletia.com offers 5 Meditations to ponder during Holy Week here.
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Monday’s the day
Everyone is invited to return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation again this year. Reconciliation Monday in the Diocese of Wilmington will take place March 25 at all 56 parish churches in the diocese. This celebration of the sacrament, one of Bishop Koenig’s initiatives, has proven to be very popular from its inception.
Get more details about it here: Popular annual event brings people back to church in Diocese of Wilmington — ‘Reconciliation Monday’ March 25, 3-8 p.m.
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In a 2021 column for the Denver Catholic Register, “A priests top five reasons for returning to confession,” Roxanne King shares Father Andreas Hoeck’s thoughts on coming back to the sacrament. His list includes peace and joy, Christ’s mercy and the idea that there is “no unforgivable sin.” It’s a short, but good read here.
• Click here for resources on how to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and a basic explanation of the Sacrament.
• Click here for resources for individuals wishing to receive the Sacrament.
• Click here for a valuable step-by-step guide to Reconciliation from the USCCB.
“I ask you: have you ever thought that every time we go to the confessional, there is joy and celebration in heaven? Have you ever thought about that? It is beautiful … and fills us with great hope, because there is no sin to which we have stooped from which, by the grace of God, we cannot rise up again. There is no person who is beyond recovery, no-one is beyond recovery. Because God never ceases to want what is good for us, even when we sin!”
— Pope Francis, Angelus, Sept. 11, 2016
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This is also the year of Parish Revival in the National Eucharistic Revival in the Church. Read more about the role of the Eucharist in our lives in “The Mystery of the Eucharist and the Call to Love and Transform.” Learn more about the Eucharistic Revival here: www.eucharisticrevival.org/
