First Week of Lent

With the first Sunday of Lent we now begin our first full week of Lent. And today is also March 1 so we are getting closer to spring. That is always a special time of the year as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer.

However, it does not feel like spring today. Yesterday we had probably our biggest snow of the winter. It was not a great snow storm but we did have maybe four or so inches of snow and then last night it got down to about 5-6 above zero with a wind chill below zero.

Winter scenes taken February 28, 2009

Even with the snow and winter weather we had a number of groups here for the weekend for retreats or workshops. Groups were here from Maryville, MO and from North Kansas City, MO as well as youth groups from St. Peter Parish at Marshall, MO and from St. Bridget Parish at Pleasant Hill, MO.

Novice Damian, from Christ the King Priory, Schuyler, Nebraska, who was here all last school
year and during most of the summer for his canonical novitiate year, returned to spend the weekend with us. Their monastery has a two year novitiate so he is now in his 2nd year. He is leaving soon for their mother abbey in Germany to spend some time there.

This week from tomorrow (Monday) through Saturday I will be celebrating the Mass for the Sisters at Clyde. They have their Mass at 7:30 AM and then after Mass I usually stay for a short breakfast. This past week I had Mass everyday in our own infirmary so I have not been here for our community Mass for a while.

Let us all pray for one another and continue our Lenten journey toward Easter.