A Lenten Pilgrimage!
This Wednesday March 5 (Ash Wednesday) Catholic Churches throughout the world will sing
"Attende Domine, et miserere quia peccavimus tibi" to usher in the liturgical season of Lent. Here in Rome, the seminarians at NAC are preparing for the "station church" pilgrimage, an ancient traditional Lenten pilgrimage that was revived in the mid 1970s. (Read more about it here: Americans in Rome have revived an old tradition: a pilgrimage to the station churches of Lent.)
As this is a pilgrimage, I will be praying for the intentions of my family and friends (as always!) However, if you have any specific intentions for which you'd like me to pray during the station church pilgrimage, please email me at KPLeaver@gmail.com
Be forewarned!! I don't want to deceive! Although I aspire to participate in all of the days, I may need to take a day off here and there to allow my feet to rest (the cobblestone pavement started to make cracks in the bottom of my shoes after only a month and a half of walking in them! So by the end of each day my feet are usually pretty achey and sometimes swollen. I hope new shoes will do the trick!)
As the holy season of Lent approaches, let us pray for one another that our Lenten observance will prepare our hearts, souls and minds for the celebration of the great gift of Easter and God's triumphant victory over death!
I will close with the collect (opening prayer) from Mass on Ash Wednesday...
Praised be Jesus Christ...
--kpl
"Attende Domine, et miserere quia peccavimus tibi" to usher in the liturgical season of Lent. Here in Rome, the seminarians at NAC are preparing for the "station church" pilgrimage, an ancient traditional Lenten pilgrimage that was revived in the mid 1970s. (Read more about it here: Americans in Rome have revived an old tradition: a pilgrimage to the station churches of Lent.)
As this is a pilgrimage, I will be praying for the intentions of my family and friends (as always!) However, if you have any specific intentions for which you'd like me to pray during the station church pilgrimage, please email me at KPLeaver@gmail.com
Be forewarned!! I don't want to deceive! Although I aspire to participate in all of the days, I may need to take a day off here and there to allow my feet to rest (the cobblestone pavement started to make cracks in the bottom of my shoes after only a month and a half of walking in them! So by the end of each day my feet are usually pretty achey and sometimes swollen. I hope new shoes will do the trick!)
As the holy season of Lent approaches, let us pray for one another that our Lenten observance will prepare our hearts, souls and minds for the celebration of the great gift of Easter and God's triumphant victory over death!
I will close with the collect (opening prayer) from Mass on Ash Wednesday...
Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting
this campaign of Christian service,
so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils,
we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Praised be Jesus Christ...
--kpl
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