Lenten Mission at Home

This Lent is the one-year mark of the pandemic and we’re inviting parishioners to reflect more deeply on how the pandemic has affected each of us and our community, and how God might invite us during Lent into a deeper life with Christ. Each Monday morning during Lent, we will share on our website and social media a short video, reflection questions, and an action item meant to help us bring our experience during the pandemic to God in light of each Sunday’s Gospel.

Check this page every Monday to find each week's "mission." Please fill out the form below if you have any questions or comments, or would like to speak to someone about your experience during the pandemic.

Week 1 - "Angels Ministered to Jesus"

In this first video of St. Ignatius Lenten Mission at Home, we focus on a line from Sunday's Gospel, "Angels ministered to Jesus." After 40 days in the desert, Jesus emerged needing to be ministered to. By sharing his wounds with the angels, Jesus received healing and comfort. What are our wounds from the past year of the pandemic?

Questions

Sit down, pray and reflect with these questions. Write in a journal, talk with a loved one, or sit in quiet on your own.

• Nearly a year into the pandemic, where are my wounds? My stress fractures? My callouses? My scars? My scabs? My blisters?
• How might I need to be ministered to? What would give me rest, healing, or comfort?
• How has my time “in the desert” of the pandemic hurt me? What pain have I endured? How have I suffered?

Action

This week, take a piece of paper, a writing tablet, or a journal and list your wounds or your hurts from the past year in the pandemic. Save this list and we’ll use it next week.