
At the end of the Friday of the Passion of the Lord, according to the rubrics, the Ciborium is taken out of the Sanctuary.
Our pastor’s blog is hosting a great series on the Triduum. Here is the post on Good Friday. Please go read the series!

At the end of the Friday of the Passion of the Lord, according to the rubrics, the Ciborium is taken out of the Sanctuary.
Our pastor’s blog is hosting a great series on the Triduum. Here is the post on Good Friday. Please go read the series!
Two years, today, I became Catholic, thanks be to God! I love being Catholic. This date sneaked up on me, as I was thinking in terms of two Easter Vigils ago, and Easter is later this year.
This turns out to be the date of martyrdom of Saint Henry Walpole, a convert, priest, and Jesuit. He was present at the execution of Edward Campion, close enough to be splashed with Campion’s blood, and soon after that, he converted. 
Saint Henry Walpole, pray for us!

On this Solemnity of St. Joseph, here are some wonderful prayers for priests, from the Silverstream Priory.
Here is a wonderful Litany of St. Joseph.
Here in the mid-Atlantic of the US, we are getting just a bit weary of the winter. I find a litany like that one to be an excellent tonic for the spirits!

Ashes being blessed before distribution, Lent, 2014
Our priest had an excellent homily (much of which is here on his blog) on the spiritual warfare that is going on during Lent. Here he is blessing the ashes.

“Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.”
And, last night on Twitter:
@BradBradsweet wrote:
I’ll be praying for all in my Twitter Parish during Lent /
Je prierai pour tous dans ma paroisse «Twitter» pendant ce temps de Carême
I replied:
Thank you! And let us all pray for priests and bishops. Lent is a battle and you guys are officers and on the front lines.
Pray much for priests and bishops!
UPDATE: Here’s an excellent article on Lent by Deacon Keith Fournier.