Laetare Sunday 30th March 2014
10.30am. Solemn Mass Fourth (Laetare) Sunday in Lent at Hockley, St. Pius X. Celebrant & Preacher, Fr. Jeff Woolnough Posies for Mothers will be distributed at this Mass From http://te-deum.blogspot.co.uk The fourth Sunday in Lent is known as Laetare Sunday when some parishes use the traditional rose colored vestments. In Grotto News , Fr. Perrone explains: Laetare means Rejoice! It is the first word of the Introit (opening song) of the Mass. What is there, you ask, to rejoice about? Is it merely the recognition that Lent is half done? That may be part of the reason, but I fear that with most Catholics doing little to nothing during Lent anymore, there’s little concern about being freed from fasting or from other penitential practices that aren’t being done in the first place. Even so, the deeper reason for being glad about this point in Lent is that we are the closer to Easter, the time when we will relive with Christ the joy of His resurrection. In a rel