February 2024 archive of The Seed
Vicar's Corner: Don't Waste This Lent
Posted by St. Henry Cluster on 2/28/24
Each year in Lent we focus specifically on turning away from our sins and back to the Lord. If there is a certain sin that you have been struggling with, something that you notice yourself falling into on a regular basis, now is the time to make some ... Read More »
Vicar's Corner: Conversion of Hearts by Fasting
Posted by St. Henry Cluster on 2/23/24
We will very soon be entering the season of Lent. During Lent we take up the practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. These practices are meant to help us to turn from sin which separates us from the Lord as well as it helps to be freed from ... Read More »
Precepts of the Church: The Fifth
Posted by St. Henry Cluster on 2/20/24
In this final installment on our “Precepts” bulletin series, we come to the fifth precept of the Catholic Church: “The Christian Faithful are obliged to assist with the [material] needs of the Church…” (Code of Canon Law, can. 222, §1). What this assistance looks like will vary according ... Read More »
Precepts of the Church: The Fourth
Posted by St. Henry Cluster on 2/16/24
I seem to have gotten ahead of myself with my bulletin article on the first precept of the Church from a few weeks ago. In that dealing with the obligation to attend Sunday Mass each Sunday, I unwittingly conflated the 1st and 4th precepts, which treat of Sundays ... Read More »
Precepts of the Church: The Third
Posted by St. Henry Cluster on 2/07/24
We continue this series on the Precepts of the Church, and so far we have addressed the precept to attend Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation, as well as the precept to confess all grave (mortal) sins at least annually. Canon Law states the third precept ... Read More »