Dear Holy Trinity Family,

The purpose of our Lenten journey with the Crucified Christ is to embrace the Risen Christ. If there are two choices that we can

choose from, we always compare every inch of two available things and come to choose the better one from the two. What do we

choose – a death or a life? Of course, the life! Even we choose the life, we all want to choose the new life, better life, and

perhaps the perfect life. Our new and perfect life begins with our acceptance of old life. We need to recognize the reality of our

OLD life and admit that our OLD life needs to be improved and changed. Once this reality of change is seen, we can commence

to take proper steps to make it better.

Therefore, for this reason of being better by our changes of the old life, we ought to go to God and ask His blessings and graces

so that we may be strengthened and empowered by them to take charge of an actual fight for better life. This honorable fight

comes with our willingness to reconcile with God and others for our failings to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, and

with all your soul, and with all your mind and to love your neighbor as yourself.” The best way to reconcile one another is the

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). There will be several opportunities to confess our sins and have reconciled one

another. Here I put a schedule of Lenten Confession with time and location of the parishes where you can go to a confession.

Tuesday, March 25th: Our Lady of Lourdes, Tujunga, at 7:00pm

Monday, April 7th: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Highland Park, at 7:00pm

Tuesday, April 8th: Incarnation, Glendale, at 7:00pm

Wednesday, April 9th: St. Bede, La Cañada Flintridge, at 6:30pm

Thursday, April 10th: Holy Trinity, Atwater Village, 6:30pm

Tuesday, April 15th: Holy Family, Glendale, at 7:00pm

In addition to this schedule, in the light of the Holy Jubilee Year of Hope, there will be a worldwide 24-hours confession. Holy

Father Francis has asked all Archdioceses and Dioceses in the world to have parishes to hold a 24-hours confession the same day

on Friday, March 28th. In our Archdiocese of Los Angeles, there are 20 deaneries, and each deanery must have one designated

parish to hold this confession. For our deanery 6 where Holy Trinity belongs to, Incarnation Parish in Glendale hosts this 24-

hours confession from 8:00am of March 28 to 8:30am of March 29 starting and closing with Masses.

Let’s make our efforts to choose a new life with our merciful God the Father! May our Triune God bless all of us in this journey

of renewal!

Blessings,

Fr. Brian