Hello, friends and family of OLV, 

I want to personally invite each of you to join us in prayer during Lent. Beginning Ash  Wednesday, we will pray a parish prayer each day, each of us in solidarity with one another yet at a time that is convenient for our day. We will share a new prayer each  week as we journey together through this holy season. 

Why prayer? 

There is no simpler way to build and deepen your relationship with Christ. As St. John  Chrysostom so elegantly put it, prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a  thousand blessings." 

This Lent, I'll be sending a weekly reminder to stop and join us in prayer wherever you are. It would be my hope that this invitation stirs your heart and moves you to join in with us in praying our parish to pray each day for the week. These small acts of prayer are powerful beyond our understanding. 

I'm truly grateful for the wonderful things God is doing here in our parish community.  Each one of you is a gift, and I'm humbled to be your shepherd here at the parish. 

In Christ's peace, 

Fr. Andy