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March 22, 2026: Fifth Sunday of Lent

Ezekiel proclaims: I will open your graves and have you rise. I will put my spirit in you that you may live. I have promised, and I will do it. Psalm 130 cries from the depths: if you mark iniquities, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness. More than sentinels wait for the dawn. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. Paul writes: if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus dwells in you, he will give life to your mortal bodies also. In the Gospel, Lazarus has been dead four days. Martha meets Jesus: if you had been here, my brother would not have died. Jesus declares: I am the resurrection and the life. Do you believe this? Martha confesses: yes, Lord. At the tomb, Jesus weeps, then commands: Lazarus, come out! The dead man emerges bound in burial cloths. Jesus says: untie him and let him go.

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The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions

March: For disarmament and peace

Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence.

Prayers for our Priests

The following are priests and deacons of our Diocese who have died. Please remember them in your daily prayers:

  • Fr. Frederick Lohmann (Feb. 10)
  • Msgr. John W. Spreen (Feb. 11)
  • Fr. John R. Nolan (Feb. 12)
  • Fr. John Lupton (Feb. 13)
  • Fr. Patrick Bourke (Feb. 14)
  • Most Rev. Peter Baltes (Feb. 15)
  • Fr. Peter F. Masterson (Feb. 15)
  • Fr. Leonard Paskert, O.F.M. (Feb. 15)
  • Fr. Thomas Fennessy (Feb. 16)
  • Fr. Gerhard Jansen (Feb. 17)
  • Fr. Albin Breinlinger (Feb. 17)
  • Fr. William Costello (Feb. 17)
  • Fr. Herman J. Niebrugge (Feb. 17)
  • Fr. Eugene Cieslick (Feb. 17)
  • Fr. M. J. Foley (Feb. 19)
  • Fr. Lawrence Hoye (Feb. 20)
  • Fr. Barnabas Diekemper, O.F.M. (Feb. 21)
  • Fr. Simon Hoffman (Feb. 22)
  • Fr. Charles Flori (Feb. 23)
  • Fr. George Hamilton (Feb. 23)
  • Fr. Louis Elbow (Feb. 24)
  • Fr. K. J. Withoff (Feb. 25)
  • Fr. Roger Schoenhofen, O.M.I. (Feb. 25)
  • Fr. George Morelock (Feb. 25)
  • Fr. Timothy M. Moloney (Feb. 26)
  • Fr. Thomas Cusack (Feb. 28)
  • Fr. P. J. O’Reilly (Feb. 28)
  • Fr. E. J. Cahill (Feb. 28)
  • Fr. Thomas E. Cusack (Feb. 28)

Prayers for our Military

  • Nolan Yehling- USAF, Whiteman AFB
  • Brandon Weidner- US Coast Guard, Sault Sainte Marie, MI
  • Kody Presswood- Staff Sergeant, US Space Force, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Nick Glasgow- USMC, CA