FAST - GIVE - PRAY Lenten...ON BEING PERFECT ABBIE NAZE- DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & LITURGY CONTINUED FROM PG. 2 Page 3 This will be my 2nd season of Lent as a new Catholic, and as I reflect

LEN TEN N EW SLETTERO U R LAD Y O F TH E LAKE PARISH

WHAT'S INSIDE?

From the desk of Fr. Tim Clark 2-3

On Being Perfect 3

by Abbie Naze

Lent 2019: A Let ter from the Principal 4-5

by Daniel Mullen

Lenten Reflections 5

by OLL School Students

Meaning of Ash Wednesday 6

Children's Act ivity Page 7-10

Calendar of Events 11

Ash Wednesday (March 6)7:00am, 9:00am (School Mass), 7:00pm

Lenten Mass & Soup SupperTuesdays 6:00pm

March 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9

Lenten Penance ServiceMonday, April 8th

Holy Week

April 18: Holy Thursday 7:00pm

April 19: Stat ions of the Cross 11:00am

April 19: Good Friday 7:00pm

April 20: Easter Vigil 8:30pm

April 21: Easter Sunday 7:30am & 9:30am

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

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From t he desk of Fr . Tim Clark

In ?As Kingfishers Catch Fire? Eugene Peterson writes:

At the deep center of our lives, we are connected somehow or other

with God. But that deep center often gets buried under the everyday

debris of routine and distraction and chatter while we shuffle about

out of touch and unaware of our true selves. (p.59)

The season of Lent, with its intentional focus we?re asked to make our

own, offers the grace to recover this ?deep center? connecting us with

God. Today, we?re so connected when it comes to social media with

its technology. Yet, I fear a greater ?disconnect? is happening when it

comes to the deeper nature of things and life itself. We hunger for

connection. Vainly, however, we try to meet that hunger in ways that leave us famished and

dissatisfied. This is the downside of living in a consumer society. We approach God as consumers, I?m

afraid. What God offers is deeper than consumption. In her poem, ?Water & Salt? Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

writes: We hunger for what eating cannot feed.

Such gnawing awareness opens us to that deep center where God awaits and where the true nature of

my life is found.

I empathize with the stress and strain of the everyday; the manic pace of life. When this happens, we

can feel victimized and with litt le hope. The meaning of what we do and who we are escapes us. Then

this deep center at the heart of life gets buried. Such debris takes its toll. We lose sight of ourselves

and of God; our lives glutted and out of touch.

Lent offers us a time to recalculate this search for God with a more intentional approach. To take steps

that matter in this search for God ?under the everyday debris of routine and distraction and chatter?.

During my Novitiate, I discovered these words by St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Rem em ber : you are

sought m ore t han you seek . I felt consoled and encouraged to know that God is in search of us. This

search and encounter has the capacity to resurrect within us a resilience we did not know was there

and to recover that deep center Peterson mentions. Then, life begins to deepen. We see beyond the

surface and glimpse the meaning of things; like a poet. Yet, we must be intentional as we put one foot

in front of the other. As we make our way into the everyday. (continued on pg. 3)

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ON BEING PERFECTABBIE NAZE- DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & LITURGY

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This will be my 2nd season of Lent as a new Catholic, and as I reflect on my 1st Reconciliat ion at St. James Cathedral almost 2 years ago to the day, I am reminded about the shocking experience. Shocking.... in a good, myst ical way.

You see, I had never confessed to a priest before, and frankly I didn't really know what to say. Sure, I have definitely sinned... but how could I form my thoughts into words when I was face-to-face with a priest? I know many people, newly Catholic or seasoned veterans, express some anxiety

towards confessions, especially their first t ime. But I felt an extra bit of pressure. I'm not perfect, but I definitely try to be, and that 's exact ly what I was unknowingly doing as I walked in to confess. I might have fooled myself, but I would soon be reminded that I can't fool God.

After sit t ing down with the priest and praying, I started to talk. I honest ly don't remember what I said, but I do remember the priest 's reply. "Abbie, it sounds as though you are striving for perfect ion." I shrugged, and said, "Perhaps." The priest asked, "Do you know about the Navajo Rug?" I had never heard of it . He cont inued by saying, "In Navajo culture, rug weavers would deliberately place an imperfect ion along the border. This imperfect ion was called 'ch'ihónít 'i', which translates in English as 'spirit line'. They believed that like this imperfect ion in the rug, we, too, hold imperfect ions. And it is often through these imperfect ions that we find God. Many Muslim buildings have one stone turned sideways to make an imperfect house. There are many similar examples of this idea of imperfect ion."

We talked for a while longer unt il we prayed, and then I left . I cried... not because I was sad, but because I felt relief. I have always known that God loves me no matter what, but there was something about this connect ion with the Navajo rug that shocked my system in all the right ways. As we go through this season of Lent, discover and embrace those imperfect ions in yourself and others. God is there.

St. Paul more or less said:

"...I rejoice in my weakness, for it is then that God's grace is alive in me."

2 Corinthians 12:9

The poet Mary Oliver? who

died in January? would

faithfully go out into the

morning light with pen and

notebook in hand, jotting down

whatever caught her eye;

awakening her to the mystery

of it all. Oliver likened it to

prayer.

This Lent, let?s live and pray in

ways that bring us to the

bottom of things and beyond

the surface. Let us be

intentional with this time given

us with its call to prayer, fasting

and almsgiving. What can bring

me to that deep center and

beyond whatever leaves me

distracted and unaware. Let?s

give prayer another chance

during this season of Lent;

listening to the One calling out

to us daily. Let us be more

intentional, more faithful when

it comes to life and this search

for God. Let me end with other

words by Eugene Peterson:

We?re m ade by and for t he

voice of God. List ening t o

and answer ing t hat voice is

our m ost charact er ist ic act .

We are m ost ourselves when

we pray. (p.59)

Father Tim Clark

LENT 2019

DANIEL MULLEN -OLL SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

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Dear OLL Parishioners,

Much has been made recently of how much personal information

is asked for when you want to install a new phone app to read the

news, find driving directions, or any number of other tasks. Giving

access to your location, contacts, and the list goes on, is now

commonplace. It?s essentially an invitation into a new kind of

relationship with technology, one in which we decide what we are

comfortable with giving up in order to receive the benefit that we

get out of that app. We give up this or that, and reap the reward.

As we enter into the season of Lent this year, God offers us a different type of invitation. He

says, ?Come back to me, with all your heart.? He puts no limits on what he asks of us, instead

wanting us to pour our whole selves into deepening our relationship with Him in a personal

way. He wants access to our hearts. These 40 days of Lent are a chance to reflect on our

spiritual journey and answer that invitation wholeheartedly. Within our Catholic school, we

have a special privilege to model our response for our students to witness. This Lent, as

throughout the year, I know our teachers and staff will themselves be ?prayers-in-action.?

And we want the spiritual reward that is there for us: ?A clean heart create for me, God;

renew within me a steadfast spirit" (Psalm 51). We want to say yes, but will it happen within

these 40 days? I?m reminded of words by the French Jesuit priest and philosopher, Pierre

Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, who said:

?Above all, trust in the slow work of God.

We are quite naturally impatient in everything

to reach the end without delay.

We should like to skip the intermediate stages.

We are impatient of being on the way to something

unknown, something new.? continued on pg. 5

"THIS LENT I WILL..."THOUGHTS FROM OUR OLL STUDENTS!

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LENT 2019

DANIEL MULLEN -OLL SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

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As we travel this journey

of Lent, let us look for

ways we can repent and

renew. And let us also

be comforted in the

patient trust of God,

that we will ?Give Our

Lord the benefit of

believing that His hand

is leading you, and

accept the anxiety of

feeling yourself in

suspense and

incomplete? (Pierre

Teilhard de Chardin, SJ).

Perhaps on Ash

Wednesday, we will

then feel the seed has

been planted and we

are prepared to accept

God's invitation and

?Turn away from sin and

be faithful to the Gospel.?

With Blessings,

Daniel P. Mullen

" ...t ake away doubt and add conf idence t o m y l i fe."

-Coco

"...give up unnecessary stress and take up gratefulness towards more things."

-Nina

"...give up being mean."

-Anonymous

"...take up doing the dishes every night."

-Olivia

"...go on my phone way less because I think it puts me in a bad mood and takes time away from more important things."

-Ella

" ...give up dr ink ing apple ju ice. I can't st and a day w /out it , so it w il l be quit e challenging."

-Quinn

"...give up judging others and jumping to conclusions."

-Luciana

"...give up pizza and chocolate."

-Alexander

"...take up praying more."

-Anonymous

"...take up patience because I need to be more patient with my family & friends."

-Emma

" ...t ake up exercising m ore: bik ing, walk ing, or t he t h ing in t he garage."

- Joey

"...give up T.V. and my tablet on Fridays and Wednesdays."

-Kate

"...give up having a negative mindset about things. I want to become more open to everything."

-Kell

"...give up cracking my knuckles."

-Vivvy

"...take up eating fruit (because I eat a lot of snacky foods right now)."

-Alex

" ....be closer t o m y fam ily and bond w it h m y siblings."

-Tyler

" ...give sm iles t o people who look sad or lonely."

-Jack ie

"...give more food and money to homeless people."

-Claire

"...help the earth be healthy by not using a lot of fossil fuels. I will start by taking walks more often."

-John

"...give up T.V. for Lent."

-Haiden

ASH WEDNESDAY

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What is the meaning of Ash Wednesday?Roman Catholic churches of the Lat in Rite use this service to prepare church members to better appreciate the death and resurrect ion of Christ through self-examinat ion, repentance, prayer, fast ing, and self-denial. Ashes from the burned palms of the preceding year's Palm Sunday are blessed. With these ashes, the priest marks a cross on the foreheads of worshipers, saying, "Remember that dust thou art , and unto dust thou shalt return" (Genesis 3:19).

Origin of Ash WednesdayAsh Wednesday has a non-Christ ian origin and was accepted into the beliefs of the Catholic Church at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The council also sett led upon the 40-day fast period as the standard length to celebrate Lent. During this t ime period the goal of Constant ine was to combine pagans and Christ ians into a peaceable unit within the Roman kingdom.

Even after the Council of Nicaea the beginning start date of Lent was st ill quest ioned. In 601 Pope Gregory moved the beginning of Lent from the fourth Sunday of the year to Ash Wednesday, 46 days before Easter. This changed allowed for 40 days of fast ing with six Sundays counted as feast days, for a total of 46 days for Lent. Pope Gregory also inst ituted the tradit ion of marking parishioners forehead?s with ashes in the shape of a cross.

Is Ash Wednesday Ment ioned in the Bible?Ash Wednesday is not specifically mentioned in the Bible, however, from Biblical t imes, sprinkling oneself with ashes has been a mark of sorrow for sin. Several t imes the Bible mentions people repent ing in dust and ashes; for example: Mordecai (Esther 4:1), Job (Job 42:6), the inhabitants of Nineveh (Jonah 3:5-6), and Daniel (Daniel 9:3-4). Repentance in dust and ashes often was accompanied with fast ing during Bible t imes.

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY PAGECAN YOU FIND THE 'EASTER WORDS' BELOW?!

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CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY PAGEHELP MARY FIND HER WAY TO THE TOMB!

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CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY PAGEColor the Easter Lily!

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CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY PAGE2019 Lenten Calendar

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Our Lady of the Lake8900 35th Ave NE

Seatt le, WA 98115

Phone: 206.523.6776

Fax: 206.254.0848

Email: parishadmin@ollseatt le.org

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FAST - GIVE - PRAY Lenten...ON BEING PERFECT ABBIE NAZE- DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & LITURGY CONTINUED FROM PG. 2 Page 3 This will be my 2nd season of Lent as a new Catholic, and as I reflect