{"id":17340,"date":"2023-02-24T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/?p=17340"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:21:13","slug":"parish-newsletter-for-1st-sunday-of-lent-26th-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/parish-newsletter-for-1st-sunday-of-lent-26th-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish Newsletter for 1st Sunday of Lent 26th February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #621da8;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17342 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1st-Sunday-of-lent-Year-A-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1st-Sunday-of-lent-Year-A-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1st-Sunday-of-lent-Year-A.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/>First Sunday of Lent<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In the Cycle of Sunday Readings, the oldest are those of Year A in Lent these Gospels have accompanied the Church for many centuries. We must realise why: Lent was originally the time of immediate preparation of candidates for Baptism at Easter (something which has been reintroduced to the Church by RCIA): those already baptised used it as a time to prepare for the renewal of Baptismal promises. This is why so much of the Scripture in Lent is about Baptism, New Life and Salvation. What is the new life of Baptism? What are we set free from? What is sin? We begin Lent by hearing about sin and temptation; the Gospel will tell us of Jesus&#8217; own temptations, something he shares with us, though he did not sin. The other Scripture readings prepare us for the Gospel, in which Jesus, the new Adam, triumphs over temptation.<\/p>\n<p>To view and download a copy of the Weekly Newsletter click <a href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/02\/260223 1ALent.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view and download a copy of the Prayers of the Faithful click <a href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/260223 1ALentBidding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make a donation click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygivinghub.com\/detailed\/donate?charity_id=1086324&amp;type=2&amp;reference=Y18&amp;amount=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Sunday of Lent In the Cycle of Sunday Readings, the oldest are those of Year A in Lent these Gospels have accompanied the Church for many centuries. We must&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-read-more btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/parish-newsletter-for-1st-sunday-of-lent-26th-february-2023\/\" title=\"ReadParish Newsletter for 1st Sunday of Lent 26th February 2023\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17344,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340\/revisions\/17344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/11host.me\/stmary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}