ear Parishioners and visitors,

We are continuing our journey through this Lenten Season. Hopefully, we have begun well and are using this time to grow in our faith and discipleship. We use these 40 days to prepare for the Feast of Easter by reflecting on the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We try hard to reorient ourselves to discipleship and to focus on strengthening our relationship with God. This holy season reminds us that we are sinners who trust in the bountiful love and mercy of Almighty God. We seek to reform ourselves to what is important and what is eternal; to recognize that this world, its joys and pleasures, are fleeting. Each of us, one day, will leave this world and stand before God. We won’t bring our money, our cars, our homes, our clothing, our jewelry. What we will bring is our good deeds, our love, and our selfless service.

Our Lenten pilgrimage invites us to see clearly what is truly important. Lent calls and challenges us to focus, not on the finite, but on the infinite. As we continue our Lenten pilgrimage this year, may all of us grow in faith, hope and love, and may we truly serve God and our brothers and sisters.

Have A Great Bethany Beach Week!
Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!

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This weekend the 2026 Faith and Chairty Appeal begins. The theme for this year’s Appeal is “Many Hands, One Mission: A 50-Year Legacy.” For fifty years the people of our Diocese and our parish have supported the Appeal. They have, by their generosity, assisted the Diocese to carry out many good works and to provide many services to our parishioners and to the greater community. I am grateful for your past support and thank you in advance for your support this year. Remember that you can make a difference. Your gift or pledge is a lifeline to another person. No gift, of whatever size, fails to make a positive difference. I invite all of our parishioners to participate in this year’s Faith and Charity Appeal. Your pledge/gift is truly discipleship in action.

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Don’t forget that Our Lord, present in the Blessed Sacrament, is waiting for you to visit Him in the Blessed Michael McGivney Eucharistic Adoration Chapel. It is especially appropriate during the Lenten Season to spend some quiet, prayerful time in His presence. Take a few minutes to visit with the Lord, to be in His presence, to listen to Him. The Lord is inviting you, say yes to Him.

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Our Feasibility Study on the new Parish Center at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church is ongoing. Soon, if not already, every registered member of our parish will be contacted about the prospect of this new Parish Center. I do hope that you will take the time to respond to this inquiry. We need you to share your thoughts, ideas, and concerns. The hope is that we can build a new building that will serve the needs of our parish, and our community, both today and for many years to come.

Prayer for Lent

The glory of these forty days
We celebrate with songs of praise;
For Christ, by whom all things were made,
Himself has fasted and has prayed.
Alone and fasting Moses saw
The loving God who gave the law;
And to Elijah, fasting, came
The steeds and chariots of flame.
So Daniel trained his mystic sight,
Delivered from the lions’ might;
And John, the bridegroom’s friend, became
The herald of Messiah’s name.
Then grant us, Lord, like them to be
Full oft in fast and prayer with thee;
Our spirits strengthen with thy grace,
And give us joy to see thy face.
O Father, Son, and Spirit blest,
To thee be every prayer addressed,
Who are in threefold name adored,
From age to age, the only Lord.

–Hymn attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great

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