Dear Friends,
I write to invite you to take part in a 24-hour Prayer Vigil on Ash Wednesday. The vigil will begin at 7 a.m. on March 5 (Ash Wednesday), and end at 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 6.
In terms of logistics, the Prayer Vigil will take place online. You will be able to register on Zoom to participate in this virtual Prayer Room with a link that will be available early next week.
The invitation is to set aside at least one hour of your time on that day to pray silently with others in our virtual Prayer Room. Guidelines with suggested topics and resources will be offered to facilitate praying during the vigil.
Please consider participating in this diocesan-wide effort. This is a great opportunity for us to join in uplifting our prayers together to God who delights in listening to us and who is greatly disposed to answering our genuine entreaties.
I want to reassert how these words from Jesus to his disciples in John 14:13-14, are effective in giving us confidence to pray without ceasing: I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.
Faithfully,
