03/19/2026
Customarily, beginning in the fourth week of the Fast, the Church offers focused prayers not simply for catechumens, but for those who are in their final approach to “illumination”: entering Christ, who is the Light of the World.
As much as the Great Forty Days are a time of spiritual discipline, recollection, and renewal for the faithful, they are also a time of final formation for those who are preparing to join the Church.
Let’s combine our prayers for these future brothers and sisters in Christ, whom we prepare to receive on Holy Saturday, April 11. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙.
“𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴.”
