First Sunday of Lent

Gn. 9 :8-15
Ps. 25:4-9
1 Pt. 3:18-22
Mk. 1:12-15

• When you see a rainbow, what do you think of?
  Do you ever imagine it as a symbol of the covenant of Christ?
  
• What aspects of baptism are evoked by the reference to Noah and his ark in the reading from 1 Peter?


• How might the covenant with Noah serve as a stimulus for greater ecological sensitivity?

A LENTEN CHALLENGE
    Many traveler and visitors are new to our parish. Each week find at least one person you do not know and visit with them and make them feel welcome at St. Xavier Church.

    The basis for our Lenten observance is captured in today's reading from 1 Peter:
"Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God."