Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Lent is a solemn season of preparation for the Easter Triduum. Any decoration of the Church is supposed to be more subdued than normal, with a few exceptions like Laetare Sunday. As stated in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM): flowers are specifically banned as decorations around the altar for nearly all of Lent…and this is why when we enter the church for the Easter Vigil or on Easter Sunday our breath is taken away with all the beautiful flowers appearing on the Altar and around the church!! The presence of fresh flowers in churches on Easter Sunday is significant because they symbolize Spring, fresh beginnings, and the new life given to Jesus when he rose from the dead on Easter Sunday!
If you would like to make a donation to purchase flowers for decorating Saint John Kanty Church for Easter, see the information below.
Blessing of Easter baskets and Easter foods will take place at Saint John Kanty on Holy Saturday at 12 noon with Bishop Michael Fisher.
Please join us for Easter Sunday Mass at 10:15 a.m.: there’s a pew waiting for you and your family!
For a complete list of Lent and Easter events for all churches in the Greater East Buffalo Family of Churches, go to https://www.eastbuffalocatholic.org/calendar
