“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat.” We are lucky in the Southern plains of the northern hemisphere. Why? How this year the season aligns with the liturgical calendar. Easter has its roots as “spring” and behold, everywhere around us we see and smell (and wheeze) with blossoms and new life and pollen. A few years ago, a parishioner posted on Facebook something that made all the sense in the world to me. I am not a master gardener. No talent there at all. The post was about a seed. It doesn’t matter how it’s planted, upside down, sideways, right side up. It just takes warmth and moisture for the new life to crack through the hard crust and work its way to the light. Is that the story of our life or what? Hard shells, crusty? Buried in blank? Add some water (baptism) and warmth (come Holy Spirit) and life will find its way to push through., Not just in mega fields with modern technology and equipken6t. Life will push through cracks in cement if it must do so. Bloom where you are planted. Sage advice for any believer in any age. Just look around and see for yourself. Sure, we may have a cold snap. Even snow. It’s not going to stop the Spring. Thanks to our Knights of Columbus for our St. Patrick Dinner and to honor Deacon Peter Byrne, may his soul rest in peace. Holy Week is almost here: Palm Sunday regular Masses. Tuesday March 26 5:30p Chrism Mass at Holy Family Cathedral all invited. Starting Holy Thursday through the Easter Vigil, we are bilingual, one community with two languages. Holy Thursday March 28 at 7p Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7p with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following until 9pm; Good Friday March 29 12;00pm Via Crucis Espanol, 3:00pm Stations English, 7:00pm Proclamation of the Passion of the Lord; Holy Saturday March 30 8:00pm Easter Fire, Salvation History, Sacraments of Initiation and Eucharist; Easter Sunday March 31 9:30a English, 12noon and 5p Espanol. All invited.