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Reflections for Lent and Easter February–April 2021 Bring Lent to life for your community by reflecting on the Sunday Gospel each week from Ash Wednesday through the Easter season. Learn about Catholic Relief Services’ work around the world and how we are called to see the face of Christ in our sisters and brothers in need. CRS Global Fellows—priests and deacons who have witnessed CRS’ work around the world and who speak throughout the United States about our mission—have recorded brief reflections based on the Sunday Gospels from Lent through the fourth Sunday of Easter this year. These videos can be used by your community in multiple ways, such as reflections for faith-sharing groups, in a live-stream Mass or in social media channels to encourage people to participate in CRS Rice Bowl. The links to these hope-filled messages are below. Lent • Feb. 21, First Sunday of Lent • Reflections on the Scrutinies, Fr. Joe Grady (English) by Deacon Jeff Olsenholler Deacon Gene Festa (English/Spanish) o Third Sunday of Lent o Fourth Sunday of Lent • Feb. 28, Second Sunday of Lent o Fifth Sunday of Lent Deacon Joe Petrauskas (English) Deacon Tom Cabeen (English/Spanish) Easter • April 11, Second Sunday of Easter • March 7, Third Sunday of Lent Fr. Leo Almazan (English/Spanish) Deacon Joe Giuliano (English) Deacon Kevin Carges (English) Deacon Patrick O’Toole (English) Deacon Robert Vigil (English/Spanish) • April 18, Third Sunday of Easter Deacon Bill Hampton (English) • March 14, Fourth Sunday of Lent Deacon Mark Robbins (English) Fr. Cesar Jaramillo (English/Spanish) Deacon John Devlin (English) • April 25, Fourth Sunday of Easter Deacon Scott Haner (English) • March 21, Fifth Sunday of Lent Deacon Tom Berna (English) Fr. Robert Carlton (English) Deacon Don Smith (English) • March 28, Palm Sunday Deacon Mark Duffey (English) Deacon Jerome Daly (English).

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