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8 MARCH 28-APRIL 10, 2020 | DENVER CATHOLIC Around the Archdiocese Knights of Columbus "Provide Support for Our Clergy and Religious Men & Women" Founder's Day 138 Years Later In March we celebrate Founders Day. Fr. McGivney formed the Knights of Columbus against the background of profound anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant sentiment in America. The young priest saw the need to aid Catholic families and provide for widows and orphans whose breadwinners died young. Father McGivney sought to provide Catholic men an opportunity to practice charity in their communities strengthening their faith, & each other. Today the KofC are proud to help numerous communities and charities. As there is strength in numbers, we welcome new members to continue our e„ orts. Join Knights Of Columbus: www.kofc.org/join Or Contact: Jason Pasionek , jp9223@hotmail.com 18,000 MEMBERS & 158 COUNCILS ACROSS COLORADO Offering counseling services for individuals, children, teens, couples, and families. Contact us: 720-377-1359 or st.raphaelcounseling@gmail.com St.RaphaelCouseling.com WE PROVIDE TELEHEALTH COUNSELING TO HELP YOU • Manage your fears and anxieties • Reinforce your faith DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, NO NEED TO DO IT ALONE! A ministry of Catholic Charities Bethany Doss, MA School Counselor bdoss@ccdenver.org 720-377-1359 straphaelcounseling.com "The Glory of God is man, fully alive." – St. Irenaeus Don't waste these 'channels of grace' as you prepare for Easter without Communion BY VLADIMIR MAURICIO-PEREZ I t is a time of hope and gratitude – that's how God may be calling us to live this Lenten season in which all of us have given up more than we had planned. And that's great news because, even though we won't get to prepare for Easter as we normally would, God would never give us less than what we need. In order to fi nd those new opportu- nities that God presents to us during this time in which we can't partake of the Eucharist, we spoke with Father Daniel Cardó, pastor at Holy Name Parish and Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Liturgical Studies at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver. "I think this is defi nitely a diffi cult time for everyone… I think rather than trying to judge the goodness or convenience of the decision, or rather than struggling with the fact that this is happening, we need to embrace the fact that it has happened," Father Cardó said. "And as such, it really becomes an opportunity of faith, trusting that God will take care of us in ways that go well beyond what we know and what we control… Grace will not be lacking, it will come in diff erent ways." Therefore, he added that this time of preparation for Easter without the Mass can bear much fruit if we take advantage of what the Church has to off er. "I think one very specifi c fruit from this experience should be to renew our love and desire for the Eucharist and our appreciation of the gift," Father Cardó said. "And I think we have to recognize that when something is too easily available, we have the risk of losing our appreciation, reverence and gratitude. "We're used to it and we think we have the right to have it at our disposal. And sometimes, when we don't have something that we want or when we're far from someone we love, the expe- rience of missing and longing for that person can actually help us to renew our love." In order to explain God's work in us, even in the absence of Communion, Father Cardó referred to a text in the Catechism: "God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he him- self is not bound by his sacraments" (CCC 1257). "God, of course, gives us the Eucha- rist as the great summit of our faith, in which we receive the grace of graces, but that doesn't mean that God, in a circum- stance like this, will abandon us, and that also doesn't mean that he will not give us the grace that we need," he explained.