In light of the current situation in the Church, the OCDS of Sacramento has decided to participate in a communal day of fast and reparation “for the purification of the Church here on earth and for those who have suffered as a result of the sins of our members, be they clergy, religious, or laity.” We will be undertaking this on Friday, September 7, the day before the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady.

All are invited and encouraged to be united with us in prayer and fasting.

Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John (c. 1460)

Rogier van der Weyden, Escorial Palace, Madrid

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