Ash Wednesday 2026
a little video:
‘the hour of God’s favour draws near,
the day of his mercy and of our salvation approaches:
death has been destroyed and eternal life begins.
At the start of Lent, we acknowledge that we are sinners.
As we express our sorrow,
we are also glad that
we can rely on God’s mercy and love for us’.
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GV Lent 1 Not by bread 24 – Full Score
Saint Peter Chrysologus (c.406-450), Bishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church wrote:
‘My dear brethren, today we set out on the great Lenten journey.
So let us take our food and drink along in our boat,
putting onto the chest the abundant mercy we shall need.
For our fasting is a hungry one, our fasting is a thirsty one
if it isn’t sustained by goodness and refreshed by mercy.
Our fasting will be cold, our fasting will flag
if the fleece of almsgiving doesn’t clothe it,
if the garment of compassion does not wrap it around.’
Morning Prayer with the young for Lent with Catriona Glen and Our Lady of the Missions Primary School
Entry Song:’He will call to me and I shall answer
with freedom and honour and length of days.
he will call to me, he will call to me,’
All you sheltered by he Most High, who live in Almighty God’s shadow
say to the Lord, my refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I just.
