2023

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Lent, like all the other seasons of the Church's year, is a gift from God given to us through His Church. Were we already saints we would not need Lent, but because we tend to drift a little in our devotions, or become less passionate about our faith over the course of the year, or because we simply need reminding, Lent calls us to turn back to Our Lord with ever greater fervour and with an ever clearer recognition of our utter dependence upon His mercy and goodness.

The three disciplines of Lent, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, enable us to recharge our spiritual lives by turning away once more from the comforts, pleasures, and conveniences of this world, to revive our hatred of sin and of all things that offend God, and to rejuvenate our joy at the wonders of God's forgiveness and tenderness.

The season is rich in God's graces and blessings. Indeed, throughout Lent it is as if we were standing beneath a waterfall of God's grace. Lent is awash with grace! It is up to us to make use of something that is so freely and readily available. Lent is indeed a season of preparation for Easter but, equally significant, it is a season in its own right, and the Church calls us to live out both the solemnity and the joy of such a lavishly grace-filled time.

Live your Lenten resolutions to the full, picking them up again if you drop them, giving your heart to Our Lord with much devotion rather than many devotions! To help us, there are extra services at St Pancras, and thoughts for reflection in each week's newsletter.

Mass times

Sunday: 9:30 & 11am

Monday: 10am followed by the rosary

Tuesday: 8am Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) followed by the rosary

Wednesday: 6pm followed by the rosary, and by the Lent Wednesday evening talk at 7pm.

Thursday: 12:15pm followed by the rosary, and by our Lent lunch at 1pm. Free, and all are welcome, but donations please to Mary's Meals.

Friday: 10am followed by Stations of the Cross

Saturday: 10am Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 5:30pm (please sign the watching list)

6pm Vigil Mass of Sunday

Confessions

Mon – Friday: 20 minutes before each Mass

Sat: 9:30 – 10am & 5pm – 5:30pm

Stations of the Cross

Friday: after the 10am Mass

Sunday: 4:30pm followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Saturday: 10:30am – 5:30pm

Fr. Joseph
25 February 2023