“Unable to get to church at this time? Please do follow the link below and join Bishop Paul Swarbrick, Bishop of Lancaster, with the community of St Peter’s Cathedral for a live broadcast of the Mass. Bishop Paul will be the main celebrant, and he will preach his Pastoral Letter to the Diocese for Lent 2021. Let us be united as best we can and pray for a fruitful season of Lent.

At 10:25 on Sunday link on to this platform and join in the prayer. You will be very welcome.“  Fr Steve

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- Gather together (unless on your own) and start with the Sign of the Cross.

- Read the Gospel for today. It is from St Matthew's Gospel, 6.1-6 and 16-18.

SILENT PRAYER
-Then say together this prayer: 'Lord God, with all our hearts we beseech you: have mercy on your people; spare your people; strengthen all people in the struggle against the havoc of this pandemic. Lord our God, without you we are so weak and our courage so limited. Give us your strength; give us your love; give us wisdom and skill to continue this fight. Spare your people, O Lord we pray. Comfort those who mourn and gather into your kingdom all who have died. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord, who died and rose to life, who lives and reigns with you, for ever and ever. Amen.'

- Make the Sign of the Cross on each other's forehead, using the words you choose.
- Pray together: the Our Father; the Hail Mary; each one with his or her own prayer or intention.
- Conclude with the 'Glory be to the Father...'
- Give each other a sign of peace.

So Lent begins!

Cardinal Vincent Nichols

On this day, more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a 14 year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw Our Lady in a cave on the banks of the River Gave, near Lourdes in southern France.