Sunday 1 March 2020 — First Sunday in Lent

I am giving up nothing for Lent save being angry with things like Monty our dog. I have already failed several times.

Collect: Grant, Almighty God, through the yearly observances of holy Lent, that we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ.

Monday 2 March 2020

I take Sophia to Mass. We sit at the back and she watches Peppa Pig on the iPhone.

Collect: “Instruct our minds by heavenly teaching, that we may benefit from the works of Lent.”

Tuesday 3 March 2020

Entrance Antiphon: “O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.”

Wednesday 4 March 2020

I am walking to the Gare du Nord and I pass the Corpus Christi chapel in the Avenue Friedland. I am tired and late but surely I can spare two minutues for God. The Mass is halfway through and I go up to the altar to receive communion. Just six of us. A quiet moment in the bustle.

Then amazingly I find the 43 bus to take me straight there.

Thursday 5 March 2020

The Forty Hours is just finishing in the Cathedral today. Sophia and me don’t last long. She wants to be on her way to soft play at the Army Museum.

“To my words give ear, O Lord. Give heed to my sights.” (Antioch)

Friday 6 March 2020

I am in the village church and open the Book of Common Prayer randomly and alight on Psalm 66:

“O be joyful in God, all ye lands
Sing praises unto the honour of His name,
Make His praise to be glorious.”

The sun is out, the wind is calm. Time for a three-hour walk across the Wolds.

Saturday 7 March 2020

I read today’s psalm in the Book of Common Prayer:

“Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord.”