Monday 30 March 2026 Today is Monday of Holy Week, the 30th of March. Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, sing Dulce Jesus mio. “My sweet Jesus, look with mercy on my lost soul.” Today we will pray with the 'Suffering Servant'. Take this time to place yourself with Jesus, the suffering servant, as we take our first steps through Holy Week. Yya1 Jesuchrixhto, apuk1rui ityaku niyausus1p1 ninait1 sobi. Dulce Jesús mío, mirad con piedad mi alma perdida por culpa mortal. Today’s reading is fro...
Mar 30, 2026•13 min
Sunday 29 March 2026 Today is Sunday the 29th of March, Palm Sunday. Juliano Ravanello sings, Hosanna Filio David. ‘Hosanna to the Son of David...Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord....Hosanna in the highest’. Hosanna Filio David Benedictus qui venit In nomine Domini Rex Israel Hosanna in excelsis Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,...
Mar 29, 2026•13 min
Saturday 28 March 2026 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. During this fifth week of Lent, we’ve engaged with God through a variety of Old and New Testament scriptures. We’ve explored some of the challenging words of Jesus as his journey towards Jerusalem and the cross intensifies. We’ve also been reminded of God's deep and lasting love for humanity. In the stillness, allow the Spirit to bring to mind what God most wants you to remember from this week’s reflections. Where has the Spirit brought new ...
Mar 28, 2026•9 min
Friday 27 March 2026 Today is Friday the 27th of March, in the fifth week of Lent. Leslie Jordan with the Porter’s Gate sings, ‘Good to Me’. Can you trace the goodness of God in your life at the moment? I can taste the sweetness of Your mercy But I feel the sting of grief still in my chest Not sure I've known the one without the other So I will cling to the belief I know the best You have been You will be You are so good to me I reach out my hand in hopes You hold on But time and time again find...
Mar 27, 2026•13 min
Thursday 26 March 2026 Today is Thursday the 26th of March, in the fifth week of Lent. The monks of Pluscarden Abbey sing the Benedictus: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people and redeemed them. He has raised up for us a mighty saviour in the house of David his servant, as he promised by the lips of holy men, those who were his prophets from of old. A saviour who would free us from our foes, from the hands of all who hate us. So his love for our ancestors is fulfille...
Mar 26, 2026•13 min
Wednesday 25 March 2026 Today is Wednesday the 25th of March, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, in the fifth week of Lent. The monks of the Abbey of Keur Moussa sing a litany to Mary, the Mother of God. 'O Mary, you have opened for us the gateway of paradise. O Mary, queen of glory, who shares the joy of the angels.' As I listen, can I reflect for a moment on today's feast? How, through this woman – Mary – God brought his Son into the world, and the world was changed, for ever? Today’s ...
Mar 25, 2026•13 min
Tuesday 24 March 2026 Today is Tuesday the 24th of March, in the fifth week of Lent. Paul Zach sings, ‘From the Dust’. How do these words speak to you today as you continue on your Lenten journey? From the dust we came To the dust we shall return From the dust we came To the dust we shall return God everlasting Age unto age, the same We are a moment Then like a breath we fade From the dust we came To the dust we shall return From the dust we came To the dust wе shall return God everlasting Wе ar...
Mar 24, 2026•13 min
Monday 23 March 2026 Today is Monday the 23rd of March, in the fifth week of Lent. Salt of the Sound sings, ‘O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus’. O the deep, deep love of Jesus Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free Rolling as a mighty ocean In its fullness over me Underneath me, all around me Is the current of thy love Leading onward, leading homeward To thy glorious rest above O the deep, deep love of Jesus Spread his praise from shore to shore How he loves us, ever loves us Changes never, nevermore Ho...
Mar 23, 2026•13 min
Sunday 22 March 2026 Today is Sunday the 22nd of March, the fifth Sunday in Lent. It is the Spirit of love who gives life. God is the source of all life, the one in whom we live and move and have our being. As you look around you now, can you sense the presence of that God? Can you sense God’s Holy Spirit here? In you? Today’s reading is from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Romans 8:8-11 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since t...
Mar 22, 2026•12 min
Saturday 21 March 2026 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. On Saturdays we like to look prayerfully and reflectively back at what we have done during this week, both our activities and our praying, to get used to seeing where God has been. Let yourself settle into prayer now... Begin by reflecting on three things, possibly, but not necessarily, three moments in prayer, when you felt the touch of God this week. Now think of just two things for which you would like to tell God that you are sorry. Fina...
Mar 21, 2026•7 min
Friday 20 March 2026 Today is Friday the 20th of March, in the fourth week of Lent. Jon Guerra sings, 'Jesus'. The wisdom and the word The speaking and the silence The stillness and the stir The Spirit in the quiet The son of God and man The sinner’s lamentation The flesh of the I Am The song of our salvation Jesus, Jesus, Jesus The dawnbird song of life The spring of earth and heaven The water and the wine The everlasting leaven My life, my truth, my way The stone on which I stumble The vineyar...
Mar 20, 2026•13 min
Thursday 19 March 2026 Today is Thursday the 19th of March, the feast of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the fourth week of Lent. The nuns of Mary, Queen of Apostles, sing the hymn Te Joseph Celebrent. Te, Ioseph, celebrent agmina cælitum Te cuncti resonent christiadum chori Qui clarus meritis junctus et inclytæ Casto fœdere Virgini. Almo cum tumidam germine conjugem admirans dubio tangeris anxius, afflatu superi flaminis angelus conceptum puerum docet. Tu natum Dominum strin...
Mar 19, 2026•13 min
Wednesday 18 March 2026 Today is Wednesday the 18th of March, in the fourth week of Lent. IamSon sings, ‘Always With Me’. How is God with you today, accompanying you on your journey? I can make through the day When you're with me on the way In my heart and mind you'll stay I can make it through the night When I'm clinging to your light You will make the darkness bright For you are always, always with me For you are always, always with me In the calm and in the storm When it seems I'm all alone I...
Mar 18, 2026•13 min
Tuesday 17 March 2026 Today is Tuesday the 17th of March, the feast of Saint Patrick, in the fourth week of Lent. The Porter's Gate sings, ‘The Breastplate of Saint Patrick’. Can you make these words your own today? When my work takes me places I don’t want to go Christ before me And my heart aches with sorrow as I hit the road Christ be with me When the care of my family takes all that I have Christ within me When I’m worn and exhausted, ashamed that I’m mad Christ defend me I rise up today in ...
Mar 17, 2026•12 min
Monday 16 March 2026 Today is Monday the 16th of March, in the fourth week of Lent. The Kyiv Chamber Choir sing the Creed: “I believe in one God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.” As you start this prayer today, can you join in with this strong, almost exuberant expression of faith? Can you begin by declaring your faith in God, your creator, your heavenly Father? Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John. John 4:43-54 When the two days were over, [Jesus] went from that place to...
Mar 16, 2026•13 min
Sunday 15 March 2026 Today is Sunday the 15th of March, the fourth Sunday in Lent. Ladysmith Black Mambazo sing: ‘Baba wethu singenile’: ‘Our father, we have entered in the holy place, as you have invited us. Be close to us. Open our hearts to understand your word. Remove the darkness that surrounds us and give us your light.’ Today’s reading is from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Ephesians 5:8-14 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— fo...
Mar 15, 2026•12 min
Saturday 14 March 2026 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. We began our week of prayer with some words from Psalm 42: 'My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.' As you arrive in prayer today, sit comfortably and repeat these words as an expression of your longing to meet with the Lord today. You may like to breathe in the first line, and breathe out the second: 'My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.' The next line of the psalm is: 'When shall I come and behold the face of God?' Spend time...
Mar 14, 2026•9 min
Friday 13 March 2026 Today is Friday the 13th of March, in the third week of Lent. Paul Zach with the Porter’s Gate sings, ‘The Greatest Commandment’. Love the Lord your God With all your heart and soul and mind And love your neighbour as yourself Love the Lord your God With all your heart and soul and mind And love your neighbour as yourself Let us be known, let us be known By the way we love Let us be known, let us be known By the way we love Love the Lord your God With all your heart and soul...
Mar 13, 2026•13 min
Thursday 12 March 2026 Today is Thursday the 12th of March, in the third week of Lent. Juliano Ravanello sings the Kyrie (Deus Genitor Alme): Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. As we continue on our Lenten journey, take a moment to pause and reflect on how it is going... Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. Luke 11:14-23 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. B...
Mar 12, 2026•13 min
Wednesday 11 March 2026 Today is Wednesday the 11th of March, in the third week of Lent. The monks of the Abbey of Keur Moussa sing: ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’ As they sing…. I listen. I listen with my whole attention, with my mind and with my heart, so that I may really hear the word of God, and keep it. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 5:17-19 ‘Do not think that I have come to ...
Mar 11, 2026•13 min
Tuesday 10 March 2026 Today is Tuesday the 10th of March, the feast of Saint John Ogilvie, in the third week of Lent. The community of Taizé sing C’est toi, ma lampe, Seigneur. 'O Lord, you are my lamp. My God, enlighten my darkness.' Today’s reading is from Psalm 25. Psalm 25:4-9 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast lov...
Mar 10, 2026•13 min
Monday 9 March 2026 Today is Monday the 9th of March, in the third week of Lent. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral sing Sicut Cervus by Palestrina: “As the deer yearns for running streams, so my soul is thirsting for you, my God”. Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei? Fuerunt mihi lacrymae meae panes die ac nocte, dum dicitur mihi quotidie: Ubi est Deus tuus? As the hart l...
Mar 09, 2026•13 min
Sunday 8 March 2026 Today is Sunday the 8th of March, the third Sunday in Lent. 'The Lord is my light, my hope, my salvation. In him I trust.' We rely on many things in our lives. On other people; on our wealth or our possessions; on our power, or reputation, or status; on our own ingenuity and talents. But as I enter into prayer now, can I put all those things aside for a moment, and place all my trust in God, my light, my hope, my salvation? Today’s reading is from Saint Paul’s Letter to the R...
Mar 08, 2026•12 min
Saturday 7 March 2026 Welcome to the Saturday Examen. In this second week of Lent we have begun the journey as Jesus follows his Father’s will. Through the Examen we seek to follow his profound trust in the Father and care for us.. Prepare yourself for prayer by focussing on your breath…take a few deep breaths in…and then a few releasing breaths out. Notice how the change in breath brings stillness and an awareness of God’s presence. We might begin by asking for the wisdom and openness that also...
Mar 07, 2026•9 min
Friday 6 March 2026 Today is Friday the 6th of March, in the second week of Lent. Eliza King sings, ‘I Shall Not Want’. Wherever you are now, look around you. Where can you see God active in some way? Can you take this time to place your trust for today in God’s hands of love? I shall not want I shall not want For where He leads me to lie There's always green pastures, blue sky And where He leads me to rest Oh the water's quiet there The whole word is quiet there I shall not want I shall not wan...
Mar 06, 2026•13 min
Thursday 5 March 2026 Today is Thursday the 5th of March, in the second week of Lent. To help us enter into prayer today, we will hear the song Imbere Yanje, by Judah Earl, sung in Rundi: ‘Answer me my God, for it is to you that I pray...I called to the Lord, He heard my cry...I have no one else but you Father... I have placed the Lord ever before me.’ Let the beauty of this song of prayer wash over you, and place the Lord 'ever before' you as you listen... Unyishure Mwami wanje Kuko ari wewe ns...
Mar 05, 2026•12 min
Wednesday 4 March 2026 Today is Wednesday the 4th of March, in the second week of Lent. The monks of the Abbey of Keur Moussa sing: ‘The Lord Jesus emptied himself for us, therefore God has exalted him above all things.’ Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. Today, there will be no repeat of the scripture. Matthew 20:17-28 While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son ...
Mar 04, 2026•13 min
Tuesday 3 March 2026 Today is Tuesday the 3rd of March, in the second week of Lent. The monks of Glenstal Abbey sing Attende Domine: 'Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against you.' As you sit here and listen to this ancient chant, which has been sung for generations, pause to remind yourself that God is present here, a God of forgiveness, gracious and loving, slow to anger, abounding in goodness. Take this moment to recognise God’s presence here, and to place yourself and ...
Mar 03, 2026•12 min
Monday 2 March 2026 Today is Monday the 2nd of March, in the second week of Lent. The Porter’s Gate sings, ‘Blessed Are The Merciful’. Blessed are the merciful For they shall receive mercy, mercy Forgive us as we forgive those who sin against us Lord have mercy on us Show Your mercy through us Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. Luke 6:36-38 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and ...
Mar 02, 2026•12 min
Sunday 1 March 2026 Today is Sunday the 1st of March, the second Sunday in Lent. Nick Chambers sings, ‘It Is Good To Be Here With You’, words we will hear in our scripture passage today. As you enter into prayer, slow down into this time and recognise the kind gaze of the Lord over you now. When you bring me up the mount, Into the brightness of the cloud Even when I cannot stay, when I don’t know what to say. It is good to be here with you, with you. When I hear the voice above “This is my Belov...
Mar 01, 2026•13 min
