It's the season of Lent

The purpose of Lent is to be a season of fasting, self-denial, Christian growth, penitence, conversion, and simplicity.

Lent, which comes from the Teutonic (Germanic) word for springtime, can be viewed as a spiritual spring cleaning: a time for taking spiritual inventory and then cleaning out those things which hinder our corporate and personal relationships with Jesus Christ and our service to him.

If you want a simple prayer to guide you through Lent, why not take inspiration from the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge? After a long barren period in his prayer life he came back to a deeper and more fulfilling relationship with God by simply using this prayer as often as he could each day:- ‘ Grant me health, hope and a steady mind’.

Wishing you a Blessed Lent.