The Parish Church of S. James the Great
Albert Hill, Darlington

Lent 2010

 

Devotions for Lent

At S. James, during the weeks of Lent, we shall have many opportunities to reflect on our lives and prepare ourselves for the saving events of Holy Week and Easter.

Mondays 6.45 pm

HOLY MASS AND STATIONS
OF THE CROSS

Wednesdays 9.00 am

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, AND HOLY MASS

 

Fridays 6.45 pm

HOLY MASS AND ROSARY

 

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Lent is a time of penitence - being reconciled with God by repenting of our sins, and receiving His forgiveness and grace. We should ALL TRY TO MAKE OUR CONFESSION of sin sometime, either before or during Lent, and certainly before Easter Day.

Confessions are heard every week:

Tuesdays at 6.00 pm

Thursdays at 7.15 pm

Saturdays at 10.00 am

Lent

This is a time of forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday, and recalls the forty days Jesus spent praying and fasting in the desert. It is marked by sorrow for our sins and some form of penance, to indicate that we are really trying to live as Christ showed us. Lent ends with Holy Week, which includes Holy, or Maundy Thursday, when we have the Last Super - this was the first Eucharist; and also Good Friday when Christ died on the Cross.

 

Notes for Lent

During Lent we do not say or sing the 'Glory to God in the Highest' or the Alleluias - so as not to anticipate the joy of Easter.

The organ is silent (except when necessary to sustain singing), but may be played on the 4th Sunday, Solemnities and Feasts.

Liturgical colour for the season is purple.

The church is not decorated with flowers

Lent Almsgiving: Giving to Others and Parish Lent Boxes.

Lent Devotions: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Daily Mass as usual: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Try to come to a weekday Mass during Lent.

Donations for Easter flowers to Father Grieves - please be generous!

Lent 2010

Prayer

For the good of your soul

 

Fasting

For the good of your body

 

Almsgiving

 

For the good of your neighbour

 

Almsgiving During Lent
(Retiring Collections after Sunday Mass)

Sunday 21st February

S. Teresa's Hospice

Sunday 28th February

The Additional Curates'
Society

Sunday 7th March

Diocese of Lesthoto

Sunday 14th March

Butterwick Hospice

Sunday 21st March

Christian Aid

Sunday 28th March

Darlington Credit Union

 

Please Give Generously 'for the good of others'

HOLY WEEK at S. James the Great

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