Lent Holy Week Easter 2020
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Lent Holy Week Easter 2020 FATHER FORGIVE THE 2020 LENT BOOKLET Introduction This booklet serves two purposes: On Page 3, you will find a summary of events taking place in the Cathedral this Lent. From Page 4 onwards events are listed week-by-week. Banners This year we are displaying a new series of banners in the Cathedral. Page 11 onwards contains a series of meditative reflections on these banners. These can be used each week, or as you are moved by your Lenten discipline throughout the six weeks. What is Lent? Lent – the great 40 days of preparation for the Feast of Easter – begins on Ash Wednesday (26 February), a solemn day of repentance and forgiveness. As we receive the cross of ashes on our foreheads, we are reminded of our mortality and our utter dependence upon God our Father. With this in mind, Christians are encouraged throughout Lent to examine and review their spiritual lives. 2 LENT AT THE CATHEDRAL For those intending to undertake some sort of spiritual discipline this Lent – visitors and regular members of the congregation – the Cathedral is offering several very different opportunities for growth and renewal. Sacred Space On Sunday 1 March, at 6.00pm join Sacred Space: a meditative service with Taizé chant, led by our Trinity College placement ordinand. Mark Read Right Through On Saturday 28 March, at 10.00am, hear Mark’s Gospel read in its entirety. Lent Lunches On Sundays, join the cathedral community for Lent Lunches, with reflections from Canon Michael Johnson, the Acting Dean. Proceeds go to Christian Aid. Live Lent On Tuesdays in March, the Bishop of Bristol will give a series of talks on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book, Saying Yes to Life, by Ruth Valerio. Stations of the Cross On Fridays, walk the way of the Cross with Stations of the Cross, before the 12.30pm Eucharist. The Way On Saturday 7, 14 and 21 March, at 11.00am, Canon Michael Roden leads The Way, a welcoming setting in which to learn, discuss, and consider one’s place at the Cathedral. As Easter approaches, please speak with a member of the clergy should you wish to make your Confession or discuss any other spiritual matter. In the meantime, let us pray that we may be given the grace to keep a Holy Lent. Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor 3 ASH WEDNESDAY Wednesday 26 February 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) in the Quire with Imposition of Ashes 12.30pm Eucharist in the Eastern Lady Chapel with Imposition of Ashes 6.00pm CHORAL EUCHARIST in the Quire with Imposition of Ashes sung by the Cathedral Choir Music to include Allegri’s Miserere Mei Preacher: The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley, Canon Precentor STATIONS OF THE CROSS Friday 28 February 11.45am, starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel 4 W E E K O N E SUNDAY 1 MARCH THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST 10.00am in the Nave Preacher: Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean LENT LUNCH 12noon in the Cathedral Café A simple lunch of soup and rolls SACRED SPACE 6.00pm in the Eastern Lady Chapel Candlelit, meditation-led Taizé followed by Lenten refreshments Tuesday 3 March LIVE LENT – THE BISHOP’S LENT TALKS 6.30pm in the Nave Reflections on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book following CHORAL EVENSONG at 5.15pm in the Quire Friday 6 March STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11.45am starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel Saturday 7 March THE WAY led by Canon Michael Roden 11.00am in the Old Library Followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Elder Lady Chapel 5 W E E K T W O SUNDAY 8 MARCH THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST 10.00am in the Nave Preacher: Canon Nicola Stanley LENT LUNCH 12noon in the Cathedral Café A simple lunch of soup and rolls Tuesday 10 March LIVE LENT – THE BISHOP’S LENT TALKS 6.30pm in the Nave Reflections on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book, by the Revd Canon Dr Martin Gainsborough following CHORAL EVENSONG at 5.15pm in the Quire Friday 13 March STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11.45am starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel Saturday 14 March THE WAY led by Canon Michael Roden 11.00am in the Old Library Followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Elder Lady Chapel 6 WEEK THREE SUNDAY 15 MARCH THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST 10.00am in the Nave Preacher: The Revd Sarah Evans, Cathedral Chaplain LENT LUNCH 12noon in the Cathedral Café A simple lunch of soup and rolls Tuesday 17 March LIVE LENT – THE BISHOP’S LENT TALKS 6.30pm in the Nave Reflections on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book following CHORAL EVENSONG at 5.15pm in the Quire Friday 20 March STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11.45am starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel Saturday 21 March THE WAY led by Canon Michael Roden 11.00am in the Old Library Followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Elder Lady Chapel 7 W E E K F O U R SUNDAY 22 MARCH THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MOTHERING SUNDAY CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST 10.00am in the Nave Preacher: Canon Michael Roden Tuesday 24 March LIVE LENT – THE BISHOP’S LENT TALKS 6.30pm in the Nave Reflections on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book following CHORAL EVENSONG at 5.15pm in the Quire Friday 27 March STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11.45am starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel Saturday 28 March MARK READ RIGHT THROUGH 10.00am in the Nave 8 W E E K F I V E SUNDAY 29 MARCH THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT PASSION SUNDAY CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST 10.00am in the Nave Preacher: Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean LENT LUNCH 12noon in the Cathedral Café A simple lunch of soup and rolls Tuesday 31 March LIVE LENT – THE BISHOP’S LENT TALKS 6.30pm in the Nave Reflections on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book following CHORAL EVENSONG at 5.15pm in the Quire Friday 3 April STATIONS OF THE CROSS 11.45am starting in the Eastern Lady Chapel followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Seafarers’ Chapel Saturday 4 April THE WAY led by Canon Michael Roden 11.00am in the Old Library Followed by SAID EUCHARIST at 12.30pm in the Elder Lady Chapel 9 H O L Y W E E K Palm Sunday 5 April 10.00am EUCHARIST WITH PROCESSION OF PALMS Starting on College Green 3.30pm THE PASSION: MUSIC + MEDITATION with Howells’ Requiem Monday 6 April 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG Quire sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars Tuesday 7 April 5.15pm MEMBRA JESU NOSTRI – BUXTEHUDE Eastern Lady Chapel sung by the Fitzhardinge Consort Wednesday 8 April 7.30pm COMPLINE WITH THE Eastern Lady Chapel LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH, TALLIS sung by the Lay Clerks & Choral Scholars Maundy Thursday 9 April 10.30am DIOCESAN EUCHARIST Nave with the Blessing of the Holy Oils T H E T R I D U U M I 7.30pm THE LITURGY OF THE LAST SUPPER Nave with the washing of feet & watch until midnight Preacher: Canon Nicola Stanley Good Friday 10 April 12noon MEDITATIONS ON THE CROSS Nave Preacher: Canon Michael Roden T H E T R I D U U M II 1.30pm THE LITURGY OF THE LORD’S DEATH Nave Preacher: Canon Michael Roden Holy Saturday 11 April T H E T R I D U U M III 8.30pm THE LITURGY OF THE RESURRECTION Nave with the lighting of the new fire and confirmations by the Bishop of Bristol followed by fireworks in the Cathedral Garden Please see the back page of the booklet for details of Easter Day 10 THE LENT BANNERS The new Lent banners are an artistic response to the conversation between the public and the faith of this Cathedral. We hope that you will find them helpful. Every day, at a small desk, near the middle of the Cathedral, visitors stop to write prayers. We use these prayers in the services as they are a snapshot of 21st century concerns. Sometimes the prayers have hints of humour, for example asking for good grades and clear skin. Some are timeless please pray for my unkind neighbours. Often, the prayers are deeply moving and many mention sick relatives by name. Dionne Warwick once sang: Where am I going? And what will I find? What's in this grab-bag, that I call my mind? Like Dionne’s questioning, some of the prayers reveal a sense of being adrift in this puzzling world. People ask us to pray about climate change, people trafficking, the refugee crisis, homelessness and racism. Sometimes, there is an underlying feeling that life is going the wrong way. Many are searching for forgiveness. In Lent, we think about our lives and our need of divine help. The banners use phrases from African-American gospel songs, soul songs and spirituals to remind us of the struggles on our way to find a spiritual home. Some of these songs date back to slave times and have been sculpted by the restless, uncrushable search for hope in the presence of dehumanising evil.