DAILY THOUGHTS LENT TO EASTER 2025
Week-by-week from Ash Wednesday (5 March 2025) until Easter Sunday (20 April 2025) you'll find below a short piece of text, some in white from the Holy Bible, others in green from well-known Christian writers. There is no particular sequence or scheme, rather a few words for you to read and, hopefully, contemplate during each day. Maybe you will also find some inspiration for a prayer based on the words or the idea behind the text. If you want to let us know your own thoughts which have arisen from what you've read or thought, do please drop us a line using the 'Contact Us' form on the menu.
(Note: Start from the end (below) and work upwards day-by-day)
Saturday29 March:
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
(Psalm 33:6)
Friday 28 March:
Truth sees God, wisdom beholds God, and from these two comes a third, a holy wondering in God,
which is love. Where there is truth and wisdom there is also true love springing from them both. (Julian of Norwich)
Thursday 27 March:
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. (Luke 6:28)
Bendithiwch y rhai a'ch melltithiant, a gweddÏwch dros y rhai a'ch dtygant. (Luc 6:28)
Wednesday 26 March:
Lord Jesus Christ, light shining in our darkness; have mercy on our tired and doubting hearts. Renew in us the courage we need, to bring to completion the work your calling has begun in us. (Taizé)
Tuesday 25 March:
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1: 22)
Monday 24 March:
Dysg i mi, O Arglwydd, ffordd dy ddeddfau, a chadwaf hi hyd diwedd. Gwna i mi ddeall, a chawaf dy gyfraith; ie, cadwaf hi â'm holl galon. Gwna i mi gerdded yn llwybr dy orchmynion: canys ynddo y mae fy ewylls. (Salmau 119, vv. 33-35)
Teach me , O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will honour it to the end. Give me understanding that I may keep your law, that I may keep it with my whole heart. Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein is my delight. (Psalm 119, vv. 33-35)
Sunday 23 March - Third Sunday in Lent
Lord Jesus, we thank you for the reading of your word, for the preaching of your truth, for the prayers of your people, for the singing of your praise, and for the blessing of your love. (Hugh Temple)
Saturday 22 March:
My help comes from the Lord, Fy nghymorth a ddaw oddi wrth yr Arglwydd,
who made heaven and earth yr hwn a wnaeth nefoedd a daear.
He will not allow your foot to be moved; Ni ad efe i’th droed lithro:
He who keeps you will not slumber. ac ni huna dy geidwad.
(Psalm 121, vv. 2-3) (Salmau 121, vv. 2-3)
Friday 21 March:
Listen to our prayer, Lord, pardon our sins according to your love, deliver us for the honour of you name. Let the whole world know that you are the Lord, our God, and that we are the people who bear your name. (Lucien Deiss)
Thursday 20 March:
Dwi'n gallu gwneud popeth trwy Crist sy'n fy nghythruddo.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
Wednesday 19 March:
Day after day, Lord, and during every moment of each hour, allow us to place our hands in yours and walk with you. (Mary Turner)
Tuesday 18 March:
It gives more praise to God and more delight if we pray steadfast in love, trusting in his goodness,clinging to him by grace, than if we ask for everything our thoughts can name. (Julian of Norwich)
Monday 17 March: Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuir! (Happy St Patrick's Day to you!)
The Lord loves those who hate evil, the Lord guards the life of the faithful and delivers them from the hand of the ungodly. Light dawns from the righteous, and joy from the true heart. (Psalm 97, vv. 10-11)
Sunday 16 March: - Second Sunday in Lent
The best prayer is to rest in the goodness of God, knowing that the goodness can reach right down to our lowest depth of need. (Julian of Norwich)
Saturday 15 March:
Grant me, O Lord, the single eye, that I may see the one thing needful, the thing that you want done. Don't let my vision be blurred by looking at too many things, or longing to to please anyone but you. Give me simplicity of heart, quiet confidence in you, and eagerness to know and do your will. (George Appleton)
Friday 14 March:
Guide me by your wisdom, correct me with your justice, comfort me with your mercy, protect me with your power. (St Thomas More)
Thursday 13 March:
Blessed be the Lord our God, for he has wonderfully shown me his steadfast love when I was a city besieged. When I was afraid I said in my haste, 'I am cut off from your sight,' but you heard the voice of my supplication when I cried to you for help. (Psalm 31, vv. 23-25)
Wednesday 12 March:
We pray you, Lord, to direct and guide your people with your unfailing care, that it may be vigilant in times of quiet, and daring in times of trouble. (Eric Milner-White, Dean of York)
Tuesday 11 March:
The Lord is my shepherd. Therefore can I lack nothing. He will make me lie down in green pastures, and lead me beside still waters. He will refresh my soul; and guide me in right pathways for his name's sake.
(Psalm 23, vv. 1-3)
Monday 10 March:
In the tender compassion of our God: the dawn from on high will break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
(From the Song of Zachariah)
9 March: - First Sunday in Lent
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land,
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of Heaven,
Feed me now and evermore.
(William Williams)
8 March:
The Lord will always guide you. He will give strength to your bones. You shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never run dry. (From the Book of Jeremiah)
7 March:
Be for me a rock of refuge, a fortress to defend me. For you are my high rock and my stronghold. Lead me and guide me for your name's sake, bring me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me, for you are my strength. (Psalm 31, vv. 3-4)
6 March:
It pleases God that by the help of his grace we shall work away at our praying and living, directing all our powers to him, until the fullness of joy we have him whom we seek - Jesus. (Julian of Norwich)
5 March: - Ash Wednesday:
I am always with you, for you hold me by the right hand. You will guide me with your counsel, and afterwards you will lead me to glory. whom have I in heaven but you? and there is no one upon earth that I desire in comparison with you. (Psalm 73, vv. 23-25)
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