It might feel like Christmas and New Year are still fresh in our memory, but Lent is just around the corner, and the Columbans have prepared some prayers and liturgy resources, including a Prayer for Ash Wednesday, which falls on February 26.

Prayer for Ash Wednesday

Blessed are You O Lord
who gives us life and all things.

Lead us into repentance and
renew our lives with your grace.

May the crosses of ashes that mark our
foreheads be a reminder that we belong to your Son.

May our worship and prayer be sustained
throughout these days of Lent.

I ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Source: Easter Prayers for Lent and Easter, a Lenten booklet.

This prayer resource is from the website of St Columban’s Mission Society.