That you may know the truth

March 2023

We have a free gift for you this Lent. You know about advent calendars, but what about counting down the days of lent until Easter! At the back of our churches there are enough booklets for everyone to take one home, so that, day by day, all of us make our way through the beautiful gospel of Saint Luke.

As Canon Professor Jenn Strawbridge from Blackburn Cathedral says:

“This Lenten season, we are invited, through Luke’s gospel, to know the truth of Jesus Christ. We are called to walk with him to and through the cross. We are called to include those excluded by our society, culture, world and church. We are called to fill the hungry and lift up the lonely. We are called to enter into God’s saving work through the radical love and teaching of Jesus Christ.

We are called to join Jesus in his mission to those outside the places we gather. This Lent, may we be strengthened in our identity as lovers of God, and may we not only know, but embody and proclaim his truth in our daily lives.”

Please make sure you pick up your copy the next time you’re in church, I look forward to talking about the things we have been reading together day by day and week by week as we travel together to Easter morning.

With all good wishes

The Rev'd  Andrew Wilkinson MA

Vicar & Area Dean of Garstang