Reflection & Prayer

Sunday Weekly Parish Mass Times

Saturday 6pm Star of the Sea, San Remo

Sunday 9am St Mary's, Cowes

Sunday 11am St Joseph's, Bass

Prayer of the week

Dear Lord

As we begin our Lenten journey, be with us as we prepare for Easter helping us remember to follow your ways in all we do.  Amen

Reflection from Archbishop Coleridge: We often urge people to pray but don't teach them how…. Now is the time to teach all embracing ways of prayer. Christian prayer begins with listening- even to the silences of God. If we only speak, we ‘babble like the pagans’ (Matt 6:7). But when we speak after listening to God, we speak with the mind of the Holy Spirit. Jesus called the apostles "that they might be with him” (Mark 3:14). This is where the mission begins: being with Jesus which is the essence of prayer

AmenPope Francis @pontifex

The ashes we receive on Ash Wednesday remind us of who we are, which does us good. It puts us in our place, smooths out the rough edges of our narcissism, brings us back to reality, and makes us more humble and open to one another. None of us is God; we are all on a journey.  Amen