40 Acts for Lent

The Bishop of St Asaph has launched a checklist of 40 simple acts to encourage discipleship through Lent.  The checklist which can be downloaded from the diocesan website includes a range of two minute positive actions which express the message of Jesus.

Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday and runs until Easter Saturday, is 40 days and excludes every Sunday.  The two minute actions reflect life across the diocese and encourage both prayer and acts of kindness, friendship, generosity and love.

The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron said: “This checklist of 40 things to do in Lent, all of which are short and can take only two minutes, express something of the Christian message of discipleship in Lent.”

The first action encourages people throughout the diocese to join Bishop Gregory in saying the Lent Prayer every evening at 6pm.  The prayer has been written by one of the leaders of Hope Street in Wrexham, Andy Kitchen.  Hope Street, a new Christian Centre, is due to open later this year.

In this short film, Bishop Gregory explains why the Lent Prayer – the first Act – is so important: