After two and a half months of use it goes back onto the shelf until the end of the year. Tomorrow morning, Vol.2 (Lent-Eastertide) takes its place.
To save myself time tomorrow morning, I put all the ribbons in the right place. It all went smoothly except for the hymns. Look for 'Lent nn 15-19' it said. What does 'nn' mean? I never found out before finding the hymns themselves and realising that the Lenten ones were numbered... 15 to 19. Well, I guess 'nn' is short for numbered (?).
Something else that confused me was what week of Psalter we begin Lent in. The current week (as I write this) is Week 2. Do we start there? That would make sense. But no, we don't. The book gives you the option of using the psalms from the Friday of Week 3 or the psalms from the Wednesday of Week 4. The former felt a bit random so I decided to use Week 4. After doing so, I looked at the Universalis website to see which week it was using. Week 4. That made me feel good.
Tomorrow morning, I will be leaving the house early to serve the 7am Mass at my parish church. Because it is the quick one I thought I might head into town later and go to a service at one of the Anglican churches in the City. I will certainly report back on how it went if I do so. I haven't been to an Anglican service for ages so it should be interesting.
As for Lent itself, what will I be doing to make it a meaningful time, a holy time, to bring myself closer to God? I admit I don't know. I'd like to give some things up - the usual junky food - but that's not enough. I think I am going to use the Catholic Truth Society's 'Lent Retreat with Newman' videos as my starting point.
St. John Henry Newman - pray for us
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