Our full list of services during Lent is now available. Beginning with Ash Wednesday on 2 March our Lenten services take us through to Holy Week and Easter. Find out more about what’s on below.
A Prayer for Lent
God of all the world, you have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.
Pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself: make our lives so creative, our love so sensitive and our witness so bold, that many may find their fulfilment in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 2 March
0800 Morning Prayer
1230 Eucharist – with address
1930 Sung Eucharist – with address – music sung by the Consort
The imposition of ashes will be available at both the 1230 and 1930 services for those who wish to receive this sign of repentance as Lent begins.
Lent Study Group 2022
Journeys and Rest through the wilderness.
Through Lent we are delighted to be offering a series of online talks and discussions led by visiting speakers to explore some of the journeys we are being called to travel through our contemporary world.
WHEN: Thursdays in March at 1900
WHERE: by Zoom
For more information please email the Canon Warden or call 01228 521857
Worship During Lent
The Sundays of Lent
0800 Holy Communion
1030 Sung Eucharist – with Sermon
1500 Choral Evensong
Weekdays
Monday to Friday
Daily worship will follow our usual pattern:
0800 Morning Prayer (on Tuesdays Morning Prayer is followed by the Eucharist)
1230 Eucharist (except Tuesdays when The Offering of Incense and silent prayer is held)
1745 Choral Evensong or Said Evening Prayer
Fridays in March
On 4, 11, 18 and 25 March, specially selected organ music for Lent will be part of the offering of the lunchtime Eucharist, beginning at 1215, played by the Assistant Organist, Edward Taylor.
Saturday
0900 Morning Prayer
1230 Eucharist
1500 Said Evening Prayer
Worship in Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Sunday 10 April
0800 Holy Communion
1030 A Celebration of Palm Sunday
with friends from the Heart of the City Mission Community. We begin our worship with a Procession of Palms from St Cuthbert’s Church and move to the Eucharist in the Cathedral.
1500 Said Evening Prayer
1830 The Crucifixion by Stainer, sung by the Cathedral Choir and the Consort
Monday to Wednesday
11 – 13 April
0800 Morning Prayer
1230 Eucharist
1745 Said Evening Prayer
1900 Online Address and Compline
We will use three great works of art to help us enter into the story of the Passion of Jesus. After each address, the Lay Clerks will sing Compline.
Monday 11 April: The Espolio by El Greco
Tuesday 12 April: The Descent from the Cross by Rogier Van der Weyden
Wednesday 13 April: The Entombment by Titian
Join in online at a time that suits you, after 1900 each day by visiting our Facebook page.
Special Exhibition on Screen: Easter in Art showing in the Fratry Hall on Wednesday 13 April at 7.30pm.
This beautifully crafted film explores how the greatest story ever told has been the inspiration for artists for over 2000 years. Tickets for this one-off screening cost £10 and can be booked online HERE.
Maundy Thursday
Thursday 14 April
0800 Morning Prayer
1100 The Chrism Eucharist
at which the Bishop of Carlisle will preside and those who hold the Bishop’s licence renew their commitment to ministry in the Diocese. Music is sung by the Lay Clerks.
1745 Said Evening Prayer
1930 The Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper
sung by the Cathedral Choir, with address by the Revd Canon Dr Benjamin Carter. Followed by Watch of the Passion until 2130.
Good Friday
Friday 15 April
0800 Morning Prayer
1030 Love Unstoppable
An act of worship for all ages in either in the Cathedral grounds (springtime weather permitting!) or the Fratry Undercroft. 30 minutes of song, craft, video and prayers.
1200 Meditation
Words and music for Good Friday sung by the Consort.
1330 Liturgy of Good Friday
The Passion according to St John and The Reproaches by Sanders are sung by the Cathedral Choir, with address by the Revd Canon Dr Benjamin Carter.
2100 The Cross of Lights
with music by the Taizé choir.
Easter Eve
Saturday 16 April
0900 Morning Prayer
1500 Said Evening Prayer
1930 Easter Vigil and Confirmation
The Bishop of Carlisle will lead this service at which candidates from the Cathedral and the Diocese will be confirmed and all will be invited to reaffirm the promises made at baptism. Music will be led by the Cathedral Choir.
Easter Sunday
Sunday 17 April
0800 Holy Communion
1030 Sung Eucharist for Easter Sunday
The Bishop of Carlisle will preside at this service and the Dean will preach. The Cathedral Choir will sing the Missa Brevis setting of the Eucharist by Kelly.
1500 Choral Evensong
Sung by the Cathedral Choir, including the Canticles (Dyson in D) and the Anthem (Ye choirs of new Jerusalem by Stanford).
