We may think prayer is not for people like me. Instead, people who pray are very religious or holy or close to God. In today’s podcast, we explore prayer as a must for someone who wants to get to know God.

Sometimes we can arrive at Holy Week feeling like we’ve lost a bit of the stamina we had six weeks ago, and thus end up feeling a little deflated; like we could have done a bit better. But don’t lose heart - the race isn’t over yet! As St Irenaeus said “God’s power is shown most perfectly in weakness.” We still have time to accompany Him this week.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since the country entered its first lockdown due to the pandemic. One thing that the pandemic brought to light was our tendency to normally be ‘on the go’ – to be busy with something, to be going somewhere, to be meeting someone, to be hurrying from one place to another.

The season of Lent is just around the corner. While some of us might have our resolutions for the next forty days set in stone, perhaps some of us are scrambling at the last minute to decide how to make the best use of this time to grow in our relationship with God.

Some of you may (or may not) remember from childhood the gospel hymn, When the Saints Go Marching In. In it there’s a line that says “I want to be in that number!” I was reminded of it recently when I took a visit to York Cathedral. It’s one of the most famous landmarks in Britain and it is remarkable.

Oscar Wilde once said, “be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” It’s a call to really be the unique and unrepeatable person you are. There is something very compelling about authenticity and the choices we make say a lot about who we are.