Lent and Easter 2023

Psalms, Poetry and Silent Prayer

Journey to Easter

For Sunday 26th March (fifth in Lent)

Psalm 130

Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!

If you O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
My soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.

Wait and watch – two verbs which run through Lent and through life, with the occasional wonder, like Jesus turning up at Lazarus’ grave, to remind us that the morning will come.

130 The Living and the Dead

It is the living who will cry,
out of the depths of hurt and grief.
The dead just wait, shock over,
waiting for the morning, and what
ear and eye have never heard or seen,
good things beyond our feeble sense.

It is the living who will cry,
out of the depths of demons, dark
sin craziness that crosses swords
with love and truth and godliness.
While God lets evil wound him still,
his Son has plumbed the deepest pit.

It is the living who will cry,
out of the depths, and God cries with us,
like the One who wept at Lazarus’ grave
and called him out, a living sign
that nothing, nothing can dislodge us
from God’s love and resurrection power.

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St Columba’s is located on Pont Street in Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Church is within easy reach of three London Underground stations – Knightsbridge (Piccadilly Line), South Kensington (Piccadilly, Circle and District Lines) and Sloane Square (Circle and District Lines).

	St. Columba's Pont Street London SW1X 0BD
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Getting here by tube

Knightsbridge Station

Take the Harrods exit if open (front car if coming from the East, rear car if coming from the West). Come up the stairs to street level, carry on keeping Harrods on your right. Turn right into Basil Street. Carry straight on into Walton Place with St Saviour’s Church on your left. At the traffic lights, St Columba’s is to your left across the street. If the Harrods exit is closed, take the Sloane Street exit, turn right into Basil Street. Carry straight on past Harrods with the shop on your right, into Walton Place as before.

South Kensington Station

Come up the stairs out of the station and turn left into the shopping arcade. Turn left again into Pelham Street. At the traffic lights at the end of Pelham Street cross Brompton Road, turn left then immediately right into the narrow street of Draycott Avenue. After just a few yards turn left into Walton Street. Carry on walking up Walton Street until the traffic lights at the corner of Pont Street. Turn right and after a few steps you will be at St Columba’s!

Sloane Square Station

Cross over the square into Sloane Street. Walk along Sloane Street until the traffic lights at the corner of Pont Street. Turn left into Pont Street. St Columba’s will then be in sight.