Saturday, 5 March 2016

24 hours for the Lord

Starting at the 12.15 Mass on Friday 5th March for 24 hours until the 12.15 Mass on Saturday 6th March people from around the Diocese came to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.  Sometimes together and sometimes alone with the Lord. 


Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Prodigal Son - a parable of God's love and forgiveness
Throughout the 24 hours, priests from around the Diocese also spent time sitting in the confessional room ready to hear confessions, and at the end of the sacrament of reconciliation to say the words of absolution and forgiveness. 
At the front of the Cathedral there was also an image of Rembrandt's Prodigal Son (the reading we will hear tomorrow, the 4th Sunday of Lent Luke 15) which many find a helpful image of God's enduring love for each one of us.