This Lent, Irish Catholics are invited to join in a new set of weekly prayer and reflection resources, Baptised and Sent in Lent, inspired by the preparatory document for Ireland’s National Pre-Synodal Assembly titled Baptised and Sent.
“Each week in Lent, Baptised and Sent explores themes such as belonging, healing, renewal and mission – drawing on its vision of baptism as ‘the entry point to a life of faith, a gateway to mission, and the root and foundation on which to build a Christian life,’” said Julieann Moran, General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway.
“Now is a time for synodality: for walking together, listening to the Holy Spirit, and learning from one another, said Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. “Baptised and Sent in Lent reminds us that synodality begins with baptism, which unites us and sends us out in hope to renew both Church and society.”
“The aim is to place baptism at the centre of renewal efforts within the Church in Ireland, while also engaging real questions of hope, participation and responsibility in today’s world,” Ms Moran said.
“Through these Lenten reflections, people from all walks of life – lay, religious and ordained – are encouraged to rediscover their shared identity as God’s people, and to take practical steps, individually and collectively, towards living out our baptismal calling more deeply,” concluded the archbishop.
