Examples of Lenten resources from across the Anglican Communion are listed below. These have been published by Anglican leaders, churches and agencies worldwide and have a focus on fulfilling God’s mission, sharing hope, responding to human need and oppression, and looking to our reconciliation in Christ.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has endorsed as his 2015 Lent Book, ‘In God’s Hands’, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This looks at how, no matter what struggles and injustices human beings endure, we are in God’s hands and our names are engraved on his palms.
Drawing on Archbishop Tutu’s lifetime of fighting for justice and against oppression and prejudice in South Africa and around the world, In God’s Hands is an intimate meditation on the human condition: how each human being is created in the image of God and is infinitely valuable.
In his foreword to the book, Archbishop Justin Welby writes that Archbishop Tutu is ‘one of the most extraordinary Christian leaders alive today, or to have lived in the last century or more.’
The BBC has published a series of weekly online resources based on the themes of Archbishop Tutu’s book. Starting in the first week of Lent and ending in Holy Week, the resources provide readings, reflections and prayers for individuals and church groups inspired by its themes.
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