Spring: Liturgical Resources for February, March, April including Lent and Holy Week

Spring is a liturgical resource book that covers the months of February, March and April. It includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, liturgies, scripts and monologues for the major Christian festivals and fast days of Lent and Holy Week, as well as for Candlemas, Fair Trade Fortnight and Earth Day. The material is written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

Contents include:

Spring in February

• 2 poems, 2 prayers, 1 reflection

Candlemas

• 2 monologues, 1 script, 2 Biblical reflections, 1 prayer, 2 songs

Fair Trade Fortnight

• 1 song, 1 reflection

Ash Wednesday

• 4 reflections, 2 prayers, 1 responsive prayer, 2 liturgies

Resources for Lent: Common Lectionary Year A

• 1 prayer, 2 monologues child friendly, 2 stories child friendly, 1 song, 2 scripts

Resources for Lent: Common Lectionary Year B

• 2 scripts, 2 stories child friendly, 2 Biblical reflections, 6 responsive prayers child friendly, 2 prayers, 1 monologue, 1 reflection,

Resources for Lent: Common Lectionary Year C

• 4 stories child friendly, 5 responsive prayers, 1 song, 3 scripts child friendly, 1 reflection, 1 prayer

General Resources for Lent

• 4 reflections, 1 story child friendly, 2 prayers

Anunciation

• 2 reflections, 1 story child friendly, 1 poem

Mothering Sunday

• 6 prayers, 1 song, 1 responsive prayer, 1 poem

Spring in March

• 2 poems, 1 meditation, 1 prayer, 2 songs, 1 monologue, 2 reflections

Palm Sunday

• 2 monologues, 1 song, 3 prayers, 4 scripts, 1 reflection

Palm Sunday Evening

• 1 monologue, 1 responsive prayer, 1 script child friendly, 1 reflection, 1 prayer

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week

• 3 liturgies, 1 song, 2 reflections, 2 scripts

Maundy Thursday

• 4 monologues, 3 reflections, 1 responsive prayer, 1 script, 1 Biblical reflection, 1 liturgy

Gethsemane

• 2 monologues, 1 prayer, 2 songs, 1 poem, 1 story

Good Friday

• 5 reflections child friendly, 1 liturgy child friendly, 2 prayers, 1 meditation, 1 script, 1 story, 3 monologues, 2 poems

Holy Saturday

• 4 reflections, 1 liturgy child friendly, 1 poem

Easter Vigil

• 2 reflections, 2 responsive prayers

Easter Morning

• 2 poems, 2 monologues, 5 prayers child friendly, 1 reflection, 2 scripts, 1 story, 1 liturgy, 1 responsive prayer

Earth Day

• 1 prayer, 3 songs

Spring in April

• 2 songs, 6 poems, 1 responsive prayer child friendly, 2 reflections, 1 prayer

The Earth Awakens

• 1 liturgy, 1 prayer