R.    O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.
O LORD, hear my prayer,
and let my cry come to you.
Hide not your face from me
in the day of my distress.
Incline your ear to me;    
in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
R.    O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.

Lent has always consisted of Prayer, Fasting and Works of Mercy. It seems that Lent 2020 is teaching us more about prayer. As Saint Paul reminds us, “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thes 5:17).  And so with the Psalmist we remind the Lord: “Hide not your face from me . . . incline your ear to me!”