LCSB Lent 2026 | Catherine Askew "Rule of Life"

In this final talk of our Lay Benedictine Lent Series, Catherine Askew reflects on the deeply challenging and transformative themes of availability and vulnerability within the Northumbria Community’s Rule of Life. What does it mean to be truly available to God—and to others—in a world shaped by busyness and self-protection? How does vulnerability become not a weakness, but a path to deeper trust, communion, and discipleship? Drawing on Benedictine spirituality and the lived wisdom of the Northumbria tradition, this talk offers a profound invitation to openness: to be present, to be interruptible, and to encounter Christ in the ordinary and unexpected. A fitting conclusion to our Lenten journey—calling us to live with greater courage, honesty, and love beyond the season.