Songs of Praise: Love and Lent

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Inspiring hymns and songs, together with stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

Inspiring hymns and songs, together with uplifting stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

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Sean Fletcher

Katie Piper

Cat Lewis

Emyr Afan

Matthew Napier

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Love and Lent

BBC One - Songs of Praise, Love and Lent

Sean Fletcher marks both the start of Lent and St Valentine's Day at Ripon Cathedral.

Sean Fletcher visits Ripon Cathedral to hear reflections on Lent, and Katie Piper meets a Christian in Leeds who donated a kidney to a stranger.

To mark the beginning of Lent, Sean Fletcher visits historic Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire and hears from its dean, the Very Rev John Dobson, on the variety of ways the cathedral building, founded by seventh-century saint Wilfrid, has inspired others through the centuries. Sean also reflects on the themes of love and Lent in the current times with the Bishop of Ripon, the Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley. 

To mark Valentine’s Day, we hear from a young Christian couple, Ben and Kristen, who proved that love is stronger than lockdown, and whose wedding finally went ahead at the fourth attempt in December 2020. Katie Piper visits Leeds to talk to Joe Walsh, the founder of Faith In Operation, an initiative encouraging organ donations for anonymous recipients. 

Hymns and songs, old and new, come from across the UK, reflecting the start of the season of Lent.

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