Ask for St. Blaise's intercession to prepare for a worthy observance of Lent.
After the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church turns her eyes away from the crib and towards the cross. While the beginning of Lent is on a different day each year, it is typically very close to the memorial of St. Blaise and his martyrdom reminds us of the events that we will commemorate shortly.
Here is a prayer from Dom Prosper Gueranger in his Liturgical Year that asks for St. Blaise's intercession to prepare for Lent.
