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Lent
 


We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the imposition of ashes. The Church, our mother and teacher, invites us to open our hearts to God’s grace, so that we can celebrate with great joy the paschal victory of Christ the Lord over sin and death.

 
Message for Lent 2025

 
 
 
Lent
 


Prayer, charity, and fasting are the principal ways for God to intervene in our lives, and in the world.

 
Homily
2 March 2022

 
 
 
Lent
 


Slow down, and pause! The contemplative dimension of life that Lent helps us to rediscover will release new energies.

 
Message for Lent
1 February 2024

 
 
 
Lent
 


Fasting is not a diet. Indeed, it sets us free from the self-centred and obsessive quest of physical fitness, in order to help us to keep in shape not only our bodies but our spirit as well.

 
Homily
2 March 2022

 
 
 
Lent
 


Lent is a season of conversion, a time of freedom.

 
Message for Lent
1 February 2024

 
 
 
Lent
 


During this Lenten season, let us pray above all by looking at the Crucified Lord. Let us open our hearts to the touching tenderness of God, and in his wounds place our own wounds and those of our world.

 
Homily
2 March 2022

 
 
 
Lent
 


If our celebration of Lent is to be concrete, the first step is to desire to open our eyes to reality.

 
Message for Lent
1 February 2024

 
 
 
Lent
 


“Return to me with all your heart” (Joel 2:12). Return to me. Lent is a journey of return to God.

 
Homily
17 February 2021

 

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