Humility

Fasting with a proud heart does more harm than good. The first fast is for humility.

Prayer

12h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Prayer is powerful. Prayer conquers evil. Prayer brings peace.

Always with us

The peace that springs from faith is a gift: it is the grace of feeling that God loves us and that he is always beside us.

Grace

If we learn to read everything in the light of the Holy Spirit, we realize that everything is grace!

Sacred

Caring for the sacred gift of all human life, from conception to death, is the best way of preventing every type of violence.

Lent

Lent is a favourable season for deepening our spiritual life through fasting, prayer and almsgiving.

conversion

The word of God is alive and powerful, capable of bringing about the conversion of hearts.

Persecution

Let us remember our Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering persecution for their faith. May we be united with them.

Concrete

Fasting is fruitful when accompanied by concrete expressions of love towards our neigbors, especially those in difficulty.

Certainty

May the certainty of faith be the engine of our lives.

Hope

Even if we may be men and women of little faith, the Lord saves us. We must always have hope in the Lord!

Seeds

It is vital that we sow the seeds of goodness in order to cultivate justice, foster accord, and sustain integration, without growing weary.

Fathers

May St Joseph, Spouse of Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, bless you and watch over you. And best wishes to fathers!

Invite

I invite you not to build walls but bridges, to conquer evil with good, offence with forgiveness, to live in peace with everyone.

Abstain

11h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Fasting means not only abstaining from food, but also from any unhealthy attachment, and especially sin.

Close

The Church wishes to be close to each person with the love, compassion and consolation that come from Christ.

Word

The word of God helps us to open our eyes to welcome and love life, especially when it is weak and vulnerable.

Weak

Let us pray for one another so that we may open our doors to the weak and poor.

Rediscover

May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s word.

Renew

Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbour.

Peace

11h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex The road from love to hate is easy. The one from hate to love is more difficult, but brings peace.

Happy face

3h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Let us strive to fast during Lent with a smile, rather than a long face.

Pray

17mPope Francis‏ @Pontifex

I ask, please, for your prayers for me and my collaborators, who until Friday will be on retreat.

Faithful

Jesus is the faithful friend who never abandons us. Even when we sin, he patiently awaits our return.

Conversion

Lent urgently calls us to conversion. We are called to return to God with all our heart.

Sharing

Fasting is not only about abstaining from food. It also means sharing food with those who are hungry.

Faithful

God is always faithful and never stops for a moment loving us, following our steps, and running after us when we have strayed from

New Beginning

Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death.