An article published at the Opus Dei web-site.
The article gives a series of 40 thoughts from the Pope in the last 4 years about lent.
Is hard to summarize that, but something that remains clear in my mind is that lent should be a time of fasting that helps us to get closer to God and to the people around us, family, friends, society.
Two points which talk about poverty and detachment:
The article gives a series of 40 thoughts from the Pope in the last 4 years about lent.
Is hard to summarize that, but something that remains clear in my mind is that lent should be a time of fasting that helps us to get closer to God and to the people around us, family, friends, society.
Two points which talk about poverty and detachment:
16. We are not owners but rather administrators of the goods we possess: these, then, are not to be considered as our exclusive possession, but means through which the Lord calls each one of us to act as a steward of His providence for our neighbor. (2008)
17. In those countries whose population is majority Christian, the call to share is even more urgent, since their responsibility toward the many who suffer poverty and abandonment is even greater. To come to their aid is a duty of justice even prior to being an act of charity. (2008)
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