LIVING LENT 2024

- To discover on the website of the Conference of Bishops of your country, the message of Pope Francis who invites us “Through the desert, God guides us towards freedom”

- Seen on the website of the French Mouvement chrétien des retraités : www.mcr.asso.fr:
Proposal for Lent with children (plant a garden, listen and talk)

- With Wolfgang Schmitz, spiritual advisor of Mauritius, let us be guided by the words of the prophet Isaiah (Is 58, 9b-14):

Thus says the Lord:
If you disappear from your home
the yoke, the accusing gesture, the evil word,
if you give to the hungry what you desire,
and if you fulfill the desires of the unfortunate,
your light will rise in the darkness
and your darkness will be noonday light.
The Lord will always be your guide.
In the middle of the desert, He will fulfill your desires
and will give you strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring where the waters never fail.
You will rebuild the ancient ruins,
you will restore the centuries-old foundations.
You will be called: “He who repairs the breaches”,
“He who puts the roads back into service”.