![]() ![]() ![]() Lent, then, is an opportune time “to remind ourselves who is the creator and who is the creature. Without God, “we are dust,” he said, saying the temptation is always present in life for people to believe that they are “self-sufficient, strong and invincible” without God. In terms of returning to oneself, Francis said the ashes are a reminder of “who we are and whence we come,” and they bring each person “back to the essential truth of our lives: the Lord alone is God and we are the work of his hands.” The imposition of the ashes and call in the day’s first reading to “return to me with all your heart” urges faithful to both return to the truth about themselves, and return to God and to their brothers and sisters, he said. In his homily Wednesday, Pope Francis said Lent is a time to return “to what is essential, to divest ourselves of all that weighs us down, to be reconciled with God, and to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit hidden beneath the ashes of our frail humanity.” During that week, all of the pope’s events, including his March 1 general audience, will be suspended. ![]() However, this year, the pope has asked that they conduct their spiritual exercises “in a personal way,” gathering for prayer every afternoon from Feb. ![]()
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