Indifference to our neighbor and to God represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent, we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience...
Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer any room for others, no place for the poor. God's voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades. We end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else's responsibility and not our own.
--Pope Francis
Pope Francis urges us to fast from indifference this Lent.
What might that look like in your life?
For a few concrete suggestions, click here.
For a few concrete suggestions, click here.
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