Lent is a journey that involves our whole life, our entire being. It is a time to reconsider the path we are taking, to find the route that leads us home and to rediscover our profound relationship with God, on whom everything depends. Lent is not just about the little sacrifices we make, but about discerning where our hearts are directed. This is the core of Lent: asking where our hearts are directed.
Let us ask: Where is my life’s navigation system taking me—towards God or towards myself? Do I live to please the Lord, or to be noticed, praised, put at the head of line? Do I have a “wobbly” heart, which takes a step forward and then one backward? Do I love the Lord a bit and the world a bit, or is my heart steadfast in God? Am I content with my hypocrisies, or do I work to free my heart from the duplicity and falsehood that tie it down?
--Pope Francis, Ash Wednesday Homily 2021
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