![]() They still have not realized that they are not God.Īnd we also risk closing ourselves off to others and forgetting them. In the little daily scene, as I look at some of the power struggles to occupy spaces, I think: these people are playing God the Creator. But we also exclude the horizon itself! Lent beacons us to “rouse ourselves”, to remind ourselves that we are creatures, simply put, that we are not God. We know that this increasingly artificial world would have us live in a culture of “doing”, of the “useful”, where we exclude God from our horizon without realizing it. Opening oneself to God and to the brethren. We are invited to embark upon a journey on which, by defying routine, we strive to open our eyes and ears, but especially to open our hearts, in order to go beyond our own “backyard”. ![]() The prophetic appeal challenges all of us without exception, and it reminds us that conversion is not to be reduced to outward forms or to vague intentions, but engages and transforms one’s entire existence beginning from the centre of the person, from the conscience. With these penetrating words of the Prophet Joel, the liturgy today introduces us in to Lent, poi nting to conversion of heart as the chief characteristic of this season of grace. ![]() “Rend your hearts and not your garments” (Joel 2:13). ![]()
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