Seventh Sunday in O.T C _ 23 February 2025

For a lot of people, Lent is a season for making resolutions. They give up chocolate or sweets. They're going to  pray more, or actually go to church every Sunday. Lent is a time for all of us—those who have known Christ for  many years and those who have yet to encounter him—to clarify and reaffirm our intentions. Do we desire to seek God? Will we, with intention, diligence, and discipline, seek him? Or will we just float along, hoping to
stumble upon God here and there?

Use this season wisely as a time of preparation for growth. Use this season to walk the hills and valleys of your clife and identify the obstacles preventing you from seeking God. Put in place good disciplines that will help you  connect with God. Use this season of Lent to truly seek the Lord, the one who is longing to be found. May this  jubilee Lent truly make us “PILGRIMS’’. Pope Francis writes: “The season of Lent  during this Jubilee Year should also be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mercy, but above all the great HOPE of  encountering the RISEN CHRIST. In this Jubilee Year, may the Church echo the word of God that resounds strong and clear as a message and a sign of pardon,  strength, aid, love and HOPE. May she never tire of extending mercy, and be ever  patient in offering hope, compassion and comfort.