{"id":1646,"date":"2016-02-16T18:47:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholic.az\/en\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2016-02-16T18:47:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T14:47:11","slug":"lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catholic.az\/en\/archives\/1646","title":{"rendered":"Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lent<\/a>Lent is the season prior to Easter. It is a penitential time of prayer and fasting.
\nIn the Christian tradition the forty days is understood to refer to a time of intense prayer and preparation; we remember the biblical stories of Noah and the flood of 40 days, the forty years the Israelites spent wandering in the wilderness and Christ\u2019s forty day fast in the desert in preparation for his earthly ministry.<\/p>\n

By Pope Francis<\/strong>
\nThe works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, I asked that \u201cthe season of Lent in this Jubilee Year be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God\u2019s mercy\u201d For all of us, then, the season of Lent in this Jubilee Year is a favourable time to overcome our existential alienation by listening to God\u2019s word and by practising the works of mercy. In the corporal works of mercy we touch the flesh of Christ in our brothers and sisters who need to be fed, clothed, sheltered, visited; in the spiritual works of mercy \u2013 counsel, instruction, forgiveness, admonishment and prayer \u2013 we touch more directly our own sinfulness. The corporal and spiritual works of mercy must never be separated. By touching the flesh of the crucified Jesus in the suffering, sinners can receive the gift of realizing that they too are poor and in need. By taking this path, the \u201cproud\u201d, the \u201cpowerful\u201d and the \u201cwealthy\u201d spoken of in the Magnificat can also be embraced and undeservedly loved by the crucified Lord who died and rose for them. This love alone is the answer to that yearning for infinite happiness and love that we think we can satisfy with the idols of knowledge, power and riches. Yet the danger always remains that by a constant refusal to open the doors of their hearts to Christ who knocks on them in the poor, the proud, rich and powerful will end up condemning themselves and plunging into the eternal abyss of solitude which is Hell. The pointed words of Abraham apply to them and to all of us: \u201cThey have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them\u201d (Lk 16:29). Such attentive listening will best prepare us to celebrate the final victory over sin and death of the Bridegroom, now risen, who desires to purify his Betrothed in expectation of his coming.<\/p>\n

Sunday Holy masses in Catholic Church in X\u0259tai are
\nSaturday \u2026.6pm and Sunday \u2026..11am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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