Preparatory prayer for Lent: “Lord, may this time of penance be inspired by You. You are the guarantor. You are not asking us for prowess, simply to return to you, the source and the outcome of everything. Open our hearts. »
ASH Wednesday from St Francis de Sales:
“This Lent, I will spend it taking up residence in my cathedral and re-dressing a little my soul which is almost completely disjointed by so much hassle… It is a broken clock; you have to reassemble it piece by piece, and after having cleaned and oiled it, reassemble it to make it sound more in tune. » (Saint François de Sales, 1607-Letter to a friend EA XIII, p.268)
At the start of Lent, I made the decision to review my life by allowing myself to be enlightened by the word of God. It is a path of conversion, a work of revision that I will do with confidence.