May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.

When the Lord wants to give us a mission, wants to give us a task, He prepares us. He prepares us to do it well...What is important is the whole journey by which we arrive at the mission the Lord entrusts to us...when the Lord gives a mission, He always has us enter into a process, a process of purification, a process of discernment, a process of obedience, a process of prayer.

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising.

Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away" (Homily for the closing of the Second Vatican Council, 8 December 1965). Indeed, we are a single human family that is journeying on toward unity, making the most of solidarity and dialogue among peoples in the multiplicity of differences.

We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us fight against our faults.