Quote of the Day

"In this immersion of God in human suffering and in the abyss of evil lies the root of our justification. The 'return to God with all your heart' in our Lenten journey passes through the cross, following Christ on the road to Calvary, the total gift of self. It is a way on which to learn every day to come out more and more from our selfishness and our closures, to make room for God who opens and transforms the heart. And Saint Paul recalls how the announcement of the Cross resounds to us through the preaching of the Word... it is a call for us to make this Lenten journey characterized by a more careful and assiduous listening to the Word of God, the light that illuminates our steps."

--Pope Benedict XVI, Homily, February 13, 2013