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We are not alone in the Lenten desert: we are with Christ

By 25 March, 2019January 3rd, 2023No Comments

“The desert is the place where you can hear the voice of God and the voice of the tempter. In noise, in confusion this cannot be done; only superficial voices are felt. In the desert, on the other hand, we can do it in depth, where our destiny, life or death, is really at stake.” (Pope Francis), was the provocation made to all present to feel the need for conversion; the need to enter fully into the desert, overcome temptations through prayer, as Christ did, and thus meet God.

On the occasion of Lent, on Sunday 17 March, the Identes missionaries held a Motus Christi open to people of all ages in the retreat house of the Franciscan sisters one hour from Bogota. It was very nice to see together several generations: older people, young people, teenagers and children, who with their witticisms made us have a healthy envy of that innocence that brings them closer to the Father. About 45 people belonging to the parish of Our Lady of the Pillar and to other realities attended.

There were intimate moments of sharing, joy and prayer in which the movement of Christ was noticed in each one of the people who attended expressing that they wanted to make life what they had received.