Father Giuseppe: "A Lenten proposal"


Father Giuseppe of Koinonia Giovanni Battista makes a proposal for living Lent in creative and deep ways.

A LENTEN PROPOSAL: TO BE PRINTED, CUT AND HUNG UP IN A CENTRAL PLACE TO REMIND US THAT:

We can fast as follows:

WITH OUR MIND
“Love the Lord your God with all your mind” (Mt. 22,37)
CULTIVATE God's thought and His goodness: put the Lord above all your thoughts and projects.

WITH OUR EYES
“If your eyes are good your whole body will be full of light” (Mt. 6,22)
LOOK at the world, people and things with a clear and limpid eye.

WITH OUR EARS
“If you would but listen to me, Oh Israel” (Ps. 81,9)
LISTEN to the Word of the Lord and to the needs of your brothers and sisters

WITH OUR MOUTH
“Ephphatha! Be opened” (Mk. 7,34) 
OPEN YOURSELF to the praise of God in personal and family prayer…

WITH OUR APPETITE
“How sweet are your Words, Oh Lord!” (Ps. 119:103)
TASTE the Word of God and take food with sobriety and thanksgiving to God and to the one who prepares it

WITH OUR HANDS
“Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1Jn. 3,18)
HELP if you are asked for a favor and be serious in your work …

WITH OUR HEART
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Mt. 22,37) 
SHOW your affection for your neighbor, beginning with those in your house...

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