Not the lies and hypocrisies of others, but our own." "Lent is a time of truth, a time to drop the masks we put on each day to appear perfect in the eyes of the world," he said, and to "reject lies and hypocrisy.
"How many distractions and trifles distract us from the things that really count! How often do we get caught up in our own wants and needs, lose sight of the heart of the matter, and fail to embrace the true meaning of our lives in this world!" he said.
Lent is the time, he said, "to proclaim that God alone is Lord, to drop the pretense of being self-sufficient and the need to put ourselves at the center of things, to be the top of the class, to think that by our own abilities we can succeed in life and transform the world around us." Arada explained.ROME (CNS) - What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial, showy and self-centered, Pope Francis said during a Mass to mark the beginning of Lent. “We receive the ashes because the call for repentance is addressed to us by Christ through the Church and it is also through the ministry of the Church that we are reconciled with God and each other,” Fr.
“Let us discourage self-imposition of ashes,” Father Carmelo Arada Jr., vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila, said in his letter. Priests and “extraordinary ministers of the Holy Communion” may visit the sick and the elderly for the imposition of ashes. Manila ArchdioceseĪs for the Manila Archdiocese, they said they are reverting to the imposition of ashes on the forehead of the faithful. Other Catholic places like the Vatican, Italy, and Croatia dropped ash on the head from a few inches away. Last year, priests sprinkled ashes on the crown, while some priests were also allowed to put ashes directly on the forehead. They were also required to wear face masks and refrain from holding hands. Instead, the faithful are given small plastic sachets containing ashes to the faithful. Pandemic Ash Wednesdaysĭuring the first two years of the pandemic, the Catholic Church stopped the imposition of ashes on the forehead. 22,” David said.īishop David was referring to the “Litany of Gratitude After the COVID pandemic.” The Litany replaced the Oratio Imperata Against COVID-19 issued by the CBCP at the height of the pandemic. 11, World Day of the Sick, until Ash Wednesday, Feb.
“We are merely issuing a special thanksgiving prayer that will be prayed from Feb. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has said it did not issue standard guidelines for the observance of Ash Wednesday this year.ĬBCP President Bishop and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan said they left it to individual bishops how to conduct the imposition of the ashes. Parishioners flocked to churches as restrictions brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic eased. DEVOUT Filipino Catholics start their 40-day Lenten season today, February 22, with Ash Wednesday.
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