At the beginning of Lent, we received Circular Letter No. 45 from Graciela Francovig, Superior General. We share part of it, where she encourages us to live this time of preparation for Easter with renewed hope.
“Today is Ash Wednesday and we want to be open to God’s transforming action. It is a privileged time to be more aware that we are on a journey of discipleship with Him. He invites us to follow Jesus, to accompany him in his ascent to Jerusalem. We receive the ashes as a sign of repentance, with the desire to be converted to the God who calls us to a new life, to more life.
Since this is the Holy Year “Pilgrims of Hope” and because we are entering the time of preparation for GC XIX, we have more reasons to live it more ecclesially and congregationally.
I invite you to read and pray the Pope Francis’ message for this Lent, while we continue to pray for his health, at this moment so fragile. We accompany the various gestures of closeness and prayer that the different people who come on pilgrimage to Rome have for him.”
We welcome these words and wish to live this Lent as a journey of hope and deep conversion:
Let us continue to pray for each other. Let us pray for our older sisters and those who suffer from illness. We commend the young women and their formators.
I bid farewell with these words of M. Candida in one of her letters: “Our cause is in God’s hands. Candida in one of her letters: “Our cause is placed in God’s hands. We are Daughters of Jesus and He will defend us from all evil. This is our hope and we will not be confused. “. (CMF, n. 237. This letter is addressed to Sisters Antonia Robles, María Igarategui and Isabel Antón, members of her Council, who were in Salamanca. She writes it from Rome).
We accept this invitation to live a Lent of hope and conversion, let us travel this path with Jesus and the guidance of Mother Candida. May this time be an opportunity to renew our faith, strengthen our fraternal communion and prepare ourselves to celebrate Easter and General Congregation XIX.
