We are not in the world for this, Pope Francis pointed out, “the Lord is the goal of our journey in this world. “What is the path?” he said, “Is it the search for health, which many today say comes first but which eventually passes? Could it be possessions and wellbeing?” The Lord is the goal of our journey The Pope said that during a journey, if we are distracted we will not get far, and he encouraged believers to ask themselves whether they are seeking the way forward in the journey of life or whether they are satisfied with living in the moment and thinking only of feeling good, solving some problems and having fun. Because in life’s journey, as in every journey, what really matters is not to lose sight of the goal” he said. “Lent is the time to rediscover the direction of life. Lent: a time to rediscover the direction of life If we have to return, the Pope said, it means that we have wandered off. He noted that this wake-up call is accompanied by the message that the Lord proclaims through the lips of the prophet: “Return to me.” Following a tradition almost as old as the Church in Rome herself, Pope Francis goes to the Basilica of Santa Sabina to mark the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
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