Lenten Recollection: Sin and Conversion

Lent is a special time in our liturgical calendar. In the Gospel of Ash Wednesday Jesus presents us with a triple advise, which goes much deeper than the simple practice of giving up A (alcohol), B (biscuits) and C (chocolates) during lent.

Lent, a Way to Freedom?

Do you like Lent? Well, I don’t. At least not spontaneously. Having to listen to talks about conversion, penance, fasting, questioning my lifestyle, material sharing, and with all that purple in the liturgy, so sad, for 40 days. It doesn’t really appeal to me, and I could do without it.

A meditation with the image of Our Lady of Africa

The open arms are the presence that welcomes everyone without distinction, without discrimination. They are arms that invite us to enter into intimacy with Jesus through Mary who wants to embrace us like a mother.

Stations of creation

Stations of creation Download the Stations of the Cross here Way of the cross, organised by “Via Aurelia Pilgrims” Since the Season of Creation (2021), several neighbouring religious communities of […]

Missionaries of Africa
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