This is the movement of the Holy Family, leading people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation and the Rosary.

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Let's call to mind all those who have asked us to pray for them.

Our thoughts are beginning to turn toward Lent.

We begin to think about the traditional things around prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

But for most people, Lent is about what we are going to give up.

And for those of us who are a bit more mature, we might even begin to ask ourselves about,

what am I going to add?

Usually this adding is concerning prayer. One central

tenet of Christianity that is often neglected as we prepare to head off into

our own deserts. Forgiveness. It is here that we can learn a lot from our brothers and

sisters in the Catholic churches of the Byzantine Rite. For a few million

people in the Catholic Church, their Lent actually begins tonight, with a special

evening prayer service called Forgiveness Vespers.

St. John Paul II always said Western Christians could learn much from our

Eastern brothers and sisters and that the church needed to breathe with both lungs.

So let's reflect on why it might be good for us to with both lungs.

So let's reflect on why it might be good for us to begin our Lenten pilgrimage, reflecting on

and actually forgiving one another.

Our father who are in heaven, how it would be thy name? Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Gies this day our daily growth.

We're doing so much time. I never have. We may be a threat of justice as removing the oppose who trespass against us.

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