{"id":6373,"date":"2019-02-27T20:58:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T02:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2019-02-27T21:12:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T03:12:48","slug":"catholic-faithwatch-popes-lenten-message-calls-for-conversion-vatican-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/catholic-faithwatch-popes-lenten-message-calls-for-conversion-vatican-news\/","title":{"rendered":"CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: &#8220;Pope\u2019s Lenten Message calls for conversion&#8221; &#8211; Vatican News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Pope Francis is calling on the faithful not to let the Lenten season of grace pass in vain, and to live as children of God acknowledging and obeying His law, in particular in regards to our brothers and sisters and to creation.<\/p>\n<p>In this year\u2019s Lenten message, the Pope invites believers to prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed, warning that &#8216;Sin leads man to consider himself the god of creation, to see himself as its absolute master and to use it, not for the purpose willed by the Creator but for his own interests.&#8217; &#8230; &#8216;Let us leave behind our selfishness and self-absorption, and turn to Jesus\u2019 Pasch. Let us stand beside our brothers and sisters in need, sharing our spiritual and material goods with them.&#8217; This is one of the key passages of Pope Francis\u2019 Lenten Message for 2019. &#8230;&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3305\" src=\"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stylized Ashes in Form of Cross\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ash-wednesday-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2019-02\/pope-lenten-message-conversion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for: &#8220;Pope\u2019s Lenten Message calls for conversion; In his message for Lent, Pope Francis warns that once God\u2019s law is forsaken, the law of the strong over the weak takes over&#8221; &#8211; Vatican News<\/a> <\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-408 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653.jpg\" alt=\"View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>[featured images are file photos]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pope Francis is calling on the faithful not to let the Lenten season of grace pass in vain, and to live as children of God acknowledging and obeying His law, in particular in regards to our brothers and sisters and to creation. 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