The pope attended the traditional Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Square. Although he was limping a bit, he was able to celebrate it normally.<\/p>\n
The ceremony included the rite of the imposition of the ashes.<\/p>\n
Remember that you are dust, and to dust, you shall return.<\/p>\n
Card. Angelo Comastri, arch-priest of St. Peter's Basilica, placed the ashes on the pope.<\/p>\n
Then the pope imposed them one by one on the cardinals who live in Rome.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope suggested asking if the heart's automatic pilot moves us to love God or our own selfishness: unhealthy thoughts that paralyze, fear, and self-victimizing complaints.<\/p>\n He explained that returning to God doesn't require any special merit, but simply letting the Lord heal us. It's a process that starts with confession.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope usually celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass in the Basilica of St. Sabina, on the Aventine hill in Rome. This year the pandemic forced a change of location.<\/p>\n To avoid large gatherings, aside from the 32 cardinals, only about 100 pilgrims were allowed to attend the Mass.<\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 17, 2021. He received the ashes during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8jnB_ptVvLs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessacenerieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessaceneriint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n \u201cLent is not just about making a bunch of sacrifices, but about discerning where our hearts are directed. It's about discerning the direction in which the heart is headed. This is the central aspect of Lent: What guides my heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe beginning of the return to God is the recognition of our need for Him, His mercy and His grace. This is the right path, the path of humility. Do I recognize my need or do I think I'm self-sufficient?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n