Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why, and ending up as insatiable consumers and slaves to the mechanisms of a market unconcerned about the deeper meaning of our lives, all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. Dilexit Nos 2
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality
Springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to “discover God in all things”, both in the beauty of creation and in the sighs of the sick and the groans of the afflicted, aware that the life of the spirit is not dissociated from worldly realities. Actions to encourage a more ethical and compassionate relationship with all God’s creation could include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, developing ecological catechesis, retreats, formation programs, etc.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Each day, thank God for three natural resources you used today (water, food, air) and ask for the grace to care for them more responsibly.
First Sunday of Lent
The desert: discerning desires
All our actions need to be put under the “political rule” of the heart. In this way, our aggressiveness and obsessive desires will find rest in the greater good that the heart proposes and in the power of the heart to resist evil. (...) The will desires the greater good that the heart recognizes, while the imagination and emotions are themselves guided by the beating of the heart. Dilexit Nos 13
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Sustainable Lifestyle
The Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
is grounded in the idea of sufficiency and promoting sobriety in the use of resources and energy. Actions could include reducing waste and recycling, adopting sustainable dietary habits (opting for a more plant-based diet and making judicious choices about meat and dairy consumption), becoming conscious of consumerist attitudes and habits, encouraging greater use of public transport and active mobility (walking, cycling), and avoiding single-use items (e.g., plastic).
Weekly gesture (fasting):
Practice a concrete fast from consumption or excess by choosing one specific area of your daily life—such as your diet, shopping habits, transportation, or waste management—and committing to a happy sobriety.
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life, a source of truth and goodness to draw upon in the events, situations and struggles of daily existence. All of us, when we pause in silence, need to feel not only the beating of our own heart, but deeper still, the beating of a trustworthy presence, perceptible with faith’s senses and yet much more real: the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. Dilexit Nos 81
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Education
Ecological Education
Is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology in order to foster ecological awareness and transformative action. Actions could include ensuring equitable access to education for all, promoting human rights and the well-being of the ecosystems, fostering Laudato Si’ themes within the community, encouraging ecological leadership from both students and teachers, and ecological restoration activities.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant. Learn its name or its role in the ecosystem, and offer it to God in gratitude as a way of training your heart to see creation in the light of Christ.
Third Sunday of Lent
The Samaritan woman: thirst for God.
The pierced heart of Christ embodies all God’s declarations of love present in the Scriptures. That love is no mere matter of words; rather, the open side of his Son is a source of life for those whom he loves, the fount that quenches the thirst of his people. Dilexit Nos 101
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Objective: Responding to the cry of the poor.
The Response to the Cry of the Poor
is a call to promote eco-justice, aware that we are called to defend human life from conception to death and all forms of life on Earth. Actions could include projects encouraging solidarity, with special attention given to vulnerable groups such as Indigenous communities, refugees, migrants, and children at risk; analysis and improvement of social systems; and social service programs.
Weekly gesture (almsgiving):
Show Christ’s compassion through a concrete act of solidarity, whether by offering your time and attention to someone in need or by donating resources to an organization dedicated to serving vulnerable populations.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities and with the whole Church. If we turn aside from the community, we will be turning aside from Jesus. If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. This is a fact, and we must never forget it. Love for the brothers and sisters of our communities – religious, parochial, diocesan and others – is a kind of fuel that feeds our friendship with Jesus. Dilexit Nos 212
Read this week's reflection here:
Laudato Si’ Objective: Community resilience and empowerment
Community resilience and empowerment
envisage a synodal journey of community engagement and participatory action at various levels. Actions could include building awareness, promoting advocacy and developing people’s campaigns, and encouraging rootedness and a sense of belonging in local communities and neighborhood ecosystems.
Weekly gesture (almsgiving):
Strengthen your community’s resilience by performing one small, unsolicited act of cooperation —such as caring for a shared environment, helping a neighbor with a task, or making a small improvement that benefits everyone.
Fifth Sunday of Lent.
The resurrection of Lazarus: taking care of life
In the presence of the heart of Christ, I once more ask the Lord to have mercy on this suffering world in which he chose to dwell as one of us. May he pour out the treasures of his light and love, so that our world, which presses forward despite wars, socio-economic disparities and uses of technology that threaten our humanity, may regain the most important and necessary thing of all: its heart. Dilexit Nos 31
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si' Goal: Responding to the cry of the Earth.
The Response to the Cry of the Earth
is a call to protect our common home for the well-being of all living creatures as we equitably address the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and ecological sustainability. Actions could include the adoption of renewable energies and energy sufficiency measures, achieving carbon neutrality, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainable agriculture, and guaranteeing access to clean water for all.
Weekly gesture (fasting):
Practice fasting as an act of self-limitation, making space for other forms of life as a sign of our commitment to protecting biodiversity—by offering water to birds, avoiding harmful chemicals, or planting flowers that support pollinators.
Palm Sunday
Passion, death, and resurrection: opening the heart
It is only by starting from the heart that our communities will succeed in uniting and reconciling differing minds and wills, so that the Spirit can guide us in unity as brothers and sisters. Reconciliation and peace are also born of the heart. The heart of Christ is “ecstasy”, openness, gift and encounter. In that heart, we learn to relate to one another in wholesome and happy ways, and to build up in this world God’s kingdom of love and justice. Dilexit Nos 28
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Economy
Ecological Economics
acknowledges that the economy is a sub-system of human society, which itself is embedded within the biosphere – our common home. Actions could include sustainable production and consumption; ethical investments; divestment from fossil fuels, exploitative animal agriculture, and any activity harmful to the planet and all living creatures; supporting circular economies; prioritizing care labor and protecting the dignity of workers.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Enter Holy Week by placing your heart before the Passion of Christ and asking for the grace to offer our lives with him, for the coming of the Kingdom of peace and justice for all creation.
Ash Wednesday
The call: returning to the heart
Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why... all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. (Dilexit Nos 2)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to 'discover God in all things'. Actions include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, retreats, and formation programmes.
Weekly Gesture
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Thank God for three natural resources you used today.
Ash Wednesday
The call: returning to the heart
Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why... all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. (Dilexit Nos 2)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to 'discover God in all things'. Actions include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, retreats, and formation programmes.
Weekly Gesture
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Thank God for three natural resources you used today.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life... the beating of a trustworthy presence... the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. (Dilexit Nos 81)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life... the beating of a trustworthy presence... the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. (Dilexit Nos 81)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
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The call: returning to the heart
Ash Wednesday
The call: return to the heart
Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why, and ending up as insatiable consumers and slaves to the mechanisms of a market unconcerned about the deeper meaning of our lives, all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. Dilexit Nos 2
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality
Springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to “discover God in all things”, both in the beauty of creation and in the sighs of the sick and the groans of the afflicted, aware that the life of the spirit is not dissociated from worldly realities. Actions to encourage a more ethical and compassionate relationship with all God’s creation could include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, developing ecological catechesis, retreats, formation programs, etc.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Each day, thank God for three natural resources you used today (water, food, air) and ask for the grace to care for them more responsibly.
First Sunday of Lent
The desert: discerning desires
All our actions need to be put under the “political rule” of the heart. In this way, our aggressiveness and obsessive desires will find rest in the greater good that the heart proposes and in the power of the heart to resist evil. (...) The will desires the greater good that the heart recognizes, while the imagination and emotions are themselves guided by the beating of the heart. Dilexit Nos 13
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Sustainable Lifestyle
The Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
is grounded in the idea of sufficiency and promoting sobriety in the use of resources and energy. Actions could include reducing waste and recycling, adopting sustainable dietary habits (opting for a more plant-based diet and making judicious choices about meat and dairy consumption), becoming conscious of consumerist attitudes and habits, encouraging greater use of public transport and active mobility (walking, cycling), and avoiding single-use items (e.g., plastic).
Weekly gesture (fasting):
Practice a concrete fast from consumption or excess by choosing one specific area of your daily life—such as your diet, shopping habits, transportation, or waste management—and committing to a happy sobriety.
Second Sunday of Lent
Transfiguration: contemplation transforms our gaze
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life, a source of truth and goodness to draw upon in the events, situations and struggles of daily existence. All of us, when we pause in silence, need to feel not only the beating of our own heart, but deeper still, the beating of a trustworthy presence, perceptible with faith’s senses and yet much more real: the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. Dilexit Nos 81
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Education
Ecological Education
Is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology in order to foster ecological awareness and transformative action. Actions could include ensuring equitable access to education for all, promoting human rights and the well-being of the ecosystems, fostering Laudato Si’ themes within the community, encouraging ecological leadership from both students and teachers, and ecological restoration activities.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant. Learn its name or its role in the ecosystem, and offer it to God in gratitude as a way of training your heart to see creation in the light of Christ.
Third Sunday of Lent
The Samaritan woman: thirst for God.
The pierced heart of Christ embodies all God’s declarations of love present in the Scriptures. That love is no mere matter of words; rather, the open side of his Son is a source of life for those whom he loves, the fount that quenches the thirst of his people. Dilexit Nos 101
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Objective: Responding to the cry of the poor.
The Response to the Cry of the Poor
is a call to promote eco-justice, aware that we are called to defend human life from conception to death and all forms of life on Earth. Actions could include projects encouraging solidarity, with special attention given to vulnerable groups such as Indigenous communities, refugees, migrants, and children at risk; analysis and improvement of social systems; and social service programs.
Weekly gesture (almsgiving):
Show Christ’s compassion through a concrete act of solidarity, whether by offering your time and attention to someone in need or by donating resources to an organization dedicated to serving vulnerable populations.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities and with the whole Church. If we turn aside from the community, we will be turning aside from Jesus. If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. This is a fact, and we must never forget it. Love for the brothers and sisters of our communities – religious, parochial, diocesan and others – is a kind of fuel that feeds our friendship with Jesus. Dilexit Nos 212
Read this week's reflection here:
Laudato Si’ Objective: Community resilience and empowerment
Community resilience and empowerment
envisage a synodal journey of community engagement and participatory action at various levels. Actions could include building awareness, promoting advocacy and developing people’s campaigns, and encouraging rootedness and a sense of belonging in local communities and neighborhood ecosystems.
Weekly gesture (almsgiving):
Strengthen your community’s resilience by performing one small, unsolicited act of cooperation —such as caring for a shared environment, helping a neighbor with a task, or making a small improvement that benefits everyone.
Fifth Sunday of Lent.
The resurrection of Lazarus: taking care of life
In the presence of the heart of Christ, I once more ask the Lord to have mercy on this suffering world in which he chose to dwell as one of us. May he pour out the treasures of his light and love, so that our world, which presses forward despite wars, socio-economic disparities and uses of technology that threaten our humanity, may regain the most important and necessary thing of all: its heart. Dilexit Nos 31
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si' Goal: Responding to the cry of the Earth.
The Response to the Cry of the Earth
is a call to protect our common home for the well-being of all living creatures as we equitably address the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and ecological sustainability. Actions could include the adoption of renewable energies and energy sufficiency measures, achieving carbon neutrality, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainable agriculture, and guaranteeing access to clean water for all.
Weekly gesture (fasting):
Practice fasting as an act of self-limitation, making space for other forms of life as a sign of our commitment to protecting biodiversity—by offering water to birds, avoiding harmful chemicals, or planting flowers that support pollinators.
Palm Sunday
Passion, death, and resurrection: opening the heart
It is only by starting from the heart that our communities will succeed in uniting and reconciling differing minds and wills, so that the Spirit can guide us in unity as brothers and sisters. Reconciliation and peace are also born of the heart. The heart of Christ is “ecstasy”, openness, gift and encounter. In that heart, we learn to relate to one another in wholesome and happy ways, and to build up in this world God’s kingdom of love and justice. Dilexit Nos 28
Read this week's reflection here:
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal: Ecological Economy
Ecological Economics
acknowledges that the economy is a sub-system of human society, which itself is embedded within the biosphere – our common home. Actions could include sustainable production and consumption; ethical investments; divestment from fossil fuels, exploitative animal agriculture, and any activity harmful to the planet and all living creatures; supporting circular economies; prioritizing care labor and protecting the dignity of workers.
Weekly gesture (prayer):
Enter Holy Week by placing your heart before the Passion of Christ and asking for the grace to offer our lives with him, for the coming of the Kingdom of peace and justice for all creation.
Ash Wednesday
The call: returning to the heart
Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why... all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. (Dilexit Nos 2)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to 'discover God in all things'. Actions include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, retreats, and formation programmes.
Weekly Gesture
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Thank God for three natural resources you used today.
Ash Wednesday
The call: returning to the heart
Living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why... all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. (Dilexit Nos 2)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to 'discover God in all things'. Actions include promoting creation-based liturgical celebrations, retreats, and formation programmes.
Weekly Gesture
Examine your ecological conscience and choose one simple practice to deepen your ecological spirituality. Thank God for three natural resources you used today.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
First Sunday of Lent
Transfiguration: contemplation transforms our gaze
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life... the beating of a trustworthy presence... the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. (Dilexit Nos 81)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The man born blind: back to the community
Mission is experienced in fellowship with our communities... If we turn our back on the community, our friendship with Jesus will grow cold. (Dilexit Nos 212)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.
Second Sunday of Lent
Transfiguration: contemplation transforms our gaze
Every person needs a ‘centre’ for his or her own life... the beating of a trustworthy presence... the presence of Christ, the heart of the world. (Dilexit Nos 81)
Read reflection
This movement of the heart opens us to the Laudato Si’ Goal of:
Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about re-thinking and re-designing curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology. Actions include fostering ecological awareness and transformative action.
Weekly Gesture
Practice attentive prayer by focusing on one natural element you encounter daily—a tree, a bird, or a wild plant—and offer it to God in gratitude.