Day of fasting and abstinence – “Lent comes providentially to awaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.” —Pope Francis

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“I have set before you life and death…choose life that you and your descendants may live.” —Deuteronomy 30:19

“A contrite and humble heart you will not spurn, O God.” —Psalm 51:17

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” —Ezekiel 36:26

“Like a great waterwheel, the liturgical year goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls, softening the ground of our hearts, nourishing the soil of our lives until the seed of the Word of God itself begins to grow in us, comes to fruit in us, ripens us in the spiritual journey of a lifetime.” —Joan D. Chittister

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” —Matthew 25:40

“In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tenderness.” —Pope Francis

“Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart for I am gracious and merciful.” —Joel 2: 12-13

“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” —Psalm 23:1

“The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.” —Pope Francis

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. This is the Christian innovation. It is the Christian difference. Pray and love: this is what we must do; and not only with regard to those who love us, not only with regard to our friends or our own people.” —Pope Francis

“Lent is a time of going very deeply into ourselves…What is it that stands between us and God? Between us and our brothers and sisters? Between us and life, the life of the Spirit? Whatever it is, let us relentlessly tear it out, without a moment’s hesitation.” —Catherine Doherty

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged.” —Luke 6:36

“Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD.” —Isaiah 1:18

“O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.” —Henri Nouwen

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. That one is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream. It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; in the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit.” —Jeremiah 17: 7-8

“No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.” —St. John Chrysostom

“We must trust in the mighty power of God’s mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.” —Pope Benedict XVI

“If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” —Psalm 95:8

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working, and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.” —St. Francis de Sales

“Be reconciled to God!” —2 Corinthians 5:20

“You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.” —Isaiah 25:4

“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.” —Isaiah 44:22

“The first of the commandments is this: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” —Mark 12: 29-31

“For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” —Hosea 6:6

“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.” —John 3:16

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD will be with you.” —Amos 5:14

“God draws near to our lives, he is moved to compassion because of the fate of wounded humanity and comes to break down every barrier that prevents us from being in relationship with him, with others, and with ourselves.” —Pope Francis

“But Zion said, ‘The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.” —Isaiah 49:15

“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.” —Psalm 34:18

“Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: Who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.” —Pope Benedict XVI

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.” —Ephesians 2:10

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“This is what God asks of you: to do justice, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” —Micah 6:8

“But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.”—Hosea 12:6

“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” —John 8: 31-32

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” —Psalm 42:1-2

“In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.” —Psalm 18:6

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” —Romans 12:12

“In these holy days, let us stand before the Crucified One…and before the God who serves us to the point of giving his life, and let us ask for the grace to live in order to serve.” —Pope Francis

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.” —Psalm 27: 13-14

“Do not let love and faithfulness leave you. Bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.” —Proverbs 3:3

“Even my closest friend whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.” —Psalm 41:9

“I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love one another. This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love one another.” —John 13: 34-35

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” —Hebrews 4:15

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” —John 14:27

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.

“We know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through his own pain to the glory of the Resurrection… We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!” —Pope St. John Paul II

Please enjoy a short Lenten reflection video with Sister Antoinette Gutzler M.M.