Welcoming love...

Lord, make my heart like unto Thine...

 "Let us live Lent, then, 

as a “Eucharistic” time in which, 

welcoming the love of Jesus, 

we learn to spread it around us 

with every word and deed. 

Contemplating “him whom they 

have pierced” moves us in this way 

to open our hearts to others, 

recognizing the wounds inflicted 

upon the dignity of the human person.

Pope Benedict XVI 
Lenten message 2007