{"id":11708,"date":"2017-02-21T03:34:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T03:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/?page_id=11708"},"modified":"2017-02-21T03:36:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T03:36:10","slug":"papal-lenten-messages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/papal-lenten-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Papal Lenten Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New growth, above: a wild daffodil or lent lily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pope Francis<\/h3>\n

Lent 2017: \u201cThe Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2016: \u201cI desire mercy, and not sacrifice\u201d (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2015: Make your hearts firm (James 5,8)<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2014: He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich (cf. 2 Cor 8:9)<\/a><\/p>\n

Benedict XVI<\/h3>\n

Lent 2013: “Believing in charity calls forth charity”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2012: \u201cLet us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2011: \u201cYou were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2010:\u00a0 \u201cThe justice of God has been manifested\u00a0 through faith in Jesus Christ\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2009: “He fasted for forty days and forty nights,\u00a0 and afterwards he was hungry”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2008: “Christ made himself poor for you”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2007: \u201cThey shall look on Him\u00a0 whom they have pierced\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2006: \u201cJesus, at the sight of the crowds, was moved with pity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint John Paul II<\/h3>\n

Lent 2005: “Loving the Lord\u2026means life to you, and length of days\u2026”\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2004: \u201cWhoever receives one such child in my name receives me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2003: “It is more blessed to give than to receive”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2002: \u201cYou received without paying, give without pay\u201d.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2001: “Love is not resentful”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 2000: “I am with you always, to the close of the age”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1999: “The Lord will prepare a banquet for all peoples”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1998: “Come, 0 blessed of my Father, for I was poor, marginalized and you welcomed me!”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1997:\u00a0“Come, O blessed of my Father, for I was homeless and you took me in”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1996:\u00a0Give them something to eat”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1995:\u00a0“The Spirit of the Lord… has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1994:\u00a0“The family is at the service of charity, charity is at the service of the family”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1993:\u00a0\u201cGive me a drink\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1992:\u00a0“Called to share the table of creation”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1991:\u00a0\u00a0Total identification of our Lord Jesus Christ with the poor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1990:\u00a0\u201cI was a stranger and you welcomed me\u2026 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1989:\u00a0\u201cGive us this day our daily bread\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1988: “Is not this the fast that I choose\u2026 to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house?”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1987:\u00a0\u201cHe has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1986:\u00a0\u201cThrough love be servants of one another\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1985:\u00a0\u201cLet all that you do be done in love\u2026 The grace of the Lord Jesus will be with you\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1984:\u00a0\u201cWhen the Son of man comes in his glory\u2026, he will say\u2026 \u2018Come O blessed of my Father\u2026 for I was hungry and you gave me food\u2026\u2019\u201d!<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1983:\u00a0\u201cAnd all who believed where together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1982:\u00a0\u201cWho is my neighbour?\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1981:\u00a0\u201cRemember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1980:\u00a0 \u201cFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also\u201d. <\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1979:\u00a0 \u201cWhat has happened to Lent?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul VI<\/h3>\n

Lent 1978:\u00a0\u201cThose who believed shared all things in common\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1977:\u00a0\u201cit is more blessed to give than to receive\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1976: “the special period for spiritual reflection”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1975:\u00a0\u201cThe poor you always have with you\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1974:\u00a0\u201cRenewal\u201d and \u201creconciliation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lent 1973:\u00a0\u201cThis, rather, is the fasting that I wish: \u2026 sharing your bread with the hungry”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Francis Lent 2017: \u201cThe Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift\u201d. Lent 2016: \u201cI desire mercy, and not sacrifice\u201d (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee Lent 2015: Make your hearts firm (James 5,8) Lent 2014: He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become … Continue reading Papal Lenten Messages<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":76,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11708"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11715,"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11708\/revisions\/11715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justiceandpeace.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}