Started around 11:00 am in the building of the CDM and the Coordination of Catholic Schools of Mahagi-Nioka and which brought together the majority of the agents of the said organization. In which the man of God invites Christians (his colleagues) to return to the Lord and secretly fast during this difficult time.

To coincide with the words of Pope Francis during the Ash Wednesday Mass, which emphasizes that “the beginning of Lent in this year 2021 is a journey back to God”. He goes further by saying that "Lent is not a collection of good deeds but a time to discern where our heart is oriented".

Pope Francis particularly insisted on fasting, the pillar of Lent, which “frees our existence from everything that encumbers it to open the door of our heart to those who come to us. "

Hope, a theological virtue, will be the key word of these forty days: "To hope with Christ is to believe that history is not closed to our errors, our violence, our injustices and to the sin that crucifies. love. "

The Pope also invites conversion: “May this call to live Lent as a journey of conversion, of prayer and of sharing, help us to revisit the faith that comes from the living Christ, the hope that is in the breath of God. 'Spirit and love whose inexhaustible source is the merciful heart of the Father. "

Pray, fast, take care: Lent is thus an opportunity to question our relationship with others and with Creation. As every year, but in 2021 with perhaps more intensity and attention to all humanity stricken by pandemic and war.
 

Ir. Faustin MUNGUTSI