Hallelujah! This means "Praise God!"
Therefore, I praise you, my God
because you took the side of Jesus.
I praise you because you take the side of the friends of Jesus,
the side of people who work to establish justice,
the side of those who share, who forgive, who love.
Hallelujah! Jesus, you are alive today.
This is how long it lasts. It is quite a long time, forty days.
However, I try to be fairer in my judgments.
I try to judge with mercy, like Jesus.
I try to love with kindness, like Jesus,
the people who do not think like me.
I want to follow Jesus.
Help me, Lord, you are truly great.
We are entering Lent. Already! Forty days of penance…
But, what penance? I listen to what the Lord tells me:
"You have been shown, what God requires of you:
to act justly, to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8)
What can I do to be fairer? Who must I love better?
What must I imitate from the life of Jesus?