I found this on Facebook. This is how people are suffering in the villages and its not a joke. As we (priests) visit the sick and elderly in the village, we find most of them in similar situation.

O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways! By the labour of your hands you shall eat. You will be happy and prosper.

May the Holy Spirit inspire and sustain us this Lent and on our #synodal journey. You can read the Holy Father's full message for Lent here: press.vatican.va/.../pubb.../20…

Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Luke 5:27–28 For each of us that choice needs to be deepened each and every day. How is Jesus inviting you, today.

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. Matthew 4:1–2 Seek to embrace the road of virtue this Lent in imitation of Jesus’ forty days and nights in the desert.

“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” Mercy goes both ways. It is part of the very essence of mercy that it can only be received if it is given.

“The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Do you want your life to truly make a difference in the lives of others? My humble Lord, thank You for the witness of Your humility.

Jesus was going to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples and said to them, “Behold, the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, they will condemn him to death, hand him over to be mocked, scourged and crucified, he will be raised on the third day.”

This is the true problem of life, of Christian life, of the life of the Church, of the mission of the Church. If Christ is not encountered, if he is not truly experienced as present, it is as if He does not exist and as if there is no sense in the Church existing.

Takashi Nagai wrote: Nagasaki June 9, 1945 : We are grateful that Nagasaki was chosen for such a holocaust! We are grateful because, through this sacrifice, peace was given to the world, and religious freedom to Japan.” amicinagai.com/?locale=en