Lent 2010

The Pope this year offers his reflections on the theme of justice in his Lenten message:

"First of all, I want to consider the meaning of the term 'justice', which in common usage implies 'to render to every man his due', according to the famous expression of Ulpian, a Roman jurist of the third century. In reality, however, this classical definition does not specify what 'due' is to be rendered to each person. What man needs most cannot be guaranteed to him by law. In order to live life to the full, something more intimate is necessary that can be granted only as a gift: we could say that man lives by that love which only God can communicate since He created the human person in His image and likeness."

Pope Benedict's Lenten message 2010 (pdf)

Pope Benedict's Lenten message for 2010