Lent is a time of special graces ordered to renewing our spiritual life and centering our lives more consciously on what is most important: God and His holy will. Since it is a time of grace, it is also a time of trial. Trials are sent to us so that we can sharp tune our moral choices, so that our love be purified and grow to maturity. In this holy season, we may feel even more poignantly the burden of our character faults and habitual sins (or even addictions). The crosses of daily life may increase and weigh us down more than usual. Moreover, with the uncertainty of the political and economic situation of our days, along with the very evident decline of moral principles around us—where black is called white and white black in the name of “tolerance” and everything is allowed in our schools except the name of God!—a certain unnamed fear and insecurity arises in our hearts, which also oppresses our spirits and challenges our trust in God and His final victory. We want to cry out, “My feet almost wavered, my steps almost slipped, for I was envious of ...

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