Use Lenten "Spiritual Weapons" for the People of Ukraine

Episode 31 February 25, 2022 00:06:51
Use Lenten "Spiritual Weapons" for the People of Ukraine
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Use Lenten "Spiritual Weapons" for the People of Ukraine

Feb 25 2022 | 00:06:51

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Show Notes

In a pastoral letter to the Catholic faithful of his diocese, Plymouth, Bishop Mark O'Toole has urged the community to pick up the spiritual weapons of prayer, fasting and almsgiving this Lent for the people of Ukraine.

This follows Pope Francis’ call to observe Ash Wednesday, 2 March, as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace.

“We all feel somewhat impotent,” said the Chair of the Department of Evangelisation and Discipleship at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in a Pastoral Message being sent to parishes in the Diocese of Plymouth today. The disciplines of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving “have a particular focus for us,” he said, “as we link these spiritual weapons to the reality of what we are living through in Europe at this time.“

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