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“Jesus waits for us, especially in this time of Lent, to speak with us. 

Let us pause for a moment in silence in our room, or in a church or in a secluded place. 

Through our Lenten observance may all of us be renewed in the grace of our baptism and prepare with hearts renewed to celebrate the gift of new life at Easter” 

+ Pope Benedict XVI on 27 March 2011