” “”A Christian’s life he highlighted is a life of faith, based and feeding on God’s Word. In the ordeals of life and in every temptation, the secret of victory lies in listening to the Word of truth and in firmly rejecting falsehood and evil. It is therefore urgent that we listen to the Gospel again, the word of truth, so that the conscience of the truth donated to every Christian may strengthen, so that every Christian may experience it and become its witness. Lent urges us to this, by offering us an ascetic and liturgical path which, as it helps us open our eyes on our weaknesses, makes us open our hearts to Christ’s merciful love”. The Lenten journey, he added, also enables us "to look in a new way at our brothers and their needs”, so "it is a good time to convert ourselves to loving" the poor. In his greetings in different languages, the Pope mentioned the presence of a delegation of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders from America and the participants in the plenary meeting of the Papal Committee of Historical Science, and thanked them for the service provided to the Holy See in the international field of historical studies.” “
