Diego Frazão Torquato, 12 years old Brazilian playing the violin at his teacher’s funeral. The teacher had helped him escape poverty and violence through musicI ask Mary Most Holy to pray that our Lenten celebration will open our hearts to hear God’s call to be reconciled to himself, to fix our gaze on the paschal mystery, and to be converted to an open and sincere dialogue with him. In this way, we will become what Christ asks his disciples to be: the salt of the earth and the light of the world (cf. Mt 5:13-14).
