Pope Benedict XVI's message for Lent

The following is the Vatican English text of Pope Benedict XVI's message for Lent 2007:
"They shall look on him whom they have pierced" (Jn 19:37)
Dear brothers and sisters!
"They shall look on him whom they have pierced" (Jn 19:37). This is the biblical theme that this year guides our Lenten reflection. Lent is a favorable time to learn to stay with Mary and John, the beloved disciple, close to him who on the cross consummated for all mankind the sacrifice of his life (cf. Jn 19:25). With a more fervent participation let us direct our gaze, therefore, in this time of penance and prayer, at Christ crucified who, dying on Calvary, revealed fully for us the love of God. In the encyclical Deus Caritas Est. I dwelt upon this theme of love highlighting its two fundamental forms: agape and eros.

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