Fr. Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land,: The Lord give you peace. I am Fr. Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land, and I speak to you from Jerusalem. With Ash Wednesday we enter the holy season of Lent.   It is a time that does not begin with grand words, but with a simple and sober gesture, ashes placed upon the head. A humble sign, we acknowledge our misery and entrust ourselves to the infinite mercy of God.   In today’s Gospel Jesus does not ask us to do extra ...more