Ash Wednesday: 'have a strong and steadfast heart'

'...Anyone who wishes to be merciful must have a strong and steadfast heart, closed to the tempter but open to God...a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference...'

-Pope Francis' Lenten Message 2015 "Make your hearts firm" (James 5:8)

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