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Pope: Learn to Live a More Sober Life
Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season guided Benedict XVI's general audience catechesis today. The Pope invited everyone to intensify their commitment to conversion, following the way of catechumens and renewing the gift of Baptism. The Holy Father said the Christian life consists not so much "in a law to be observed", but "in the person of Christ, to meet, to accept and follow. " So, Sunday after Sunday, we are invited "to leave our own land, to abandon the certainties we have built, to put our trust in God." In Baptism, we receive Christ's light to live as children of light. The Pope then recalled how Lent is characterized by fasting, prayer and alms giving. "Let us be attentive to welcoming Christ's ...