The month of April leads us into the center of Christian life through the celebration of the Paschal Mystery, the heart of our faith. In the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we contemplate the love of God who enters human history to transform it from within and to open for all men and women a path of new life. This mystery also illuminates the historical moment we are living. Our world is going through times marked by deep tensions: wars that continue to sow

Introduction We continue our journey of faith—a journey that now takes on the colors of the Lenten season. In previous retreats we saw that faith requires holy indifference and filial obedience. In this way, it becomes light for the mind, strength for the will, and guidance from Providence: “Everything is possible for the one who believes” (Mk 9:23)! Now we must approach a more difficult truth: faith entails suffering. It involves suffering for our maturation (for it is not n