Psalm 34 reminds us of God’s faithfulness to the needy: he “delivers them out of all their troubles.” In this holy season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, please join the cry of our brothers and sisters in India. Their needs are overwhelming, and some cannot be met by dollars: for example, needs brought on by COVID and its restrictions, family dysfunction, anxiety, addictions, and more. Recently Sr. Anne wrote that two children lost their already widowed mother, and Sister hopes that her community can provide these children with “a happy life.”

Let us ask our ever-faithful God to care for our brothers and sisters in India and give them his peace—even joy—in their challenges. Perhaps we can lift up our fasting for those who face hunger every day.

May God bless us all with a wonderful Lent of growing closer to the Lord and loving him more deeply.