In this Lent, the Church reminds us that God expects our free response. For that reason, “Lent should suggest to us these basic questions: Am I advancing in my faithfulness to Christ, in my desire for holiness, in a generous apostolate in my daily life, in my ordinary work among my colleagues?

“Each one of us, silently, should answer these questions, and each will see that he needs to change again if Christ is to live in him, if Jesus' image is to be reflected clearly in his behavior.” St Josemaría

Do not think that following Christ is only in time of persecution or when one has the chance of martyrdom, but in all circumstances, in everything you do and think, in everything you say, may you deny what you used to be and confess what you now are, reborn as you have been in Christ.

Conversion is the task of a moment; sanctification is the work of a lifetime. The divine seed of charity, which God has sown in your soul, wants to grow, to express itself in action, to yield results which continually coincide with what God wants from you. Therefore, you must be ready to begin again, to find again – in new situations – the light and the stimulus of your first conversion. You must prepare yourself with a deep examination of conscience, asking our Lord for his help, so that you will know him and yourself better. If you want to be converted again, there's no other way.