In his homily at Holy Mass, Pope Fr

In his homily at Holy Mass, Pope Francis reflected on the meaning of Lent in light of the day’s readings from Isaiah (1:10, 16-20) and the Gospel of Matthew (23:1-12).

“Lent is a time for us to draw closer to the Lord,” the Pope said. It is a time for “conversion”. In the day’s first Reading, he said, “the Lord invites us to conversion; and interestingly he calls two cities harlots”: Sodom and Gomorrah. And he issues them this invitation: “Be converted, change your lives, draw near to the Lord”. This, he explained, “is the Lenten invitation: they are 40 days to draw near to the Lord, to be closer to him. For we all need to change our lives”.

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在演说中，在弥撒中，教皇弗兰西斯反映在意义的借天的读数从以赛亚书（1:10，16-20）和马太福音（23:1-12）。

”借是我们更亲近主的时间，”他说。这是一次“转换”。在一天的第一次阅读，他说，“上帝邀请我们转换；有趣的是他所谓的两个城市妓女”：所多玛和蛾摩拉。他发出的邀请：“被转换，改变你的生活，亲近上帝”。这，他解释说，“是大斋节的邀请：他们40天近主，更接近他。我们需要改变我们的生活”。