“Come, let us return to the LORD, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds. He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence. Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth…” (Hosea 6:1-3) On March 1st, we had our Ash Wednesday mass in our chapel together with all the Brother and Sister communities of Ein Karem to mark the beginning of Lent. On the following days – March 2nd to 4th – the Novitiate community had our Lent retreat in our house with Fr. Kamil, a Jesuit priest. We had an input in the morning and afternoon about few themes: renewal or rethinking of our religious life, the growth of our vocation and other topics related to Lent, and most specifically on conversion …