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open the doors of our churches, but we can open the door of our heart. We can open our heart
because God is personally knocking to get in there. And when we open our heart to God, this
is perhaps something very precious that can come from this predicament: The opportunity
to learn how to open our heart to God. In the end, even when church doors will be open again
or even if they had remained open all along, all of us must eventually learn how to open the
door of our heart.

Ultimately, do we desire to open the door of our heart to God?

Do we really desire to open our heart to God? Above all, God really wants to be there. He wants
to be close to every one of you, to every one of us.

Let us take the time for silence. If we are silent before God, if we find our focus, if we listen
quietly to the Word of God, this time of prayer gives us the new strength that we need. Each
day of the week, open your Bible, because God wants to come to us not only on Sundays but
every day of the week.

Take the Bible in your hands, read it for a few moments every day, one minute, two minutes,
five minutes, fifteen minutes, it does not matter! Read the Bible slowly and you will see the
results. In the morning, open your Bible, read the Bible, integrate some time for it into your
schedule. Take the time to read the Bible in order to discover how a sole Word of God has the
power to nourish and accompany you throughout your day.

It is your daily bread. The daily bread is the bread that we eat, but the daily bread is also the
Word of God that nourishes our heart, our soul, and our spirit.

We pass through this special time that helps us to return to what is the essential of the
essential, that which gives us the joy of experiencing the presence of God who knocks on the
door of our heart. The essential of the essential, this is also the possibility of strengthening
solidarity between us, so that each victim who is afflicted by this disease may discover com-
passion and a helping hand. Let us help ensure that each individual who is suffering financially
can benefit from the financial aid that government institutions are putting in place, so that
all can overcome equally the economic uncertainty linked to the pandemic in which we find
ourselves.

Let us take a moment of silence to stand before God and say with all sincerity: “Lord, Lord,
come knock on the door of my heart.”

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