On this First Thursday of Lent, the Church leads us to St Lawrence in Panisperna. Through Ezekiel’s call to true repentance, the perseverance of the Canaanite woman, and the fiery witness of St Lawrence, we are reminded that Lent is not about externals alone but interior conversion. The purifying fire of penance does not destroy—it refines, preparing us for the joy of Easter. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/26/todays-mass-february-25-first-thursday-in-lent/