Ghorabeacho Sangati

TEYTHIS UN[Vf,RSAt ANTIVNRUS",, The other day I was chatting with a few youngsters from our parish on the coming Lent, and out of the blue I thought of asking them about a good antivirus software to install in our computer; and in a jiffy, I got a big list of all existing software in the market, to mention a few Kaspersky, Quick heal, AVG, Norton, etc. I was quite impressed by the computer knowledge our youth are blessed with. When the conversation on gadgets started to divert, I asked them a simple yet profound question- "Which antivirus software do we require to do with the entire virus that is spoiling our Lives?"

For anyone with a compute4 a "virus!" is an awful thing to hear' There are all kind of viruses and they affect us in various ways. Most can be tolerated, in due course corrected, and we go on with the work and life. Many a time it happens that our data gets deleted due to the viruses in the computer. So we make ourselves very alert notto install or use any bad program. Like a virus, Sin finds paths that go deeper into those areas where it can do the greatest damage. Much like the re-formatting of our hard drive, the only real way to deal with a life entangled with the virus of Sin is to wipe out all that is there and begin all over again' Have you spent wasted hours seeking correction without destroying the real source of the corruption in your life? Lent is a beautiful season where we can scan our Iife and delete all viruses that are really bothering our life, our family, our neighbour's life and the life of the parish. Many a times we go for Lenten retreats and we try to scan fintrospect) our life. We do change our life after aftending such retreats, but usually the effect of the retreat remains for few days and we come back to square one thereafter, So, what could be the reason for our falling backto the same pathetic condition? Is the software [ways and methods) we are using erroneous or are they ineffective?

Durlng this lent let us be determined to free ourselves from harmful viruses like Ego, pride, jealousy, arrogance, greed, gossiping, addiction to drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, etc; even addiction to gadgets and social networking sites like, Facebooh Twitter shall be considered to be part of ttre spectrum of the Viral illness...' Let us use some brand new software during this lent season to make our life more meaningful and ha