"Perhaps the greatest fast we need is to fast from the harm we do to one another," he reflected with a firm tone. The remark was made in the context of Ash Wednesday, as hundreds of faithful received the gray cross on their foreheads at the Albrook transport terminal. Not everyone can attend mass, but many came for a few seconds of silence amidst the hustle and bustle. "What has been said there, denigrating one person after another, must make us think as a country," said Ulloa. He explained that the true fasting today is about controlling excesses, including what is said and shared on social networks. For Ulloa, this time is not for making excuses or erasing what has been done. They left with the ash marked and an uncomfortable question lingering in their minds: "You may be interested...".
"We are dust and to dust we shall return," he recalled, emphasizing that the ash is not a spectacle, but a call to conscience. The Catholic Church came out this Wednesday to meet the faithful where they are: in transport terminals and shopping centers. It is a time to stop, reflect on one's life, and assume that there are excesses that have gotten out of hand. Lent, he said, does not begin with a magic wand that erases the sins of Carnival.
