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St. Josemaría's "The Way" inspires Hallow's Lenten challenge

The best known work of the founder of Opus Dei is the axis around which this Lent will revolve in Hallow, the most famous prayer application in the world.

Maria José Atienza-March 3, 2025-Reading time: 2 minutes

Image of the Lent 2025 Challenge: The Way - St. Josemaría Escrivá ©Hallow

Camino is, without a doubt, the best known work of St. Josemaría Escriváthe founder of Opus Dei. It is not in vain that it is the fourth most translated work written in Spanish into other languages, after the QuixoteOne Hundred Years of Solitude y Love in times of cholera.

By 2025, the application Hallowthe world's most downloaded prayer and meditation app, has chosen this book, Caminoas a guide for your prayer challenge Lent 2025: The Waywhich will start on Ash Wednesday. Thus, through the reflections "to grow in holiness, humility and union with God in daily life" offered by "The Way", users will experience a more intense Lent of prayer, fasting and penance.

Through this challenge, the promoters of this initiative emphasize, "participants will be able to deepen their relationship with God, strengthening their faith and purpose during the Lent".

In addition, this challenge will involve, among others, Tamara Falcó and renowned Catholic who will share with Hallow's followers her testimony of faith.

This Lenten challenge will also feature the testimony of the Servant of God Takashi Nagai: a Japanese doctor converted to Catholicism who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and who dedicated his last years to prayer and peace, being a true witness to sorry.

Along with this, on Thursdays, the application offers to join a holy hour, accompanied by reflections by Josepe Manglano, founder of Hakuna.

Lent in Hallow

Last year, more than 1.7 million people participated in the Hallow's Lenten challenge and this application was the most downloaded on mobile devices last Ash Wednesday. This year, the challenge will be available in eight languages and is expected to gather participants in more than 150 countries.

In addition, the famous Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro will be illuminated in purple on March 5 in an initiative promoted by Hallow to commemorate the beginning of Lent, one of the "strong seasons" of the Church.

Hallow is a mobile app that "helps people deepen their relationship with God through guided audio prayers, sleep meditations, Bible readings, music and more." It has more than 800 million completed prayers in more than 150 countries and 22 million downloads worldwide.

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