“We rely on God, then on them (UNRWA),” she said, adding that for 15 months they had nowhere else to go. “We rely on it fully, for everything.” CNN’s Irene Nasser contributed to this report.

Lent calls Christians to employ “weapons of self-restraint:” prayer, fasting and good works. The greatest of these, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, is the ever-growing awareness of God’s love.

Prayer is about our hope and confidence in God. And prayer is to help us remember that we rely on God.” “God will answer our prayers, as long as they are good. We have trust and hope in him.