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Between Lent 1 & 2
Before we get John 3:16, we have the signs and the Temple and dealing with uncertainty, and a lot of questions.
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The Temptation (Lent 1A)
Wrestling with the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness, we can’t escape the story is about power and control.
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Is He Tempted? (a reflection)
The story of Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness is an invitation to examine our own relationship with power.
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Between – the Transfiguration and the Temptation
As we prepare for Lent, the lectionary will have us jump back to Matthew 4, for the temptation: which reverberates everywhere.
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Divine Suffering
Jesus is led into the wilderness to be tempted. Tempted with power, understanding, everything he could desire. Everything we desire.
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Tempted
This is the first thing after. A thousand things he could’ve done. Jesus is the Messiah, right? The Son of God. There’s probably a few pressing things God needs done around the place. The first thing he has to do after his baptism is to go into the wilderness to be tempted. Lent 1A |…
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Preparing for after the test: Lent and self-discovery
a Homily for Lent 1A Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Getting our bearings The gospel we call Matthew has a birth story, a flight into Egypt and all that. Then John the Baptizer prepares the way for Jesus, who comes to him to be baptized, and then is immediately compelled by the Spirit to go out into…
