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Transfigured
The Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent is the Transfiguration. Peter, overwhelmed with awe, offers to build three tents for these three holiest of men. But the revelation is not complete. Only one is the Beloved Son, not just human, but also divine. This is a foretaste not only of Christ’s coming resurrection, but…
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The Implications of the Lord’s Temptation in the Desert
In order to better understand the profound nature of the Lord’s temptation in the desert that incident must be linked with His earlier baptism in the Jordan River (Mt 3:13-17). Immediately after Jesus was baptized by John, the Holy Spirit directly led Him into the desert for a crucial preliminary test of both His character…
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1st Sunday of Lent – Jesus is Tempted
The liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church unite the community of believers, Lent particularly so. Together we deepen our disciplines of praying, fasting, and almsgiving as we contemplate the coming remembrance of the sacrifice Christ made for the sins of which we are atoning. No longer captives of the devil, the insurmountable debt we owe…
