Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
St. Bernard notices a pattern that arises in Genesis: “God asserts, woman doubts, Satan denies.” Today God, through His Church, continually urges us to choose life, not death. For many reasons, we, like Eve, find this difficult. As if to ease our troubles, Satan through the voice of the world tells us that we do not have to obey God.
Read MoreIt is very consoling to see Jesus himself tempted. He prepared His public life with a fast of 40 days, similar to what we are doing during this Lenten season. If Jesus himself was tempted, and Jesus is perfect God and man, then it stands to reason that to be tempted is not necessarily bad; it is not a sin.
Read MoreOscar Wilde was mistaken when he said that the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. For in today’s Gospel we see that St. Paul’s words are true: “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sinning.”
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