𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 — 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀, & 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮
http://flocknote.com/note/15811830 OR https://bit.ly/HangingOutatOLM
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Temptation in the Desert

With Lent officially underway, we kick things off with the account of Jesus’ temptation by satan in the desert.

After 40 days of fasting (symbolic of the Israelites’ 40 years of desert wandering), Jesus meets the devil who tries to lure Him into sin. Tempted by the sensual pleasure (“turn this stone into bread” ), fame across all kingdoms (“I will give you power and glory” ), and power (“throw yourself down” from the mountain ), Jesus rebukes satan and emerges from the desert victorious, ready to gradually reveal His identity as the Messiah of the World.

As the Son of God, Jesus could never sin but He allowed Himself to experience temptation so that He might be with us in all things, and show us an example of the nonviolent path forward.

This week, be courageous! Ask the Lord, “Help me!” whenever you experience temptation, for Jesus Christ is truly with us in this season of Lent and all the days to come!

We hope to see you at the weekend Mass times where Father James is preaching or stop by and visit Jesus at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel or at daily Mass during the week.
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To prepare our hearts to come to Holy Mass this weekend, consider watching the short clip on the Flocknote email from the award-winning Catholicism series on “Who is Jesus?”

“𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵!” —Fr. Benedict Groeschel
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