jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down for it is written, Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written,īut by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:1-11 has become a cry or victory for me in my own faith journey each year as I walk with Jesus from the dust of Ash Wednesday, through the desert of temptation, to the joy of the Resurrection: This short, eleven-verse passage transformed my understanding of the Holy Spirit, the nature of Christ as God’s son, and the beauty of Christ’s restoration of covenants of old so that we, as his children, might participate in the fullness of life he regains for us. In my senior year of college during a New Testament class, I read Matthew 4: 1-11: the temptation of Jesus. Jesus conquers the darkness of the desert so as to one day emerge into the light of the Resurrection Lent is an invitation for us to accompany him on that journey. But amidst these actions of self-sacrifice, Mother Teresa reminds us that love and rediscovering Christ are at the heart of Lent despite our human weakness or suffering. These actions constitute a time of preparation for Easter, a time to turn from what holds us back from fully embracing life with Christ. Teresa of Calcuttaįor many, Lent is a time to give up something so as to go with less one might give up chocolate and television or give a little more money to the poor and spend an extra fifteen minutes in prayer. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.” – St.

“As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus’ thirst … He knows your weakness.

Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted