Temptations

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days,
to be tempted by the devil.
He ate nothing during those days,
and when they were over he was hungry.
The devil said to him,

“If you are the Son of God,
command this stone to become bread.”

Ash Wednesday

Today we begin Lenten fasting, each of us entering our own desert to free ourselves from the temptations that lead us astray. Our models are the prophets and Christ himself. Let us begin this season with renewed zeal and commitment to the Lord.