Homily and Video, First Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2025
As Christ was led into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil, we too should anticipate temptation. As Christ endured the temptations which He faced, in His power, we too should triumph over our temptations. What are some practical steps to overcoming temptation? Recognize the spiritual battle and commit to fighting against our temptations so that we do not give in to sin Determine to know God through His Word and through worship. We must have a strong relationship with God. Learn to rely on the grace found in His Body – both the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, but also upon our fellow believers with…
Sermon, First Sunday in Lent, 2024
Christ endured the fasting and temptation in the wilderness out of love for us. He endured torture and death out of love for us. He rose and ascended to heaven where He sits at the right hand of God interceding in love for us. But yet He also knew that the joy to be had when humanity and God are once again united in the world to come was worth all of the agony that He endured. In our lives, we are blessed with sublime moments that allow us to glimpse God, that allow us a foreshadowing of that blessed joy that will one day be ours in its entirety. …