Like Jesus did in today’s Gospel, we need to confront and conquer temptations, using the means He employed: Like Jesus, every one of us is tempted to seek sinful pleasures, easy wealth and positions of authority, and is drawn to the use of unjust or sinful means to attain good ends. Jesus sets a model for conquering temptations through prayer, penance, and the effective use of the “Word of God”. Temptations make us true warriors of God by strengthening our minds and hearts. We are never tempted beyond the strength God gives us. Lent is our own 40 days in the desert to strengthen our spiritual selves with prayer, fasting, and almsgiving so that we can better resist the temptation the evil one is sure to thrust upon us.
Adults: What is your plan for spiritual strengthening this Lent?
Children: What helps you do the right thing when you want to do something wrong?
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