Third Sunday of Lent-B The secular world has the day, and we are unaccustomed to seeing our Jesus exhibit righteous anger. It simply doesn’t fit the equity, diversity, and tolerance narrative. The humanistic society demands Jesus be an effeminate man with the characteristics of a unisex individual who reaffirms his mercy upon any sinner. Contrition … Continue reading A Curb On Our Corrupt Human Natures
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Baptism is Our Spiritual Ark
First Sunday of Lent-B On the First Sunday of Lent, it is customary to hear from one of the synoptic gospels about the Spirit driving Jesus into the desert, where he will be tempted and without food for forty days. It is fitting to hear the story about our Savior entering the desert again because … Continue reading Baptism is Our Spiritual Ark
From the Desert of Sin to the Mountaintop of Glory
Second Sunday of Lent -AThis second stop of our Lenten journey is a little more pleasant than our first. The desert of a week ago is an uncomfortable place to be. Though we were with our Jesus, we were also with the devil– the devil and all his temptations. “Turn this bread into stone. . … Continue reading From the Desert of Sin to the Mountaintop of Glory