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Three Questions from the Desert
FromBishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Lent is a time of paring down—a time spent in the desert, if you will—as exemplified by Jesus’ forty days of fasting in these arid, barren lands. He was tempted three times by Satan, and rejected each attempt, giving glory to God at every turn. This is the lesson for us: that we make God the center of our lives and not test him. We are here to do his will, which is clarified through our own Lenten sacrifices.
Released:
Mar 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Pray, Fast, and Give Alms: During the great season of Lent, the Church recommends three very concrete acts: prayer, fasting, and the giving of alms. These are actions that involve the body as much as the mind; and they are things that we "do." Lent is not so much a time to fuss ab... by Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies