1st Sunday of Lent (Year A) - Matt 4: 1-11

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

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Matthew 4: 1-11 - 'The temptation in the wilderness.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 394 (in 'The Fall of the Angels') - Scripture witnesses to the disastrous influence of the one Jesus calls "a murderer from the beginning", who would even try to divert Jesus from the mission received from his Father (abbreviated)

- 2849 (in 'The Seven Petitions') - Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his Agony (abbreviated)

- 2835 (in 'Give us this day our daily bread') - his petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God," that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth (abbreviated)

- 2083 (in 'The First Commandment') - It is written: "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve." (abbreviated)

- 333 (in 'Christ with all his angels') - From the Incarnation to the Ascension, the life of the Word incarnate is surrounded by the adoration and service of angels. When God "brings the firstborn into the world, he says: 'Let all God's angels worship him.'" Their song of praise at the birth of Christ has not ceased resounding in the Church's praise: "Glory to God in the highest!" They protect Jesus in his infancy, serve him in the desert, strengthen him in his agony in the garden, when he could have been saved by them from the hands of his enemies as Israel had been (abbreviated)

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. Thanks again for tuning in. Today we're looking at
0:16.5	Matthew 4 versus 1 to 11. So we'll start by reading the passage and then we'll pull it apart a bit to
0:23.9	see what's going on in terms of the features of the text. How can we understand the literal sense?
0:30.9	So let's start by reading the passage here. Jesus was led by the spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
0:40.3	He fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him,
0:48.5	If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.
0:53.9	But he replied,
0:55.8	Scripture says,
0:57.2	Man does not live on bread alone,
0:59.0	but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
1:03.3	The devil then took him to the holy city
1:05.7	and made him stand on the parapet of the temple.
1:09.7	If you are the son of God, he said, throw yourself down.
1:13.4	For scripture says, he will put you in angels charge and they will support you on their hands
1:18.9	in case you hurt your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, scripture also says,
1:26.4	you must not put the Lord your God to the test.
1:30.6	Next, taking him to a very high mountain,
1:33.4	the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
1:37.7	I will give you all these, he said,
1:40.2	if you fall at my feet and worship me.
1:44.1	Then Jesus replied, Be off Satan, for scripture says you must worship the Lord your God
1:50.5	and serve him alone.
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