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Hey there, Sprouds. Today is Tuesday, March 19th, 2019. It is also the feast day of a great saint.

Today is the feast day of St. Joseph. St. Joseph was, of course, the stepfather of Jesus Christ,

and also the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We look to St. Joseph as the protector

of the weak and a protector of the pure. Now, of course, he was known for protecting these things

because of what he did on earth. St. Joseph was picked by God to be the protector, the stepfather of Jesus

when he was a tiny infant, and as he grew during those years when he was at home with Mary and

Joseph in Nazareth. St. Joseph was also picked to be the protector of the Virgin Mary, who is purity itself.

St. Joseph is oftentimes depicted with a lily. So if you are in need of protection, if you are

feeling weak, or your purity is being threatened, I encourage you to look to St. Joseph. This week on the

Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are talking about Jesus Christ as part of our Jesus tree during Lent.

This week, we are focusing on the beginning of his public ministry. Yesterday, we talked about

his baptism. And today, we are going to talk about his period

of temptation in the desert. After Jesus was baptized by St. John the Baptist, Jesus immediately

went into the desert for 40 days. Now, hopefully that sounds familiar. We also are on a bit of a desert, a retreat, a fasting from

life's pleasures during Lent. Well, Jesus was in the desert, we're told in the gospel,

he wrestled with the temptations of Satan. Now, why does this happen at the beginning of his public ministry?

Well, it happens because this is the moment when Jesus either says yes or no to the crazy plan of

God, to the idea that he will lay down his life, endure horrible suffering, and through that, save

the whole world. So let's look at the three ways that Satan attempts to tempt Jesus while

he's in the desert. The first thing that Satan tempts Jesus with is bread. Remember, Jesus is in the desert fasting. It even says in the

gospel that he's hungry. Of course, he's hungry. He's a human being. And so Satan tempts Jesus to turn

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