Jesus in the Desert

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 February 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Just after his baptism, Jesus retires to the wilderness and there he faces the tempter. We enter into this experience with him, facing the same struggle. Like the Lord himself, we wrestle with the temptations to make sensual pleasure, the ego, and power the center of our lives. In resisting all three, we make the acceptance of God's will and mission possible.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:11.1	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:22.8	love about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnetka now presents
0:31.0	the Word on Fire.
0:33.7	Peace be with you.
0:35.7	Friends we are now within this great holy season of Lent, and the church invites us to attend
0:42.0	to one of the most powerful passages in the gospel, Matthew's account of Jesus' temptations
0:48.6	in the desert.
0:50.6	You know, I often said that Jesus is not meant to be admired.
0:55.4	Jesus is meant to be followed, or better even participated in.
1:01.6	Paul says, it's no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
1:05.3	The gospel's invite us to participate in Jesus.
1:10.2	I think in some ways this is particularly easy with regard to this gospel story, because
1:16.0	we see Jesus at a moment of weakness.
1:20.6	Facing temptations as we all do.
1:23.7	So we learn from Him here what it's like to face them, how to face them, how to do battle
1:31.1	with them.
1:32.7	And of course, it's a great Lent and theme to go into the desert and there to face the
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