The devil, so as to have dominion over the world (cf. These two temptations are followed by the third: to worship him, His hunger, and throwing himself down from the temple wall so as to be saved by to be a вЂњmagicianвЂќ - such as transforming stones into bread so as to satiate You are the Son of GodвЂќ (4:3, 6) and proposes that He perform miraculous acts вЂњSon of GodвЂќ in order to deter Jesus from the fulfillment of his mission: вЂњIf His mission and as this mission has a declared enemy, namely, Satan, HeД¬onfronts him straight away, вЂњup closeвЂќ. Solemn investiture: the Spirit of God has descended upon him, the heavenlyДЇather has declared him вЂњmy beloved SonвЂќ (Mt 3:17). In the River Jordan and prior to his public ministry. Takes place at a precise moment in JesusвЂ™ life: immediately after his Baptism The journey toward Easter, revealing Jesus as he remains in the desert for 40Дays, subjected to the temptations of the devil (cf. In this First Sunday of Lent, the Gospel introduces us to Transfiguration which lasted a moment, an instant. The glorious Resurrection, which will be definitive, not like this But it is through the Cross that Jesus will reach Revelation of God, and the most bewildering sign of this scandalous Humble and unarmed servant not a lord of great wealth, a sign of blessing, butДЄ poor man with nowhere to rest his head not a patriarch with manyДescendants, but a celibate man without home or nest. The Messiah, how the Messiah would be: not a powerful and glorious king, but a Himself as a Messiah different from their expectations, from how they imagined Jesus was preparing themДЇor that sad and very painful moment. Their faith and, at the same time, to foretell his Resurrection by manifesting Scandal - the scandal of the Cross - this scandal which is too intense for With the least and the neediest, in whom He is first recognized.Д«y now decisively headed toward Jerusalem, where he willД«e sentenced to death by crucifixion, Jesus wanted to prepare his own for this Is God himself who, abiding in our heart and our life, continues to be closeДЄnd to serve all those whom we encounter each day on our journey, beginning Is but the response to what God has done and continues to do for us. To experience the FatherвЂ™s compassion and to celebrate the wonders of his love.ДЄnd thus we understand that all we can live and do for our brothers and sisters It is He who allows us, even in our littleness and poverty, Who lives among us, who lives with us is capable of healing our heart: He does When we let our heart be healed and renewed by the Risen Christ. It is the opportunity for us too to live the greatД¬ommandment of love, to become instruments of GodвЂ™s charity. Message, a message of hope: the Lord opens before us a new path of freedom,ДЄ path of salvation. At the same time, however, one becomes the bearer of a new Recognize that we are sinners, and also that our way of loving is marked by Generated by the encounter with the meek and merciful face of Jesus. Which we freely receive and it cannot be extended to others if it is not first Grace: it does not consist in showing off, but in what the Lord gives us and Charity, instead, isДЇirst and foremost a grace, a gift being able to love is a gift of Behind all this there is aДЇalse, misleading idea, thinking that since we love, we are good - as thoughД¬harity were a manmade creation, a product of our heart. To put our intelligence or our abilities on display. No, this is hypocrisy! Or also when we aspire to things with вЂњvisibilityвЂќ so as In order to draw attention to ourselves or to feel good: вЂOh, how good I am!вЂ™. when the service to charity, which we seem to carry out generously, is done Motivated by interest, by self-interest and how much interested love there is Reconciliation and instruments of peace in daily life.ДЄnywhere, even in our world of love. His Holy Spirit and in this way, also discover the joy of becoming artisans of Grace of Baptism, quench our thirst at the wellspring of the Word of God and of In this way we can renew in ourselves the It is a good occasion to see his face in the face Near to him, to counter him in prayer in a heart-to-heart dialogue to speak This Season of Lent is a good occasion to draw We have not countered him personally, spoken with him, and we still have not We have not yet encountered him personally.

Of course, we already know him, but perhaps Jesus speaks to usДЄs he does to the Samaritan woman. Thus this Gospel passageДЄctually concerns us! Not just the Samaritan woman, but us. We go in search of wells that do not have clean water. вЂњwellsвЂќ whose water does not quench our thirst. Received, or reduced it to a merely official statistic and perhaps we seek

But we may have forgotten this great gift that we

Was poured into our hearts on the day of our Baptism then God transformed andДЇilled us with his grace. Dear brothers and sisters, the water that gives eternal life

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