Lent is a time for turning from sin to God. HDIFA my efforts?
Do I consider myself a good listener? HDIFAMA?
Daily Dialogue Question: Name a person in your life who brings you hope. HDIFAMA?
Daily Dialogue Question: Do I see myself as becoming a saint? How do I feel about my answer?
“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.” St. Therese of Lisieux
Daily Dialogue Question: How do I feel about our going each remaining Wednesday of Lent with the television(s) off?
Daily Dialogue Question: This is the first Sunday in Lent. What is something the Spirit is leading me to fast from during Lent? How do I feel about that?
Gospel
Mt 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert
to be tempted by the devil.
He fasted for forty days and forty nights,
and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
He said in reply,
“It is written:
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth
from the mouth of God.”
Then the devil took him to the holy city,
and made him stand on the parapet of the temple,
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.
For it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you
and with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
Jesus answered him,
“Again it is written,
You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.”
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,
and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you,
if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”
At this, Jesus said to him,
“Get away, Satan!
It is written:
The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.”
Then the devil left him and, behold,
angels came and ministered to him.
Daily Dialogue Question: How can we best help a widow or widower we know? How do I feel about my answer?