Lent – (Part III) So we come the final temptation of Jesus to bow down and worship Satan who will then give him ‘all the kingdoms of the world.’ I wonder what we would do if we were offered, literally, anything we desired. If then we are to become authentic witnesses to the Gospel and accept the invitation to ‘Come follow me,‘ we too need to resist any obsession with status, ambition and wealth. ‘Would it be too much to say, therefore, that whenever or wherever the Church or its members seek to use power, manipulation or domination to control others it is, in fact, being unfaithful to Jesus?’ (page 52) Perhaps as we journey through Lent towards Easter we all need to pause again and gently but purposefully review our own lives and ask, ‘where do our true priorities lie?’
Published on March 05, 2021 03:27