LENT – As we enter this Holy season let us be prepared to be challenged by the power of the Gospel. When Jesus said, ‘Come, Follow Me,’ (Matthew 4:19) what did he actually mean and how do these words impact our lives now? Reflecting on the first temptation of Christ in the desert therefore, ‘Would it be too much to say that whenever or wherever either the Church, or its members, put self-interest first, it is being unfaithful to Jesus?’ (Page 48) So this week I am going to reflect on how I put my own interests before others because putting others before self is the way of Christ. ‘Whenever, we practice this same virtue we are doing nothing less than, ‘Sharing in the Life of God.’ (page 48) Care to join me?