Gospel Notes
Although for Matthew the temptations of Jesus relate particularly to his messianic role, as a reading for the first Sunday in Lent, this passage speaks more clearly to the implications of the generic temptation that confronts every human where it touches us most closely: at the point of self-identity and self-definition.
Liturgical Color
Purple
Suggested Hymns
God The Fat…
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