On the first Sunday in Lent, we always hear the account of
Christ’s temptation in the wilderness. The church wants us to know the 40 days
of Lent which have just begun are a participation in Christ’s 40 days in the
desert. His 40 days are our 40 days, and what he accomplished then he seeks to
accomplish in us now.
2/16/21
STEVEN OETJEN
We are just a month out from the end of the Christmas season, yet
we have in our Gospel today a powerful example of childlike faith. A leper
comes up to Jesus, kneels down and pleads, “If you wish, you can make me
clean.”
2/10/21
Jack Peterson