PASSAGES -3 rd  Sunday of Lent, Year A             The Book of Exodus gives us the account of the Israelites being delivered by God under Moses from the bondage of slavery in Egypt through the Red Sea, across the desert to the Promised Land. The New Testament gives us an account of our deliverance through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. In the waters of Baptism, sin is destroyed, and we pass through the desert of this life toward the New Testament Promised Land of the kingdom of heaven....

TRANSFIGURATION – 2 nd Sunday of Lent, Year A             Last week we were in the desert with Jesus struggling with the devil’s temptations. This week we are on the mountain of transfiguration with the transfigured Lord, Moses, Elijah, and God the Father, along with Peter, James, and John. The struggle with temptation and life in the spiritual deserts and valleys is a hardship. But if we keep before us the crucified, glorified Lord Jesus, and understand what the Lord does for us, we become...

TEMPTATION – 1 st  Sunday of Lent, Year A             Avoiding confronting the challenges of our personal lives with ourselves, others, and the Lord, in good ways, lead to more problems. Solutions, which overlook greater truths and realities, lead to worse problems. A common problem is that of temptation. Many human problems flow from the failure to deal with temptation rightly or to even acknowledge that something is a temptation to sin and evil. Our age, having lost much of the sense of...