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Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." Jesus answered him, "It is written, One does not live on bread alone." Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, "I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me." Jesus said to him in reply, "It is written: You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve." Then he led him to Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and: With their hands they will support you lest you dash your foot against a stone." Jesus said to him in reply, "It also says, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test." When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time. For Reflection... The desert is the testing ground. From our election as God's chosen, we must pass through the rigors of the desert to be equipped to live out our mission. The testing we endure is "common to everyone" (1 Corinthians 10:13), and so to Jesus as to us. We may think of the temptations we face in the flesh as unique; it is true that no two of us experience temptation in quite the same way. To one, the Siren's call may be the lure of money. To another, it might be sex. Envy, avarice, gluttony, sloth -- every temptation has its adherents. But the temptations Jesus faces in the desert embody them all. Stones into bread. Power and glory. Vanity projects. It's all here. We have different strategies for getting them, but in the end, what we want is the material security, strength, and recognition that the kingdom of this world rewards. In a ploy built on cunning and deceit, the father of lies tells us that the way to affirm our status as the children of God is to claim these worldly prizes. The devil in the desert tells us that they are his to give -- if only we will worship him. And we are tempted. Are we not? Which of us has not longed for a bigger house, a nicer car, a softer bed? Which has not imagined controlling the world -- or at least our little corner of it? Have we not all wanted to be the object of the ministrations of angels? Would not that bounty signify our value in the eyes of God? Such is the gospel of prosperity, but not that of Jesus Christ. He accepts hunger and thirst, weakness, and obscurity as the hallmarks of abiding in God's will. He endures the desert. He invites us to do the same, knowing that he has gone before us, goes ahead of us, carries us. - In what ways have you felt tested in your life, particularly in your life of faith? - In what way are you tempted by material security? How much money would be enough? What material goods do you covet? For what do you hunger? - When do you notice your desire for power or control? Under what circumstances? What have you done to assert your power over others? - What kind of recognition have you sought? Who do you want to notice you? To hold you in high regard? To like you or appreciate you? - Which seems most challenging to you: The call to hunger, to weakness, or to obscurity? Why?
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Socracht Tharlódh go samhlófá féin tús an ama guí seo ar nós a bheifeá ag gabháil go croí an fhásaigh inmheánaigh - Is minic a shamhlaítear an fásach mar áit chiúin, i bhfad ó thranglam na cathrach nó ó bhéiceach an aigéin. Tharlódh go samhlófá féin tús an ama guí seo ar nós a bheifeá ag gabháil go croí an fhásaigh inmheánaigh. Ar nós a bheifeá ag cuartú áit chiúin taobh istigh díot féin ar féidir leat bualadh le Dia. Tabhair tamall duit féin agus lig do d’aird díriú isteach ionat féin, agus lig don saol mór a ghabháil i mbun a chuid gnóthaí féin. - Tabhair aird sa spás inmheánach sin ar rithim d’análaithe. Seachain a bhféachfá lena hathrú! Tarraing anáil isteach agus amach go socair ar feadh cúpla nóiméad. Scrioptúr Tháinig Íosa, agus é lán den Spioraid Naomh, ar ais ón Iordáin, agus seoladh faoi luí an Spioraid san fhásach é go ceann daichead lá, á phromhadh ag an diabhal. Agus níor ith sé aon ní sna laethanta sin, agus nuair a bhí siad caite bhí ocras air. Dúirt an diabhal leis: “Más tú Mac Dé, abair leis an gcloch seo arán a dhéanamh di.” Agus d’fhreagair Íosa é: “Tá scríofa: ‘Ní ar arán amháin a mhairfidh an duine.’” Agus tar éis do é a sheoladh suas ar ard, thaispeáin sé dó ríochtaí uile na cruinne i nóiméad aimsire; agus dúirt an diabhal leis: “Tabharfaidh mé duit an forlámhas seo uile agus a nglóir siúd, óir is ar mo láimh a tugadh é, agus tugaim dó cibé is áil liom é. Dá bhrí sin, má dhéanann tusa adhradh i mo láthair, is leat é uile.” Dúirt Íosa leis á fhreagairt: “Tá scríofa: ‘Adharfaidh tú an Tiarna do Dhia, agus is dó amháin a bheidh tú ag seirbhís.’” Ansin sheol sé go Iarúsailéim é, chuir sé ar bhinn an Teampaill é agus dúirt leis: “Más tú Mac Dé, caith tú féin as seo síos; óir tá scríofa: ‘Tabharfaidh sé ordú dá aingil mar gheall ort, chun go ngardálfaidís tú’; agus: ‘Iompróidh siad ina lámha tú, le heagla go mbuailfeá do chos faoi chloch.’” Dúirt Íosa leis á fhreagairt: “Tá ráite: ‘Ní bhainfidh tú triail as an Tiarna do Dhia.’” Agus tar éis don diabhal é a phromhadh i ngach slí, d’fhág sé é nó go dtiocfadh an uain. Déan marana An cuimhin leat féin am ar theastaigh uait féin a bheith ar an uaigneas, ionas go bhfaighfeá tuiscint níos fearr ar gach a raibh ag tarlú i do thimpeall? - Tá Íosa go díreach tar éis a bhaiste ag tús a scéil seo. Tá Spiorad Dé tar éis tuirling air, agus tá Dia tar éis Íosa a aithint go poiblí mar a Mhac. Cén chaoi ar airigh Íosa agus é ag imeacht ó bhruach na hIordáine? - Insítear dúinn go dtreoraíonn an Spiorad Íosa isteach sa bhfásach. B’fhéidir go dteastaíonn am ó Íosa anois le smaoineamh ar a bhfuil i gceist le gach a bhfuil tarlaithe. An cuimhin leat féin am ar theastaigh uait féin a bheith ar an uaigneas, ionas go bhfaighfeá tuiscint níos fearr ar gach a raibh ag tarlú i do thimpeall? - Is mian le hÍosa a bheatha a thiomnú do dhaoine eile agus cúnamh a thabhairt dóibh aithne a chur ar Dhia a dtugann seisean ‘Athair’ air. Tuigeann Seisean go bhfuil droch-bhealaí lena dhéanamh seo chomh maith le bealaí maithe. Is féidir cathú a chur air aicearra a thógáil, nó bealaí níos réidhe a roghnú. An léir duit-se an chontráil a bhaineas leis na bealaí mealltacha seo? - Cuireann Íosa suas den smaoineamh gur cheart freastal ar riachtanais ábharaíocha daoine amháin. Ní ligfidh sé i ndearmad gurb é seo fiontar Dé agus ní bheidh sé ag brath ar thaispeántais shuntasacha de chumhacht Dé. Cén cur síos a dhéanfadh tusa ar an gcaoi a gcinneann Íosa ar a mhisiún a chur i gcrích? Labhair le Dia Déan iarracht a mhíniú d’Íosa an chaoi a bhfuil do bheatha féin ag iompú amach ag an am áirithe seo. Nocht do chuid mothúchán faoi sin - Samhlaigh ar feadh nóiméid go bhfuil tú i do shuí le taobh Íosa an cheád oíche úd sa bhfásach. B’fhéidir go bhfuil sé i bhfad san oíche agus gleadhrach de thine ann. Céard ba mhaith leat a rá leis agus é ag déanamh a mharana ar an gcaoi is fearr le focal Dé a chraobhscaoileadh? - Déan iarracht san áit cheannann chéanna, a mhíniú d’Íosa an chaoi a bhfuil do bheatha féin ag iompú amach ag an am áirithe seo. Nocht do chuid mothúchán faoi sin. - Le linn na gcathuithe, aithníonn Íosa cuid de na droch-bhealaí a d’fhéadfadh sé a leanacht. An léir duit-se gur ghabh tú bealach contráilte ó am go ham? An dtig leat iad sin a thabhairt chuig Íosa anois? - Ag deireadh an scéil, tá an chosúlacaht ar Íosa go bhfuil sé níos soiléire faoin gcaoi a dtabharfadh sé faoi fhógairt Ríocht Dé. Agus é ag téisclim lena imeacht as an bhfásach agus triall ar bhailte agus ar shráid-bhailte na Gailíle, an airíonn tú fonn ort a ghabháil in éineacht leis nó rath a ghuí air. B’fhéidir gur mian leat freagairt dá bhfuil feicthe agam san am guí seo ar bhealach éigin eile.