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Our Lord is tempted by the Devil, but gives him no conversation, and in the end proves Himself. In this, He gives us the model for dealing with temptation.

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We begin the sacred season of Lent, beginning a campaign against our sins and disordered attachments, armed with the weapons our Lord has provided.

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As Jesus continues to preach the Sermon on the Plain, the connecting theme of discernment is addressed, and we are invited to discern how to be better.

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The Gospel call of being loving and merciful is not in the abstract, but the concrete, loving and forgiving our family and neighbors.

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Our Lord teaches that happiness is not found in riches or in what satisfies us here on earth. Happiness lies in God alone.

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When we encounter the Lord, or grow in Holiness, we paradoxically experience a deeper awareness of our failure and sin, but the Lord calls all the same, knowing our future.

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Our Lord is presented in the Temple, and is recognized as the fulfillment of God's promises in unexpected ways.

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Jesus proclaims the fulfillment of the good news that now must be proclaimed and lived. This is the now our mission.

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By His Baptism, Jesus Christ gives to all water the grace to wash away sin, and our baptism is a gift of grace.

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As we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, may we encounter the Lord and leave different.

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