When Our Lord was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, it was not merely to endure hunger or solitude, as though sanctity were a matter of stoic self-denial. No, He went as a gladiator going into the Coliseum. The encounter with the devil was not an unfortunate interruption of His ministry; it was its opening…
When you look at the eyes of Our Lord, what do you see?
Lent is the holy season by which we willingly choose weakness over strength, pain over comfort, and the love of Jesus over my own will.
