The Three Desert Temptations of Jesus John J. Kilgallen February 18, 2008 To begin Lent the Church asks us to consider the three temptations that Jesus underwent in the desert, according to ...

"Last Days in the Desert" - based on an original screenplay by Garcia - focuses on the 40 days between Jesus' adult baptism and the beginning of his real ministry.

Jesus rebuffs these attacks, which recapitulate the temptations of Adam in Paradise and of Israel in the desert, and the devil leaves him “until an opportune time” (Lk. 4:13) [CCC 538].

After Jesus was baptized, he journeyed into the wilderness for forty days and was tempted by the Devil. Turning stones into bread, bowing to Satan, and putting God to the test were the three ...

The third Lucan temptation finds its echo in the cross, when Jesus feels abandoned. It finds its echo, as Fr. Oetjen notes, in the jeering remarks of the Pharisees that “if you are the Son of ...

“Jesus Tempted in the Desert” by James Tissot, 1886–1894, Wikipedia. A Homily for the First Sunday of Lent. Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13.

As Jesus resisted those temptations of the devil and chose to follow the will of God alone, we must try to go with him, listen to what he says, follow how he acts, imitate him in every way we can.

There are at least three other stories that Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness invites us to consider. Going back as far as Cyril of Alexandria and Augustine, Christians have long understood Jesus’ ...

After Jesus was baptized, he journeyed into the wilderness for forty days and was tempted by the Devil. Turning stones into bread, bowing to Satan, and putting God to the test were the three ...

PARK CITY, Utah (RNS) Publishers discovered a long time ago that Jesus sells magazines, so it should be no surprise that one of the hottest tickets here at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival was the ...