VATICAN (SE): Speaking to people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus on March 1, the first Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis urged Christians to be alert and vigilant when “messages, coming at us from many places” invite us to be tempted and to experience “the intoxication of transgression.”
He reflected on the gospel for the first Sunday of Lent that tells of how Jesus, after having been baptised in the River Jordan, was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
He recalled that Jesus prepared himself for his mission of proclaiming the Kingdom of Heaven by fasting for 40 days.
“At the end of this period of fasting, the tempter, the devil, breaks in and tries three times to put Jesus to the test,” he said.
[contentcards url=”https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-03/pope-francis-angelus-first-sunday-lent.html”]The pope pointed out that Satan breaks into people’s lives to tempt them with his enticing proposals.
The devil, he said, “mixes his own voice with the many other voices that try to tame our conscience,” and he warned believers to be aware that “messages come at us from many places enticing us to “experience the intoxication of transgression.”
“Jesus’ experience teaches us that temptation is an attempt to walk alternative paths than those of God,” he said.
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