Don't get comfortable this Lent
US Catholic
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Tom Wright
Lent’s 40 days should disturb our consumer complacency.
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,” says the Gospel of Mark to open Lent this year. Unlike in Matthew and Luke’s accounts, however, Mark’s Jesus is not invited to turn stones into bread to satisfy his hunger; there is no clever repartee between Jesus and the devil. Mark is content to tell us that Jesus, like every other human being, had to choose between the kingdom of God and that of Caesar. Jesus, of course, gets it right: “The kingdom of God is at hand,” he proclaims from the desert. “Repent, and believe in the gospel.”http://www.uscatholic.org/life/everyday-spirituality/2012/01/dont-get-comfortable-lent
