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The Scattered People

March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 NT reflection / Year BLeave a comment

Thursday of the Third Week in Lent: Jeremiah 7:23-28, Luke 11:14-23. In today’s readings, we hear a lament from Jeremiah about the faithlessness of the Jewish people coupled with a gospel reading where Jesus’s exorcism of demons is met with skepticism. I am struck by a few things: the reluctance …

Getting to Know the Tempter

March 1, 2020 March 3, 2020 NT reflection / OT reflection / Year AOne Comment

First Sunday of Lent: Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11. Satan is known by many names in the scriptures: the Adversary (the most literal definition of the word “Satan”), Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Devil, the serpent, the Prince of the World, the Father of Lies, and the Tempter. Today’s readings …