If we were having a casual conversation outside of church, perhaps at a Wendy’s, and I brought up “The Temptations,” you might immediately think of the Motown group from Detroit. Known for their ...

The Gospel reading presented to us for the First Sunday of Lent is rather familiar to all of us — Our Lord’s temptation in ...

As Lent begins, we are asked to consider some of life’s temptations, as the three temptations faced by Jesus are on wide display in our own times. The devil encourages Jesus to turn stones into bread.

Lent calls Christians to employ “weapons of self-restraint:” prayer, fasting and good works. The greatest of these, Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, is the ever-growing awareness of God’s love.

After his baptism, Jesus went to the desert to think about and prepare for his ministry. He spent forty days and forty nights in the desert where he was tempted on three occasions by the Devil.