Tag: Temptation
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The Hidden Angels of Lent: A Reflection on Temptation
The Easter angels may not be as flamboyant at the Christmas ones, there is no singing, no heavenly choirs, no grand announcements or lifesaving warnings. No visions or messages spoken in dreams, but they are there. Hidden away without dazzling lights, golden wings, or halos made from tinsel, dressed in civvies and disguised as servants,…
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Lead us not into Temptation
We are instructed to leave in silence as we bear witness to all that unfolds on this day, ready to entre into the pain and sorrow of Good Friday and Jesus’ death. We are to be thoughtful, prayerful, and perhaps aware of how close we come to failing Jesus in the ways that the disciples…