Temptations

Last year or so top Bollywood stars went on a world concert tour – their tour was titled “Temptations”. The ads were very “today” in that young people calling themselves tempters and seducers was so modern. Now the general reaction of most folks would be, “it’s just a label, they aren’t really selling what they are talking about”. That’s right, they are not. That is not what is unsettling, it’s the fact that temptation is such a fashionable word. There is however, nothing really snazzy about being faced with soul corrupting temptation - the kind Jesus looked at and ripped to shreds in today’s gospel. His human side, tempered into steel by fasting and prayer roared back into Satan’s face and emerged victorious. The preamble to the everlasting victory that he gained for us on the cross. Sweet, glorious victory!!!