As Christians 2,000 years removed from the early Church, it is easy to underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit.
We entered this liturgy, our Palm Sunday procession, accompanied by the narration of Luke’s Gospel. There is no mention of palm branches in his account.
We live in an unforgiving world.
In today’s second reading, Paul is clear that we should not be overconfident in ourselves.
On this first Sunday of Lent, we hear Luke’s account of Jesus’ temptation in the desert.
The Christian faith is a carnal – embodied – one that uses our senses. We see and hear God present in the liturgy; we touch and taste the body and blood of Christ, and smell the incense present in worship.
