Meditations for the 40 Days 2023: 26-Feb – Mt 4:1-112023-02-262023-02-24https://servantsoftheword.org/wp-content/assets/SW_logo_web-03-300x150.pngThe Servants of the Wordhttps://servantsoftheword.org/wp-content/assets/week-2-2.png200px200px
For today’s installment of our 40 Days Meditation series, our brother Miguel Vargas provides commentary on Mt 4:1-11. Take a listen or click here to download.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.'”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'” Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.'”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
Mt 4:1-11
Miguel is a lifelong committed brother from Costa Rica, where he studied Classical Philology at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He has an MA in Theology at Sacred Heart, Detroit. He is now serving in the young professionals outreach in Costa Rica, where he also helps in ecumenical development for the community. Miguel develops and translates teaching for the Spanish speaking members of the Sword of the Spirit. When he is not working, you will find him reading, watching a soccer game, making popcorn or working on his novel.
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