The First Sunday of Lent Year B
Taken from Gazing on the Gospels Year B
author: Judith Dimond
contributor: SPCK - Judith Dimond
Description
The First Sunday of Lent
Mark 1.9-15
Contemplate how passive Jesus is in this description: he acquiesces to baptism; he hears the voice and accepts anointing; he goes where the Spirit sends him, and endures. He is obedient.
Contemplate being with Jesus in this wilderness. Exchange your daily comforts for the excruciating heat of day and cold of night, for hunger and thirst that threaten your very life. Lions hover, hyenas and wolves howl nearby; but brigands ignore him when they see what state he is in...
Taken from Gazing on the Gospels Year B by Judith Dimond
Publisher: SPCK - view more
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