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First Sunday of Lent So what's your temptation? Chocolate ice cream? One upping your neighbor? Gossip? Alcohol? Petty thievery? Bad thoughts? Or just plain ignoring God? Gratefully, none of us has to stand up in front of the whole assembly and confess the specifics of our sins (just to be clear chocolate ice cream isn't one of them!) We simply admit our sinfulness before we enter into the celebration of the Eucharist, leaving the specific confession of sin to the privacy of the sacrament of penance when we speak individually with a priest. Sunday's Gospel directs our attention that Jesus truly was a human person just like all of us. He was subjected to temptation, just like we are. In our desire to conform our lives to be more like Christ, we seek to avoid temptation, just like he did. For those of us who are already baptized this Lenten season is one of renewal. We are praying more, fasting, and helping others so as to recover our baptismal innocence. These forty days are meant to get us ready for the renewal of our baptismal promises at Easter. In those promises we rejected Satan, his works, and his empty promises. We rejected sin so as to live in the freedom of God. These forty days will test our fortitude, but we don't go them alone. We are surrounded by an entire community of faith, all of us working to become even better Christians. Sometime during this season,we'll each confess our sins with a priest. But as we begin Lent, it might not hurt to tell one other person what you're striving for this season. Ask them to pray for you , and help you by being ready to ask how your Lent is going on a weekly basis from now until Easter.
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