Seeker

I won't be able to listen to today's gospel reading (Matthew 4: 1 - 11) without thinking of the taste of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. On a Holy Land Pilgrimage , in a place near Jericho, I took this photo of the Monastery of the Temptation. I didn't climb up to the monastery. I drank refreshing pomegranate juice, bought from a Palestinian stall-holder. It was delicious. Then I got back into an air-conditioned coach, feeling more tourist than pilgrim. EASY. VERY EASY. On this first Sunday of Lent the gospel reading tells how after his baptism by John the Baptist in the River Jordan, Jesus "was led by the Spirit into the desert" where he faced a 3-fold temptation. DIFFICULT. REALLY DIFFICULT. Read Matthew's account  here . Lord our God, trembling, we dare to ask that you call us into the desert where we may once more hear you whisper our name with love. Prayer by Sheila Cassidy This is the 5th of a series of daily Lent refle...