With Him in the Desert, by Michael Pakaluk
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*This section of a fresco, formerly at San Baudelio de Berlanga in Spain, depicts Jesus’s temptations by the devil. Only the first two temptations are shown here, left and center, while at right an angel alludes to the outcome of the third temptation, in which Jesus is ministered by angels.. *The Temptation of Christ by the Devil (artist unknown), c. 1129–34 [The MET, New York] http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471907
By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, Feb. 29, 2024
Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is a professor in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. He lives in Hyattsville, MD with his wife Catherine, also a professor at the Busch School, and their eight children. …
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I’ve been in the desert with Him these days of Lent, at the suggestion of a priest. In the way that immigrants have pined for their homeland of Ireland, or Italy; or pilgrims can keep in their hearts those special days in Rome or Jerusalem: Can we, for this season, live not so much among the distractions of the world, but rather be recollected, with Him, in a desert place? This same priest said that we should also look for the Devil there, who most assuredly will assail us.Related posts
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