First Sunday of Lent – 09th March 2025
It’s that time of the year again – Lent! We begin our Lenten Journey as we always do with Jesus in the desert.
For many of us who live in cities, the desert may seem like a strange and unfamiliar place. It can be a place of heat, danger and little or no water! But for the Jewish People, at the time of Jesus and today, the desert is a very important part of their history, tradition and religion.
In the Old Testament, the Jewish People spent forty years in the desert. They came through and were formed in the desert. It was in the desert that God spoke to them. They were tried, tested and tempted in the desert. Eventually on their desert journey, they felt that God had abandoned them and they in turn abandoned God. They gave up and gave in. They famously created the calf made of gold and worshiped it instead of remaining faithful to God.