L-ewwel Ħadd tar-Randan huwa dejjem iddedikat lill-irtirar ta’ Ġesù fid-deżert. San Mark iżda ma jgħidilniex li l-Ispirtu “ħa” lil Ġesu’ fid-deżert, imma li “ħareġ” lil Ġesu’ fid-deżert. Il-verb “toħroġ” huwa wieħed importanti fil-Kotba Mqaddsa. L-ewwelnett ifakkarna espliċitament f’Alla li “ħareġ” lil Abraham minn Ur tal-Kaldej, lil Israel mill-Eġittu għal erbgħin sena fid-deżert, lil Pietru (u […]

1st Sunday of Lent – Reading at Mass Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, […]