Dad Talk -First Sunday of Lent (Cycle C)
Dad Talk guide to the Sunday Mass readings
Today's Gospel reading tells us about Jesus's temptation in the desert, revealing that Jesus is reversing the Original Sin committed in the Garden of Eden. It also provides a template for the Lenten practices that will lead us to holiness: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We'll discuss all this—and how Satan punks himself by trying to quote scripture to Jesus—in today's Dad Talk.
Categories
Religion & Spirituality • Christianity
About Podcast
Seeking to understand more about the Sunday Mass readings, I started reading Bible commentaries after Mass several years ago, then giving a 15-minute talk to our children about the context of the readings (history, geography, etc.) and their relationship to each other. We called these "Dad Talks." Over time, we started to share them with others. To dive even deeper, I recommend acquiring your own copy of my source materials: Brant Pitre & John Bergsma's "A Catholic Introduction to the Bible," the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture set, and various books mentioned in the Talks. God bless!