Second Sunday of Lent 2017 -  At Home In Our Faith

Matthew 17:1-9

From the top of the mountain, the apostles, future leaders of God's people, saw more clearly God's glorious plan for them. They saw the Promised land. They heard the divine call to enter a new life in God. The experience would animate them through Good Friday an d the hard days to come. When all was dark, they remembered the mountain and glory. We all need mountain-top experiences to keep us going and give us hope.

They say that when a man marries a woman, he thinks, “She’s the one I’ve been waiting for.  She’ll never change.” – and she always does.  And a woman looks at her man, and thinks, “He just needs a little work; after we’re married, I’ll help him change” – and he never does.  The truth is that both men and women will change as time goes on:  Biologists tell us that every seven years we have totally replaced all the cells in our bodies with new ones.  

"At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry." Matthew 4: 1-11 -- First Sunday of Lent.  

What are you hungry for? It can't be chocolate--Lent just started! No matter what age we get to be, everyone hungers for friendship. Beyond our nutritional requirements or physical appetites, we yearn to know we matter to another person.

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