THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU The Temptation is “The time of darkness” by T.L. de Victoria Monastery of Temptation (Quarantine) SUNDAYS LENT 1 THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU THE KINGDOM IS AMONG YOU Gospel of Luke Gospel of Luke

First step of the Road: Choose God or give missteps Lent Cycle C WAY towards LIFE Sun 1- We are all tempted along the way Sun 2 - Jesus Transfigured is the SUMMIT Sun 3 – Way of conversion (Vineyard with fruit) Sun 4 - The Father awaits for the son that has left Sun 5 – God forgives us (as the adulteress) First step of the Road: Choose God or give missteps

The Temptation takes to the decisive moment

Pictures of the Temptations’Monastery (Juda’s desert) Lk 4:1-13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. Pictures of the Temptations’Monastery (Juda’s desert)

Only He does not fall, how WE all fall Jesus iss tempted Like EVERYBODY Only He does not fall, how WE all fall Rock with Jesus conqueror, whorshiped at the Monastery’s church

And he ate nothing during those days And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

When life becomes weigthy, we would like the rocks turn bread 1r temptation Cave where it is said Jesus spent 40 days An easy life, attracks, but does not satisfy any one

And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"

God iss here, and I did not knowed» (Gen 28,16) The daily nourishment not only comes from bread, but from the líving WORD of God who dwells us Iconostasi God iss here, and I did not knowed» (Gen 28,16)

And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours."

2n temptation It is not the devil but the Cross, who gives Jesus all the kingdoms in earth Seeing that He died alone, abandoned, forgiving, loving... the Centurion said: “Really this man was the SON of God” Monasstery’s icon

And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "' You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

Whorship God is to give primaccy Without adoration life is empty to True Love Entry to the cave Without adoration life is empty

And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, "' He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,' and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus does not trow himself 3r temptation It is not the same serving God as using God Monastery’s terrace

And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Tempting God is take advantage of his power Monastery’s sheer steep Trowing yourself in his hands, is to feel full confidence, in front of all the abysses of our existence Monastery’s sheer steep

And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Life is full of opportunities Beeing able to choose is our risk, and our greatness Entry to the cells

Lord, grant that exceeding the daily TEMPTATIONS, we move steadily towards Paschal Love

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