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On the First Sunday of Lent, the Pope encourages the faithful to turn to Scripture in their spiritual struggles.
On the First Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis warned of “three widespread and dangerous temptations” that the devil uses to separate us from God and divide us from each other.
In his Angelus address on Feb. 26, the Pope said that the devil uses three “powerful poisons” to attack and divide Christian communities: attachment to material things, mistrust and the thirst for power.
“[These] are three widespread and dangerous temptations that the devil uses to divide us from the Father and to make us no longer feel like brothers and sisters among ourselves, to lead us to solitude and desperation. This is what he wanted to do to Jesus and what he wants to do to us, to lead us to despair,” Francis said.
The Pope pointed to the Gospel of Matthew to offer advice for how to overcome the three types of temptations, as Jesus did when he was tempted by the devil after 40 days of fasting in the desert.
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On the First Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis warned of “three widespread and dangerous temptations” that the devil uses to separate us from God and divide us from each other.
In his Angelus address on Feb. 26, the Pope said that the devil uses three “powerful poisons” to attack and divide Christian communities: attachment to material things, mistrust and the thirst for power.
“[These] are three widespread and dangerous temptations that the devil uses to divide us from the Father and to make us no longer feel like brothers and sisters among ourselves, to lead us to solitude and desperation. This is what he wanted to do to Jesus and what he wants to do to us, to lead us to despair,” Francis said.
The Pope pointed to the Gospel of Matthew to offer advice for how to overcome the three types of temptations, as Jesus did when he was tempted by the devil after 40 days of fasting in the desert.
Continued below.
Pope Francis: The Devil Uses ‘3 Widespread and Dangerous Temptations’ to Divide Us From God and Others
On the First Sunday of Lent, the Pope encourages the faithful to turn to Scripture in their spiritual struggles.
