Then, Jesus full of the Holy Spirit,
departed from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness.
He was tested by the Devil
for forty days.
And he ate nothing
in those days,
and when they ended
he was hungry.
The Devil said to him:
‘If you are the Son of God,
speak to this stone
so that it becomes a bread.’
And Jesus said to him:
‘It is written:
Not only by bread
shall a human live’ (Dt 8:3)
And when he had led him up
he showed him all the kingdoms of the world
in a moment of time.
And the Devil said to him:
I will give to you this all this domain
and their glory,
because it has been given to me
and I give it to whoever I choose.
So then if you bow down before me,
all this will be yours.
And Jesus replied:
It is written:
The Lord, your God, you will bow down to
and serve only him. (Dt 6:13)
Then he took him to Jerusalem
and put him upon the highest point 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 give orders to his angels angels about you
to protect you.
And
They will lift you up, with their hands
so that you do not strike a stone with you foot. (Ps 91 11-12)
And Jesus answered him:
It has been said:
Do not test the Lord, your God. (Dt 6 16)
And when the Devil had ended every temptation
he left him until another opportunity
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee…
Lord God,
you feed us with the living bread from heaven;
you renew our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love.
Teach us to hunger
for Christ who is the true and living bread,
and to live by every word
that comes from your mouth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.