The Three Temptations of Jesus in the Desert
- Nicholas Wong
- Mar 10
- 1 min read
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐
Within each of us, two wolves battle:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐
Fed by the ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐:
"๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ." (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด 5:22-23).
This wolf thrives on Godโs grace!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐
Fuelled by the ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ (Evagrius Ponticus):
๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ.
This wolf distracts, divides, and drains!
Fr. Paulโs Question:
"๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ?"
The Answer:
"๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐."
Through ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป & ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, we starve the "shadow wolf" and nourish the "light wolf."
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป = ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ !
"Mind detox" โ Purifying our thoughts to better receive and embrace God's goodness.
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ! ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
"Train your mind. Sit in stillness. Let Godโs Spirit uproot toxic thoughts. Feed the โlight wolfโ twice daily!" โ Fr. Paul Cheong
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๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐?