Mountains have a special place in Scripture, so much so that they are mentioned over 500 times. They hold significance, thought to be a place of God’s presence, close to the God who was in the heavens.
On this first Sunday of Lent, we ask Jesus, truly God and truly man, which of our beliefs and behaviors must change so that we can personally experience, and witness to others, today, the time of fulfillment he announced.
These words of Jesus remind us, just one day after being marked on Ash Wednesday, of the paradox that the forty-day desert trek of Lent is cause for unparalleled hope.