Lent: A Time for Leaving Egypt

Lent: A Time for Leaving Egypt: At the start of Lent we are often invited to go ‘into the desert’ with Jesus. In any journey, you must know the starting point in order to properly orient yourself towards your destination. So, when we head into the desert, what exactly is our point of departure? Jesus’ own 40 days sojourn—and subsequent temptation—in …