Deepertruth: Donald Hartley, The Catholic Defender, Temptation in the Desert

Donald Hartley, The Catholic Defender, Temptation in the Desert.  "Jesus was lead by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." What was the main temptations? "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread." "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down." "All these I shall give to you, if you will prostate yourself and worship me." These temptations recorded in the Gospel of Matthew 4:3-11 tell us a lot about the devil. Satan is crafty and cunning. He uses the enviornment to lure his victims. For many, the Devil will use drugs, wild sex, homosexuality, and many other things. Sometimes, Satan can be simply appealing to the mind. "C'mom Defender, everybody does it?" Consider the following temptation that was attempted on me recently. The following was written to me: "Defender, I have a challenge for you, I know you wont accept and if you do, you wont be honest about it. The challenge is this, don't go to church for one month. Don't be Catholic for one month. Don't say any Catholic prayers, no rosaries, no hail Marys, no saints. Don't do anything Catholic for one month. Instead, just pray directly to God. Seek him out, ask for his guidance. Fast and pray, pray only to God and in Jesus name only. Ask for truth. Do this with a whole heart and you will find, after one month of not being Catholic, that you will never want to return to the RCC.