Bishop James D Conley: "Yesterday, I celebrated a Pontifical High Mass on the First Sunday of Lent at St. Francis of Assisi Oratory in Lincoln. In the Gospel, Our Lord confronts temptation not with force, but with truth. This is prudence: knowing the good and choosing it firmly and calmly. As we walk with Christ into the desert, may we ask for the grace to grow in this virtue. Let us not rely on our own flesh or worldly influence, but on Christ who sustains us and strengthens us."