This episode opens the sacred season of Lent by recounting Christ’s forty days in the desert, where he fasted, prayed, and endured three temptations.

It explains the symbolic meaning of forty and how the three temptations represent the enemies of the soul—the flesh, the world, and the Devil—and shows Christ’s faithful responses to each.

The sermon urges the faithful to practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as means of purification and cooperation with grace, warning against seeking human praise or presuming on mercy.

Listeners are invited to enter the desert with Christ, repent, be transformed, and rise with him at Easter, with a final invocation of confidence in the Blessed Virgin’s intercession.

This sermon invites us to gaze upon the Holy Face of Jesus, to recognise his suffering and respond with reparation born of love.

It points to St. Joseph as the first adorer and protector of Christ, urging small acts of devotion—holy hours, reverent Mass attendance, patient sacrifices—as ways to console Christ and help heal his wounds.

Keeping our eyes on the face of Christ gives strength in trials and calls us to let his wounded mercy transform our hearts until we behold him face to face.

This episode invites listeners into the season of Lent, focusing on Christ’s willing journey to Jerusalem and his Passion as the wellspring of our salvation. It outlines prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as means to grow in knowledge, love, and service of God.

Drawing on St. Paul’s teaching about charity and the example of the Sacred Heart, the talk urges anticipatory, compassionate love for neighbour — including enemies — and emphasises allowing Christ to love through us by prayer and frequent Holy Communion.