temptation

Glory be to Jesus Christ! There is a powerful passage from The Lord of the Rings where Frodo, who has been tasked with the mission of delivering the evil Ring to a council, tries to give it to Gandalf. This wise and powerful wizard refuses it however, because he knows its power and his own limits. He knows how much damage the Ring could do through him if he were to use it for evil. We are given a sobering reminder in our Gospel reading today brothers and sisters. No one is immune to temptation. Judas was called the same…