[Salvation]

Satan wants to replace Communion lines with bread lines, as if the Body of Christ were nothing more than temporal sustenance.

Satan tempts the Church to mock herself, as he wanted Jesus to jump from the pinnacle of the Temple and survive. This test will see whether Christians will take up the daily crosses of life with Christ in a broken world

Thirdly, the Church is tempted with earthly power. Cardinal Consalvi reminded Napoleon that the Church's power is not from earthly rulers.

Catholic Ping!

[Salvation]

Christ's Temptation and Ours (An explanation of the three temptations) [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Five Lessons we should learn from Christ’s time in the Wilderness
The Temptations of Jesus Christ
Christ's temptation and ours (Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent)
Christ's temptation and ours
THE PATHOLOGY OF POWER: 3rd temptation of Christ - Part 1

[mgist]

The Devil will always look to enslave mankind. Sin is slavery.

[cloudmountain]

1. Satan wants to replace Communion lines with bread lines, as if the Body of Christ were nothing more than temporal sustenance.
Yes, he does. Since he is the personification of evil I expect nothing different.

2. Satan tempts the Church to mock herself, as he wanted Jesus to jump from the pinnacle of the Temple and survive. This test will see whether Christians will take up the daily crosses of life with Christ in a broken world
Yes, he does. We can't read the hearts of others so we won't ever know these things. But, our good Lord will know, and that is good enough for me.

3. Thirdly, the Church is tempted with earthly power. Cardinal Consalvi reminded Napoleon that the Church's power is not from earthly rulers.
The Evil one WOULD tempt the priesthood the most. Priests have the authority to say the words to consecrate bread and wine into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus...and we are to consume them. THIS would be the very deserved agony of Satan.

[EBH]

What struck me at mass this morning was the last temptation...all the world’s wealth, if Christ would just bow down and worship Satan...

The thought that crossed my mind this morning was how politicians ‘tempt’ the citizen to vote for them with promises of healthcare, foodstamps, etc. They essentially are taking the wealth of the nation and tempting the citizen, in return they are to bow down and worship the government.

[Bigg Red]

Excellent analysis. I have never seen this Gospel passage explained this way.