.....*It will exchange Christ’s invocation “and lead us not into temptation” with the Francis statement “do not abandon us to temptation.”.....
That’s dangerous ground to tread since it’s written....Then Jesus was ‘led by the Spirit’ into the desert to be tempted by the devil. ... while Satan’s goals were his own, the testing of Jesus was ordained by God....He was brought into temptation, but did not seek it. He was led of God into temptation.
It is also written... ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”
Further .....He does bring us into the presence of many tests and temptations. “A man’s steps are from the Lord” (Proverbs 20:24).
What it teaches us is to pray that the temptation does not take us in. Don’t lead me into temptation.... but deliver me from this evil that is set before me...It’s a humble reliance on God in the face of evil..
God did not “abandon” Jesus in the wilderness of temptation.....Francis is wrong on this change.
It is also written... "Test me in this..."