Beloved, the Gospel highlights for us one of the central themes of the Season of Lent. We are dependent upon God for all that we have and all that we are.  Anything that leads us to reject this dependency or to distrust its sufficiency, is a temptation from the devil. Jesus' responses to the temptations of the devil teach us how we can respond to temptation. As we start our journey through Lent, this Sunday's Gospel calls us to adopt the same confidence that Jesus had in the face of temptation: God's word alone will suffice, God's promise of protection can be trusted, and God alone is God.