The Practice of Solitude

Gospel of Luke is a constant highlighting of Jesus' practice of solitude and it begins right here in chapter 4. The first thing Jesus does, he doesn't like go out to Jerusalem and announce his vocation and who he is,. Instead he withdraws from everybody and he goes to be by himself for what seemed like a really long time. We're going to explore fasting in a couple of weeks together but pay attention to this. But notice how all theseThese are combined with the practice of prayer. They're kind of that matrix that's connected with each other. And we have a very public moment in our life where there is an intense confrontation between good and evil. Is not just because