1st Sunday of Lent
EPISTLE (2 Cor. 6:1-10)
"We exhort you"
Perseverance II-II Q.138.
Does Perseverance need the help of grace? II-II Q.138, a.4.
"That you receive not the grace of God in vain"
Can works of virtue done in charity become dead? III Q.89, a.4
Can works deadened by sin be revived again by penance? III Q.89, a.5
"Behold now is the acceptable time"
Was Christ born at a time suitable for the salvation of the human race? I-II Q.106, a.3
"Giving no offense to any man"
Is scandal a sin and how grievous? II-II Q.43, a.1-4.
Should temporal goods be given away to avoid scandal? II-II Q.43, a.8.
"In much patience"
In what does patience consist? II-II Q. 136, a.1
Is it the same as longanimity? II-II Q. 136, a.5
GOSPEL (Matthew 4:1-11)
"Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert"
Why did Christ wish to be tempted in the desert? III Q.41, a.2
Should He have been tempted publicly? III Q. 41, a.2, ad.1
"To be tempted" (by the devil)
Why did Christ wish to be tempted? III Q.41, a.1
The nature of the temptation II-II Q.97, a.1; a.2; a.4
Why Christ after His fasting should wish to be tempted III Q.41, a.3
Since Christ came to destroy the works of the devil, why did He tolerate them? III Q.41, a.1, ad.2
"By the devil"
Why did Christ prefer to be tempted by the devil, rather than by the flesh? III Q.41, a.1, ad.3
"And then He had fasted"
What is fasting? II-II Q.147, a.2; a.1, ad.3; a.3
Are all obliged to fast under the Church's precept? II-II Q.147, a.3
Are sinners obliged to fast under precept? II-II Q.147, a.4, ad.5
When must fasting be observed? II-II Q.147, a.5
Is excessive fasting sinful? II-II Q.88, a.2, ad.3
How is fasting violated? II-II Q.147, a.6
Why do we fast until the ninth hour and the Jews fasted until the evening? II-II Q.147, a.7, ad.1
Why did Christ wish to fast 40 days and nights since it was not necessary for Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2
"Afterwards he was hungry"
Why was Christ after 40 days' fasting more hungry than before? III Q.41, a.3
"And the tempter coming"
Was Christ ever tempted within the 40 days? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2
"If Thou be the Son of God"
Why did the devil use these words, "If Thou be," etc.? III Q.41, a.1, ad.1
"Command that these stones be made bread"
Was this a temptation to gluttony? III Q.41, a.4
Would Christ have committed gluttony if He changed the stone into bread to satisfy nature? III Q.41, a.4, ad.1
"Who answered and said"
Why did not Christ, as God and man, overcome and lay the devil prostrate? III Q.41, a.4
"And set Him upon the pinnacle of the temple"
Did the devil set Christ there so that all could see Him? III Q.41, a.4, ad.7
"Cast Thyself don"
Whether this temptation is one of vainglory III Q.41, a.4
Since the vainglorious are ever striving to get up, why did the devil tell Christ to throw Himself down? III Q.41, a.4, ad.2
"He hath given His angels charge over Thee"
The guardian angels I Q.113
Since man by free will can guard himself why have an angel guardian? I Q.113, a.1, ad.1
If angels are assigned to guard us, why do men perish? I Q.113, a.1, ad.3
Is an angel guardian assigned to each one? I Q.113, a.2
Why not one angel to guard many men? I Q.113, a.2, ad.1
When is an angel guardian assigned to us? I Q.113, a.5
Do the angels weep at the sins of those for whom they are guardians? I Q.113, a.7
"Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God"
Is tempting God a sin? II-II Q.97, a.2
"And showed Him all the kingdoms of the world"
Was there any mountain so high from which Christ could have seen all this? III Q.41, a.4, ad.7
"All these will I give to Thee if falling down Thou wilt adore me"
Why did not the devil say here, "If Thou be the Son of God," s previously? III Q.41, a.4
Was this last temptation of cupidity? III Q.41, a.4, ad.3
Was this last a temptation of idolatry? III Q.41, a.4, ad.4
Since there are seven capital sins, why was Christ tempted by only three of them? III Q.41, a.4, ad.4
"Begone, Satan"
Why did not Christ repulse the devil in the first two temptations, as He did so emphatically in the third? III Q.41, a.4, ad.6
"The the devil left Him"
Did the devil completely leave Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.1
"And behold angels came and ministered to Him"
When did the angels come and minister to Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2
"In much patience"
In what does patience consist? II-II Q. 136, a.1
Is it the same as longanimity? II-II Q. 136, a.5
GOSPEL (Matthew 4:1-11)
"Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert"
Why did Christ wish to be tempted in the desert? III Q.41, a.2
Should He have been tempted publicly? III Q. 41, a.2, ad.1
"To be tempted" (by the devil)
Why did Christ wish to be tempted? III Q.41, a.1
The nature of the temptation II-II Q.97, a.1; a.2; a.4
Why Christ after His fasting should wish to be tempted III Q.41, a.3
Since Christ came to destroy the works of the devil, why did He tolerate them? III Q.41, a.1, ad.2
"By the devil"
Why did Christ prefer to be tempted by the devil, rather than by the flesh? III Q.41, a.1, ad.3
"And then He had fasted"
What is fasting? II-II Q.147, a.2; a.1, ad.3; a.3
Are all obliged to fast under the Church's precept? II-II Q.147, a.3
Are sinners obliged to fast under precept? II-II Q.147, a.4, ad.5
When must fasting be observed? II-II Q.147, a.5
Is excessive fasting sinful? II-II Q.88, a.2, ad.3
How is fasting violated? II-II Q.147, a.6
Why do we fast until the ninth hour and the Jews fasted until the evening? II-II Q.147, a.7, ad.1
Why did Christ wish to fast 40 days and nights since it was not necessary for Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2
"Afterwards he was hungry"
Why was Christ after 40 days' fasting more hungry than before? III Q.41, a.3
"And the tempter coming"
Was Christ ever tempted within the 40 days? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2
"If Thou be the Son of God"
Why did the devil use these words, "If Thou be," etc.? III Q.41, a.1, ad.1
"Command that these stones be made bread"
Was this a temptation to gluttony? III Q.41, a.4
Would Christ have committed gluttony if He changed the stone into bread to satisfy nature? III Q.41, a.4, ad.1
"Who answered and said"
Why did not Christ, as God and man, overcome and lay the devil prostrate? III Q.41, a.4
"And set Him upon the pinnacle of the temple"
Did the devil set Christ there so that all could see Him? III Q.41, a.4, ad.7
"Cast Thyself don"
Whether this temptation is one of vainglory III Q.41, a.4
Since the vainglorious are ever striving to get up, why did the devil tell Christ to throw Himself down? III Q.41, a.4, ad.2
"He hath given His angels charge over Thee"
The guardian angels I Q.113
Since man by free will can guard himself why have an angel guardian? I Q.113, a.1, ad.1
If angels are assigned to guard us, why do men perish? I Q.113, a.1, ad.3
Is an angel guardian assigned to each one? I Q.113, a.2
Why not one angel to guard many men? I Q.113, a.2, ad.1
When is an angel guardian assigned to us? I Q.113, a.5
Do the angels weep at the sins of those for whom they are guardians? I Q.113, a.7
"Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God"
Is tempting God a sin? II-II Q.97, a.2
"And showed Him all the kingdoms of the world"
Was there any mountain so high from which Christ could have seen all this? III Q.41, a.4, ad.7
"All these will I give to Thee if falling down Thou wilt adore me"
Why did not the devil say here, "If Thou be the Son of God," s previously? III Q.41, a.4
Was this last temptation of cupidity? III Q.41, a.4, ad.3
Was this last a temptation of idolatry? III Q.41, a.4, ad.4
Since there are seven capital sins, why was Christ tempted by only three of them? III Q.41, a.4, ad.4
"Begone, Satan"
Why did not Christ repulse the devil in the first two temptations, as He did so emphatically in the third? III Q.41, a.4, ad.6
"The the devil left Him"
Did the devil completely leave Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.1
"And behold angels came and ministered to Him"
When did the angels come and minister to Him? III Q.41, a.3, ad.2