Genesis 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mt 4:4b; Mark 1:12-15 These forty days of penance, fasting, prayer and almsgiving go back to the forty days Jesus spent in the desert tempted by the devil. This was after St. John the Baptist baptized him in the River Jordan, as Mark gives us the shortest account … Continue reading Friars Corner: How can I get closer to Jesus?