The Angels Came

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written,
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”
Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. Matthew 4:1-11 

The Angels Came

Loving Savior you were sorely tempted
you suffered pain, they spat upon you
the world defiled the Creator's best gift
killing the very living presence of love.

We need the close visit of holy angels
now in the lonely hospital corridors
where gentle souls die so all alone
near at hand to weary medical heroes.

Source of love send angels today
to the exhausted and anxious parents
the hungry and homeless who shiver
fearing that they have been forgotten.

Send angels so that we might revive
so that we might stand up again
send angels so that love abounds
so that no one goes hungry again. Amen