An interesting fact about the gospel today is that we only find a record of God speaking on two occasions. One is in the gospel today and the other is at the Baptism of Jesus and the words uttered are the same – ‘Listen to him’.  What’s so important about listening to Jesus? We have so many attention seeking voices in the world today; just think of the prevalence of social media, Tik Tok, snapchat, Twitter, Facebook. Everywhere you go, nearly everyone is on their phones; airport, restaurants; walking down the street; some peple will never leave their phones down. There are so many influencers in our world today,  these voices – influencers – pursue us and promise us a better life, a happier life if we get that high-speed car, if we get that larger house, if we go on that continental holiday, if we buy those designer clothes, etc. How many times do we deceive, delude ourselves thinking how lovely it would be if we could live the frivolous life of those apparently rich and famous people we read about on social media. We also see how these voices lure our young people when they are not yet prepared to discern true needs from false ones. One of the challenges of lent is fasting.  Maybe we need to reduce our use of social media.  Sometimes this compulsive desire to engage with social media, can sometimes be a mask to hide our inner fear of silence and reflection.  In our human nature there are deep needs that only God can fulfil. No matter how much these luring voices try to eliminate God and religion from our world, we will always return to this truth. St Augustine put it beautifully when he said, ‘Our hearts were made for you O Lord and they will never rest until they rest in you’.  We need to listen to Jesus. Lent can be a wonderful opportunity for all of us to get our lives back on track, to realise what is important for us, there is a difference between what is urgent and what is importnat. This was the experience of the disciples on Mount Tabor. We also have our moments of transfiguration, and they will give us the inner strength that will accompany us when we are faced with the drudgery and routines of life.  These false voices that promise us fulfilment and happiness are not much consolation when you are in a hospital bed, when you are one of the chief mourners behind the black hearse in a funeral procession, when you are enduring the aftermath of a family argument. When these moments come and come, they will; we need the inner strength that we have learnt from listening to Jesus. Maybe one of the practical ways of listening to Jesus during Lent is to reduce our use of social media dedicate some time to cultivate our physical, mental, and spiritual health. Let us pray that during lent we will turn our attention to the only voice we can really trust to fulfil our deepest needs.