My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, may the Lord give you peace. As many of you know, I'm here in Rome, and I'm blessed to be able to walk around this beautiful city—but also continually tempted because of all the amazing pizzas that you see as you walk by, and bakeries, and sweets. And it's really hard for me, because food is one of my greatest weaknesses. Saint Paul, in today's letter to the Romans, reminds us that we do not live according to the flesh. How hard are these words for our carnal ears? Because we're just so inundated with so many amazing and beautiful things. If you live according to the flesh, he says, you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.