First Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
The Temptation of Jesus Lectionary: 22 Reading 1 - Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 Reading 2 - Romans 5:12-19 Verse - Matthew 4:4b Gospel - Matthew 4:1-11 One does not live on bread alone. Every year, we begin our Lenten journey in the same place: the desert. The Gospel for this Sunday places Jesus in the wilderness, fasting and praying, confronted by temptation. In that stark setting we find the pattern of our own Lenten journey: a movement away from distraction toward the heart of God, a testing that reveals what truly sustains us, and a call to conversion that reshapes our lives. Throughout our lives, we are frequently confronted with tests … and these tests generally reveal something about ourselves: In school, we demonstrate that we have mastered an academic subject with a test in sports, we demonstrate our level of a particular skill with a contest In life, we demonstrate the integri...
