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1st SUNDAY LENT (A) February 22, 2026 Genesis 2: 7-9; 3: 1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11 By: Jude Siciliano, OP
Mini-reflections on the Sunday scripture readings designed for persons on the run. “Faith Book” is also brief enough to be posted in the Sunday parish bulletins people take home.From today’s Gospel reading:
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil for forty days and forty nights.
Reflection:
During Lent we can look death, or anything that threatens our vocation to follow God, in the face and not be afraid. Jesus has preceded us into the place of temptation, the desert, and can help us get through our own deserts, the places where, like the Israelites, we have wandered from the path.
So, we ask ourselves:
Click here for a link to this Sunday’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022623.cfm FAITH BOOK ARCHIVE: (The latest are always listed first.)
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