These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues; to receive the gifts of God’s grace; to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus; and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no small pilgrimage on which we have just embarked. It is a struggle Jesus knew. It is a struggle Jesus shares. The nearness of the Lord, in bread and wine, water and word, will uphold and sustain us.
Prayer:
O Lord God, you led your people through the wilderness and brought them to the promised land. Guide us now, so that, following your Son, we may walk safely through the wilderness of this world toward the life you alone can give, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Readings:
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Romans 10:8b-13
Luke 4:1-13
This Weeks Readings
Sunday, March 10, 2019 - First Sunday in Lent| Monday | 1 Chronicles 21:1-17 1 John 2:1-6 | Psalm 17 |
| Tuesday | Zechariah 3:1-10 2 Peter 2:4-21 | Psalm 17 |
| Wednesday | Job 1:1-22 Luke 21:34-22:6 | Psalm 17 |
| Thursday | Genesis 13:1-7, 14-18 Philippians 3:2-12 | Psalm 105:1-15[16-41] |
| Friday | Genesis 14:17-24 Philippians 3:17-20 | Psalm 105:1-15[16-41] |
| Saturday | Psalm 118:26-29 Mathew 23:37-39 | Psalm 105:1-15[16-41] |
