First Sunday of Lent - Year A
Readings
First: Genesis 2: 7-9, 3:1-9 - God fashioned man from dust, breathed life into him and placed him.into the garden of Eden. The serpent tempted the woman with the gift of knowledge
Psalm 50 - Have mercy on us O Lord, for we have sinned /Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness / My offences truly I know them / A pure heart create for me O God / Give me again the joy of your help.
Second: I Romans 5: 12-19 - Sn existed in the world long before the Law was given ... divine grace coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, cane to many as an abundant free gift..
Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 - Jesus fasted for forty days and nights in the desert, where he was tempted by the devil.
Themes
Christ the new Adam and source of salvation for the world
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Picture: "The Temptation of Christ," by Jacopo Tintoretto (1519–1594), in Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy. Public Domain.
