NKCC

First Sunday of Lent

Reading I – Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Reading II – Romans 10:8-13

Gospel – Luke 4:1-13

Remember -   Once again the Church invites us to enter the desert of repentance.  That desert, as today’s First Reading reminds us, is also a desert of remembrance.  This holy season summons us to remember all that God has done for us.  Like the Israelites who recalled their captivity and God’s work to free them from the Egyptians, we, too, recall those times when we were held captive by sin and experienced freedom through the gift of God’s redeeming love.

St. Paul tells us that the word of God is near us; it is in our mouths and in our hearts.  May that sacred word prompt us to remember God’s great work of reconciliation in our lives and in our community.  As this season of Lent unfolds, let us take to heart these words of St. Paul and spend these forty days calling upon the name of the Lord, asking for forgiveness and healing. © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.