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TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading - The man and the woman ate
the fruit of the one tree that God had told
them to avoid, and their shame overtook them
(Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7).

Psalm – Be merciful, O Lord, for we have
sinned (Psalm 51).

Second Reading - Death reigned from Adam
to Moses, but now grace and life abound in
Christ Jesus (Romans 5:12-19).

Gospel - Jesus was led into the desert by the
Spirit and there he fasted for forty days and
forty nights (Matthew 4:1-11).

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THE WAY OUT
Today’s readings launch us into Lent with the
story of salvation. How did we humans get
where we are? How do we get out? Genesis
-through Adam and Eve narrative-explains
that we got separated from God and happiness
through greed, selfishness, and arrogance.

But, as Paul explained to the Romans, God has
not abandoned us, and never will. We get out
through the “new Adam.” Jesus Christ,
through whom the death of sin is conquered by
the life of “overflowing grace.”

From the start, though, Jesus-like Adam and
Eve, like you and me-had to face “the
tempter.” Shown fame and wealth, he was
tempted to grab for it. But Jesus saw through
such foolishness. During Lent we will look at
what the tempter spreads before us daily,
then try to make choices that put us on the
side of the angels.

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TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading - The burdens that were once laid upon the people have vanquished (Isaiah 8:23—9:3).

Psalm – The Lord is my light and my salvation (Psalm 27).

Second Reading - Paul exhorts the believers at Corinth: As there is one Christ, so too must there be no divisions among you.
(1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17).

Gospel - After calling his first disciples, Jesus goes throughout Galilee teaching, proclaiming the gospel, and curing the people of their illnesses (Matthew 4:12-23).
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SEEKING THE LIGHT
In today’s readings, we find ourselves being drawn more deeply into relationship with Jesus. We are getting to know more about him as we see how he struggles with the news of his cousin John’s arrest. His first response is to withdraw, to leave Nazareth and go to Capernaum. There he is perhaps both consoled and challenged by the words of Isaiah that Matthew quotes, “the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen” (Matthew 4:16).

Jesus contemplates his cousin’s death, perhaps his own death, and he seeks the light. Maybe it is these words of Isaiah that move Jesus out of his withdrawal and into action. He begins to preach, teach, cure disease and illness, and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.

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