First Sunday in Lent | Feb 22
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Today's gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. This catechetical focus on the meaning of faith is at the heart of our Lenten journey to the baptismal waters of Easter. Hungry for God’s mercy, we receive the bread of life to nourish us for the days ahead.
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Hymns:
Gathering Hymn: “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me” ELW # 325
Text: African American spiritual
Hymn of the Day: “Oh, Love, How Deep” ELW #322
Text: Thomas á Kempis, 1380-1471; tr. Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885, alt.
Anthem: “Forty Days and Forty Nights” Bell Choir
Offertory: “Create in Me a Clean Heart” ELW #188
Music: J. A. Freylinghausen, 1670-1739
Sending Hymn: “Chief of Sinners Though I Be” ELW #624
Text: William McComb, 1793-1870
Readings:
First Reading: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 - Eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Psalm 32 - Mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord. (Ps. 32:10)
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19 - Death came through one; life comes through one
Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 - The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness for forty days
Liturgy reprinted from “Evangelical Lutheran Worship”, copyright 2006 Augsburg Fortress, used by permission of license #SBT004670 and One License A-709549; Prayers are from “Sundays & Seasons”, copyright 2024 Augsburg Fortress. Introductions to the readings are written by The Rev. Mark Oldenburg, Ph.D., Steck-Miller Professor Emeritus of the Art of Worship, United Lutheran Seminary.
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