February 22 | First Sunday in Lent

On Ash Wednesday we began our journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. This Sunday’s gospel story 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 Easter. This focus on the meaning of faith is at the heart of Lent as we hunger for God’s mercy.