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1ST SUNDAY OF LENT

'If You are the Son of God'

First Reading Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7 The Creation, and the sin of our first parents

The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being.

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden.

Now the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ The woman answered the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, “You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.”’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.’ The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

Responsorial Psalm: Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned

Second Reading Romans 5:12-19 

However great the number of sins committed, grace was even greater

Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking’, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law.

Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man’s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation, now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man’s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man’s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Gospel Matthew 4:1-11 The temptation in the wilderness

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.

” He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, 

“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and ‘with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’

” Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.”

Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”

 At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’” Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.

AELF: 1er Dimanche de Carême «IL EST ÉCRIT»

«Si Tu es le Fils de Dieu». 

Évangile Matthieu 4,1-11  La tentation de Jésus

Alors Jésus fut conduit au désert par l'Esprit pour être tenté par le démon. Après avoir jeûné quarante jours et quarante nuits, il eut faim. Le tentateur s'approcha et lui dit: 

«Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, ordonne que ces pierres deviennent des pains». 

Mais Jésus répondit: «Il est écrit: Ce n'est pas seulement de pain que l'homme doit vivre, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu».

Alors le démon l'emmène à la ville sainte, à Jérusalem, le place au sommet du Temple et lui dit: 

«Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, jette-toi en bas; car il est écrit: Il donnera pour toi des ordres à ses anges, et: Ils te porteront sur leurs mains, de peur que ton pied ne heurte une pierre». 

Jésus lui déclara: «Il est encore écrit: Tu ne mettras pas à l'épreuve le Seigneur ton Dieu».

Le démon l'emmène encore sur une très haute montagne et lui fait voir tous les royaumes du monde avec leur gloire. 

Il lui dit: «Tout cela, je te le donnerai, si tu te prosternes pour m'adorer». 

Alors, Jésus lui dit: «Arrière, Satan! car il est écrit: C'est devant le Seigneur ton Dieu que tu te prosterneras, et c'est lui seul que tu adoreras». Alors le démon le quitte. Voici que des anges s'approchèrent de lui, et ils le servaient.

My God, my Loving Father, I am dust from the soil, the work of your love and goodness. Your breath of life in me is the source of my life. I am a free creature because of your love over me. In your goodness Father, you provide for me. Your demand from me is your love and obedience so that I can preserve your creation for my well-being, and to live for eternity in union with You. Father, my freedom is my doom because of disobedience to your law. Have mercy on me Father. Thank you Father for sending your Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour, born of a Virgin, our Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary. Christ is my hope of salvation, because Christ lives, all fear is gone. He is my Lord and Redeemer. Jesus, I trust in you. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My angel guardian, pray for me. Pray the Rosary.

Mon Dieu, mon Père aimant, je suis poussière tirée du sol, le fruit de ton amour, et de ta bonté. Ton souffle de vie en moi est la source de ma vie. Je suis libre grâce à ton amour. Dans ta bonté, Père, tu pourvois à mes besoins. Tu exiges de moi te aimé et obeisance, de préserver ta création pour mon bien, et pour avoir une vie éternelle en union avec toi. Père, ma liberté est ma perte par désobéissance à ta loi. Aie pitié de moi, Père. Merci, Père, d'avoir envoyé ton Fils Jésus-Christ, notre Sauveur, né d'une Vierge, notre Sainte Mère, la Vierge Marie. Le Christ est mon espérance de salut, car le Christ est vivant, toute crainte est vaincue. Il est mon Seigneur et Rédempteur. Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi. Priez le Rosaire.