In 2023 (year A), the readings for the First Sunday in Lent are:
OT Lesson | Genesis 2:4-9,15-17,25-3:7 |
Psalm | Psalm 51 (Coverdale) |
NT Lesson | Romans 5:12-21 |
Gospel | Matthew 4:1-11 |
Together with Ash Wednesday’s sermon, this sermon is the first of a Lenten series on a theme of returning to where we should be, using as a parallel the “Home Free” collaboration between the National Runaway Safeline and Greyhound Bus Lines, in which Greyhound provides a free ride home for runaway young people who have reconsidered their position.