1st Sunday

For the 1st Sunday of Lent the Matthew 4 is read during Cycle A, Mark 1is read during Cycle B, and Luke 4 is read during Cycle C. Please use the booklet and lessons below for any Cycle.
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Summary
This packets includes lessons on the three temptations of Christ and Christ's example to us as we enter Lent on how to go into battle with Jesus against the many temptations we face. We do not face them alone. What is temptation? Is it a sin? What is its purpose and how can we withstand it? are all questions answered in this packet. Also included are the Churches disciplines of fasting and abstinence, practices followed by Christ and the Apostles and handed down to us. This packet explains the importance and necessity of fasting, abstinence and prayer within the Lenten season and all year round. Will we enter into the desert with Christ and face our enemy (the devil, the world and the flesh)?
Key Words / Themes
fasting, abstinence, food, indulgence, prayer, Satan, temptation, forty, forty days, almsgiving, fat Tuesday, mardi gras, abstain, Lent, tempt, hunger, thirst, Saint Benedict medal, temptation of Christ, penance, the devil, the world, the flesh, concupiscence, enemy

Formulas of Catholic Doctrine
Our Father (Lead us not into temptation, Deliver us from evil)
Precepts of the Church (Fasting and Abstinence)
Articles of the Creed (5th - He descended into hell. On the third day He rose again.)

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