First Sunday of Lent
Deut 26:4-10; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 (Year C)
"My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt. The Egyptians ill-treated us and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the God of our Fathers. The Lord heard our voice and brought us out of Egypt with signs and wonders."
These words of Moses, spoken to the wandering tribes of Israel as they stood at the very threshold of the Promised Land, came to represent Israel’s unchanging faith. Countless generations, especially in times of uncertainty and suffering, would return to the God who had heard the cry of his scattered people, and had given belonging and rest to those without a home.
