March Readings

Sunday, March 6 – First Sunday in Lent

Readings and Psalm

• Deuteronomy 26:1-11
  The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand
• Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
  God will give the angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways. (Ps. 91:11)
• Romans 10:8b-13
  If you confess that Jesus is Lord, you will be saved
• Luke 4:1-13
  The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness for forty days

Sunday, March 13 – Second Sunday in Lent

Readings and Psalm

• Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
  The covenant with Abram and his descendants
• Psalm 27
  In the day of trouble, God will give me shelter. (Ps. 27:5)
• Philippians 3:17–4:1
  Our citizenship is in heaven from where we expect a Savior
• Luke 13:31-35
  I have desired to gather Jerusalem as a hen gathers her brood

Sunday, March 20 – Third Sunday in Lent

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 55:1-9
  Everyone who thirsts, come to the water; seek the Lord
• Psalm 63:1-8
  O God, eagerly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you. (Ps. 63:1)
• 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
  Israel, baptized in cloud and seas, ate the same spiritual food as Christians
• Luke 13:1-9
  Unless you repent, you will perish: parable of the fig tree

Sunday, March 27 – Fourth Sunday in Lent

Readings and Psalm

• Joshua 5:9-12
  Israel eats bread and grain, the produce of the land
• Psalm 32
  Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord. (Ps. 32:11)
• 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
  The mystery and ministry of reconciliation
• Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
  The parable of the prodigal father and the repentant son