Good news for today

FOCUS: Be merciful O Lord, for we have sinned.

When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days.

First Reading: Genisis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 (22A)

The Lord God created Adam and Eve and set them in the garden of Eden. They had all they needed, but the serptent tempted them, and they disobeyed God’s command.

Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19

Just as through Adam’s disobedience all became sinners, through Christ’s obedience all shall become just.

Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11

After Jesusfasted for forty days and nights in the desert, the devil tempted him in three ways. Through all these, Jesus resisted temptation and remained faithful to the Lord God. When the defin left, angels came and ministered to him.