First Week in Lent: Remember Those Who Live in a Desert Not of Their Choosing

Lenten Prayers for Hungry People
Readings, prayers, and actions to help you and your family observe Lent in 2013—prepared by Bread for the World



First Week in Lent February 17-23
Jesus Faces Temptation
Deuteronomy 26:1-11   Romans 10:8b-13   Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16    Luke 4:1-13

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. —Luke 4:1-2a

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, ill say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.’
—Psalm 91:1-2

REFLECTION
Lent is a time to remember those who live in a desert not of their choosing, those who have been deserted and forgotten.   —Lawrence Cunningham, emeritus professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame

PRAYER
O Christ, in your death and resurrection, you have conquered all the forces of evil.  During these days of Lent, may we be strengthened by your Spirit, so that we might serve God b helping those who suffer from the evil of hunger. Amen.

Links to scripture are from New Revised Standard Version
Woodcuts were created by Helen Siegl, a longtime Bread for the World member.