Do We Dare Trust in God?

The Second Sunday in Lent (Year A)

Scripture

Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-4a

Psalter: Psalm 121

Epistle: Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Gospel: John 3:1-17

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Prayer

God of wilderness and water, your Son was baptized and tempted as we are. Guide us through this season, that we may not avoid struggle, but open ourselves to blessing, through the cleansing depths of repentance and the heaven-rending words of…