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Lenten Season · First Sunday of Lent · Year A

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7

February 22, 2026

Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco
Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco, c. 1580Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · public domain
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 4:1-11
First ReadingGen. 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Responsorial PsalmPs. 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 (cf. 3a)
Second ReadingRom. 5:12-19 orRom. 5:12, 17-19

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