FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 09 MARCH 2025 Newsletter
Penitential Rite
As we enter into the mystery of God’s enlightenment and love let us remember God’s immense goodness to us.
You lead us to your light and life. Lord have mercy
You open our minds to your truth and our hearts to your love.
Christ have mercy
You renew our ability for compassion. Lord have mercy
May our tender and ever merciful God forgive us our sin and draw us gently to life everlasting. Amen.
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must make this pronouncement: ‘“My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation, great, mighty, and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and gave us this land, a land where milk and honey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce of the soil that you, the Lord, have given me.” ‘You must then lay them before the Lord your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.’
Romans 10:8-13
Scripture says: The word (that is the faith we proclaim) is very near to you, it is on your lips and in your heart. If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. By believing from the heart you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips you are saved. When scripture says: those who believe in him will have no cause for shame, it makes no distinction between Jew and Greek: all belong to the same Lord who is rich enough, however many ask his help, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Gospel Acclamation
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!Humankind does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Luke 4:1-13
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for forty days. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then the devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Scripture says: Humankind does not live on bread alone.’ Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world and said to him, ‘I will give you all this power and the glory of these kingdoms, for it has been committed to me and I give it to anyone I choose. Worship me, then, and it shall all be yours.’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says: You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone.’ Then he led him to Jerusalem and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God,’ he said to him ‘throw yourself down from here, for scripture says: He will put his angels in charge of you to guard you, and again: They will hold you up on their hands in case you hurt your foot against a stone.’ But Jesus answered him, ‘It has been said: You must not put the Lord your God to the test.’ Having exhausted all these ways of tempting him, the devil left him, to return at the appointed time.
Prayer of the Faithful
God our Father and Mother, you bless us with the season of Lent, the time of your love and compassion. We bless your name. Lord hear us
Lord Jesus, you come to us as the Living Word to transform our lives. We bless your name. Lord hear us
Holy Spirit, you guide us through life’s challenges and difficulties. We bless your name. Lord hear us
We call to mind all those who have died; let their memory strengthen us in the ways of the Lord and bring us together in the Kingdom of God’s love. Lord hear us
Let us reject completely, all violence, without equivocation. Let us reject the heartlessness of violence. Help us Lord, to bring your peace to our world. Lord hear us
In quiet we call to mind those who need our prayer and support………………………….Lord hear us
Reflection
Sin isn’t drinking too much
Sin isn’t eating too much.
Sin isn’t smoking too much.
Sin is about getting lost.
Lost in my own importance.
Lost in my own desires.
Sin is losing my compass.
Sin is losing my perspective,
so that nothing, and no one, is more important than me and what I want.
Sin is the ultimate human isolation, where even the most inhumane thinking and actions become possible:
violence, war, genocide, the destruction of our planet.
Above all it is when we stop being human, when feeling and compassion disappear into the darkness.
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Thank you for visiting our parish website which we hope you find informative and friendly. Our website has been created to offer you helpful information on parish life. As the church where many pilgrims begin their Camino to Santiago in Northern Spain, we provide an Irish passport and stamp.
St James’s Church is situated on the corner of James St. and Echlin St. The parish is served by Dublin buses 13, G1, G2, S2 and 123. The Red Luas line runs close by, with a stop at James St. (turn right at this station on to James St.) and Heuston Station is only a few minutes walk away. Dublin Bikes have two stations at the front and rear of the church.
Passports for the Camino de Santiago are available from
Church Sacristy
on Mon & Tues 9am to 12noon, Thurs 10.30am to 12 noon
Buen Camino!
Reg Chy No 20016166
