The First Sunday in Lent
by CCW | 22 February 2026 01:00
The collect for today, the First Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour and glory; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10[2]
The Gospel: St Matthew 4:1-11[3]
[4]Artwork: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Temptation on the Mount, 1308-11. Tempera on wood, Frick Collection, New York City.
- The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#lent1
- 2 Corinthians 6:1-10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Cor%206:1-10;&version=ESVUK;
- St Matthew 4:1-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%204:1-11;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Duccio_TemptationOnMount.jpg
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