1st Reading : Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Responsorial Psalm : Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 2nd Reading : Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19 Verse before the Gospel : One does not live on bread alone,<br/>but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel : Mt 4:1-11 Gospel Canticle : Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil; and when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
1st Reading : Jl 2:12-18 Responsorial Psalm : Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 2nd Reading : 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 Verse before the Gospel : If today you hear his voice,<br/>harden not your hearts. Gospel : Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Gospel Canticle : When you fast, do not put on a gloomy face, like the hypocrites.
1st Reading : Sir 2:1-11 Responsorial Psalm : Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 2nd Reading : Verse before the Gospel : May I never boast except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br/>through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. Gospel : Mk 9:30-37 Gospel Canticle : God has raised up for us a mighty Savior, as he promised of old through his holy prophets.