Poems for the First Sunday in Lent

Luke 4:1-13

Like you, O Christ our Lord

we have been tempted

to turn stone into bread

and to make of this world

a kingdom for just ourselves

where your holy presence is

no longer known

awaken within us

the strength to live

by the bread of heaven

Romans 10:8b-13

It is with our hearts

that we come

to see you, our Lord

fill our mouths

with confessions

of thy Love, and

teach us that through you

all people have become one

Psalm 91: 1-2, 9-16

By the Love of Christ, and

in the highest places

of our hearts

we come to dwell

within you, our Lord

as children of the Most High

guarded by thy

Angelic hosts

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Like ancient Hebrews

we wander lost in deserts

dry with pain

out of the land of Egypt we walked

until, the coming of thy Son

now, we rejoice

for through him

our bondage is ended

and hearts freed

to know thy Love

confident in Christ

R.P. Starbuck

Copyright 2007

Link to the Revised Common Lectionary, where you can find the scripture lessons for the first Sunday in Lent, Feb. 25, 2007. http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/CLent/cLent1.htm