Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/55:10 IS 55:10-11 Thus says the LORDandJust as from the heavensthe rain and snow come downAnd do not return theretill they have watered the earth,making it fertile and fruitful,Giving seed to the one who sowsand bread to the one who eats,So shall my word bethat goes forth from my mouthIt shall not return to me void,but shall do my will,achieving the end for which I sent it. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/34and4 PS 34and4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 R. (18b)From all their distress God rescues the just. Glorify the LORD with me,let us together extol his name.I sought the LORD, and he answered meand delivered me from all my fears. R.From all their distress God rescues the just. Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,and your faces may not blush with shame.When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,and from all his distress he saved him. R.From all their distress God rescues the just. The LORD has eyes for the just,and ears for their cry.The LORD confronts the evildoers,to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. R.From all their distress God rescues the just. When the just cry out, the LORD hears them,and from all their distress he rescues them.The LORD is close to the brokenheartedand those who are crushed in spirit he saves.R.From all their distress God rescues the just. Verse Before The Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4and4 MT 4and4B One does not live on bread alone,but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6and7 MT 6and7-15 Jesus said to his disciplesand In praying, do not babble like the pagans,who think that they will be heard because of their many words.Do not be like them.Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This is how you are to prayandOur Father who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name,thy Kingdom come,thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily breadand forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against usand lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil. If you forgive men their transgressions,your heavenly Father will forgive you.But if you do not forgive men,neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”