LENT — Lyrical Reads

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3rd Sunday in LENT

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LENT 2025

In preparation for sharing this gospel reading for the first Sunday in Lent with our 4- to 7-year-olds during Children’s Liturgy of the Word at St. Victoria, I debated whether I would sing this story or whether I would just read the story to the children.

Then I had a God-wink moment when a character on the Hallmark Channel was referred to by the same name as the title of the song on which the tune for my ballad was loosely based—Queen of Hearts. I remember the song when it was sung by Juice Newton back when I was in college. It was a fun and catchy tune, just the kind of chords to lighten the spirit as we head into 40 days of Lent.

So, the gospel story and a follow-up prayer are shown on this page just as I shared them with the children. The point of the gospel lesson is that we all need to hone our discipline, and we can only really do that with Jesus’ help. The very Good News is that we know who we can always rely on to be stronger and to be victorious over the devil, who is the great deceiver, and that is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Happy journey into Lent.