Sunday, February 22, 2026

Sunday, February 22, 2026: (First Sunday of Lent)
Jesus said: “My people, in this first week of Lent you heard in the Gospel how I fasted forty days and nights in the desert. This is why you celebrate forty days in Lent. The devil first tempted Me (Matt. 4:1-11) to change the stones into bread to eat. I told the devil: ‘Not by bread alone does man live, but by every Word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ The devil then took Me to the pinnacle of the Temple and he said I could throw Myself down and My angels would protect Me. I said: ‘Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God.’ The devil then showed Me the many kingdoms of the earth, and he would give them over to Me if I would worship him. I told him: ‘The Lord thy God, shall thou worship, and Him only shall thou serve.’ My faithful can fast between meals during Lent as I did for forty days. Keep worshiping Me in your prayers.”