The first Sunday of Lent, given to Christ's temptation in the wilderness.
Dates
| Year | Dates | Reckoning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 9, 2025 | ||
| 2026 | February 22, 2026 |
Recurrence: Western Easter computus (the first Sunday of Lent, 42 days before Easter Sunday).
Significance
The first Sunday of Lent opens the forty-day fast in earnest. Its Gospel tells of Christ's temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and refused the devil's offers. The season's disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving take their pattern from those forty days.
Observance
The liturgy takes up the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and the Gloria is set aside until Easter.