The Gospel Reading for the 1st Sunday of Lent (Mark 1:9-15)

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Mark 1:9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wi...