Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- Shikrot Mpwi - Sunday Synopsis



Fr. Justine John DYIKUK



Dear friends in Christ,



On the First Sunday of Lent, Year A (22 February 2026), I bring you greetings and God's blessings!



Theme: Beyond the devil's lies, half-truths and spin!



Introduction



Friends in Christ,



Beloved in Christ, Ash Wednesday ushered us into another Lenten Season - a Holy Season which invites us to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Our first reading discloses the story of the abysmal fall of man. In the second reading, St. Paul reassures that although sin came to the world through one man, Adam, salvation has been brought through one man, Jesus. The gospel points to Jesus, the bearer of the New Covenant, who overcame temp...