We have passed the midpoint in the season of Lent, and so this week's Collect and readings focus on relief. Though we deserve punishment, God gives us grace through the gospel of Christ. The Epistle reading, from Galatians 4, tells the "allegory" of the two covenants, Hagar-Sinai and the Promise, and Paul uses this understanding of Genesis to argue for salvation by grace rather than works. The Gospel comes from John 6 and shows Jesus providing for those who follow Him in the wilderness. It also connects Exodus and the Passover to His own work. The two Old Testament readings, Gen. 43 and 45, show the reconciliation of warring brothers in the true house of Israel.