Lent reading schedule

It’s almost Lent. Snuck up on you, didn’t it? But it’s true, Less than a week away the great time of fasting and penitence will begin and prepare us for Easter.

Time to plan ahead.

For this Lent and Holy Week I want to take the Gospel readings of every day and do some lectio divina with them, a spiritual reading. I’ll be posting the relevant passage every day (well, that’s the plan) and reflect on it. These reflections will be short, as lectio divina is by definition a personal exercise: we prayerfully read a Bible text for ourselves and are open to learn from it. The reflections are therefore what I take from the text: your experience may be a different one, but I hope that comparing what others learn with what you have learned can set you off on new avenues of thought, prayer and discovery.

For those who want to read and reflect in their own time, or if I am unable to post every day, here is a list of the Gospel reading of every day:

• Wednesday 5 March (Ash Wednesday): Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18)
• Thursday 6 March: Luke 9: 22-25
• Friday 7 March: Matthew 9:14-15
• Saturday 8 March: Luke 5:27-32
• Sunday 9 March (First Sunday of Lent): Matthew 4:1-11
• Monday 10 March: Matthew 25:31-46
• Tuesday 11 March: Matthew 6:7-15
• Wednesday 12 March: Luke 11:29-32
• Thursday 13 March: Matthew 7:7-12
• Friday 14 March: Matthew 5:20-26
• Saturday 15 March: Matthew 5:43-48
• Sunday 16 March (Second Sunday of Lent): Matthew 17:1-9
• Monday 17 March: Luke 6:36-38
• Tuesday 18 March: Matthew 23:1-12
• Wednesday 19 March (Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary): Matthew 116, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2: 41-51a
• Thursday 20 March: Luke 16:19-31
• Friday 21 March: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
• Saturday 22 March: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
• Sunday 23 March (Third Sunday of Lent): John 4:5-42 or John 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42
• Monday 24 March: Luke 4:24-30
• Tuesday 25 March (Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord): Luke 1:26-38
• Wednesday 26 March: Matthew 5:17-19
• Thursday 27 March: Luke 11:14-23
• Friday 28 March: Mark 12:28-34
• Saturday 29 March: Luke 18:9-14
• Sunday 30 March (Fourth Sunday of Lent): John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38
• Monday 31 March: John 4:43-54
• Tuesday 1 April: John 5:1-16
• Wednesday 2 April: John 5:17-30
• Thursday 3 April: John 5:31-47
• Friday 4 April: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
• Saturday 5 April: John 7:40-53
• Sunday 6 April (Fifth Sunday of Lent): John 11:1-45 or John 11:3-7, 20-27, 33b-45
• Monday 7 April: John 8:1-11
• Tuesday 8 April: John 8:21-30
• Wednesday 9 April: John 8:31-42
• Thursday 10 April: John 8:51-59
• Friday 11 April: John 10:31-42
• Saturday 12 April: John 11:45-56
• Sunday 13 April (Palm Sunday): Matthew 26:14-27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54
• Monday 14 April: John 12:1-11
• Tuesday 15 April: John 13:21-33, 36-38
• Wednesday 16 April: Matthew 26:14-25
• Thursday 17 April: John 13:1-15
• Friday 18 April (Good Friday): John 18:1-19:42
• Saturday 19 April (Holy Saturday): Matthew 28:1-10
• Sunday 20 April (Easter Sunday): John 20:1-9

It’s much, to be sure, but it is an investment that’s worth the effort. Lent is especially a time to return to the basis, to the Word, and allow the Lord to join us on our way.

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