Spiritual
Reading for the Forty Days of Lent
•
The Fire of Christ’s Love and Why
Did Jesus Die for Our Sins? by
Raniero Cantalamessa
•
“Were you there when they crucified my
Lord?” by Raniero Cantalamessa
• The
Beatitudes
Are Inseparable from the Cross, by
Archbishop Sheen
• Quest
for
Holiness, by William
Sangster
• Why
Holiness
Is Necessary, by J.I. Packer
•
Growing
Downward to
Grow Up:
The Life of
Repentance, by
J.I. Packer
•
Surrender to
God: An
orientation to
Lent, by John
Henry Newman
•
Christ
Calls Us
Deeper Still
by John Henry
Newman
•
Salt
and Light:
Our Vocation
to Holiness,
by Donald
Bloesch
•
A New Kind of Saint,
by Donald Bloesch
•
With
Christ in the
School of
Holiness by
JI Packer
•
Purity
of Heart Is to
Will One Thing:
quotes and
meditation, by
Soren
Kierkegaard
• Emptied
for
Our Sake, by Bernard of Clairvaux
• The
Cross
- the One True Glorification of
God, by Joseph Ratzinger/ Pope
Benedict XVI
• Worship
at
the Cross by Charles Simpson
• The
Cross
of Christ - the Measure of the
World, by John Henry Newman
• The
Seven Last Words of Jesus:
paintings and reflections
by John Dunne
•
Is Your Life Christ-Centered or
Self-Centered, by Bob Tedesco
•
A Disciple's Yoke, by Bruce
Yocum
• Pursuing
Holiness
in an Unholy World, by Tom Caballes
•
Forgiveness and Reconciliation With One
Another, by Carlos Mantica
• The
Readiness to Change, by Dietrich von
Hildebrand
• The
Lavish
Love of the Prodigal Father:
reflection on the parable of the prodigal
son, by Don Schwager
• With Jesus in
the Wilderness for Forty Days,
reflection by Don Schwager
• The
Danger of “I Would Never Do That,” by
Sam Williamson
• He
Must
Increase: Finding Our Identity in Jesus
Christ, by Jan Munk
• Focus
for
Fasting: Pursuing our higher
calling to serve and worship
Christ, by Jerry Munk
• Manna
and
Mammon: A battlefield that shows our
mettle, by Dan Propson
Articles
by Steve Clark
•
The
Redeemer
– What God
Wanted
• The
Great
Downfall
• The Redeemer
Who Died
• The
Obedient
Son: The
humility of
the Son of the
King
• Christ's
Humility and Victory
• Dying
to
Defeat Death: The death of Jesus
was a victory over death itself
• Exalted
Over
All: The Victory of the Redeemer
• New Life
in Christ
• Receiving
Redemption: United with Christ we
pass from death to new life
Articles
by Jeanne Kun
• Discipleship:
“Take
Up Your Cross and Follow Me”
• Jesus'
Crucifixion:
“It is finished”
• The
Triumph
of the Cross: “The Lord has risen indeed”
• Contemplating
Christ's
Passion
• Freedom
from
Sin and Death: “A New Creation”
• Hosanna
to
the Son of David! and Jesus:
A
Portrait of Zeal
• The Agony in
the Garden: Love's Surrender
• Jesus:
A
Portrait of Obedience
• Exiled
from
Eden
• Mary of
Bethany
• Mary
Magdalene:A portrait of
love stronger than death
• The
Pharisee
and Tax Collector: “Be Merciful to Me,”
by Jean Kun
From
the early church writers
• A
Mirror to see Inside Ourselves, by
Gregory the Great
• The
Mountain
of Your Sins - Never too High, by
Cyril of Jerusalem
• Why
Does
God Allow Temptation? by Maximus the
Confessor
• Dead
to Sin, by John Chrysostom (349-407
AD)
•
God
Has Reigned
from a Tree:
meditations on
the Cross of
Jesus Christ
•
Fasting
and Feasting:
A selection of
short readings
for Lent from
the early
church fathers
•
Walking in the
Light, by
Gregory of
Nyssa
•
The Ladder of Divine Ascent:
spiritual wisdom from John Climacus,
Abbot of Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
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