Table of Contents
Foreword 11
Introduction 15
Ash Wednesday A Time of Reflowering 19
Thursday Choose Life 23
Friday God's Lenten Program 27
Saturday The Divine Physician 33
First Week of Lent
Sunday, Year A Turning Stones into Bread 41
Sunday, Year B True Self-Denial 46
Sunday, Year C Transformation 49
Monday Recognition 56
Tuesday The Three Stages of Contrition 61
Wednesday Have Mercy, O God 67
Thursday The Elements of Confession 72
Friday Amendment and Penance 76
Saturday The Rending of the Heart 81
Second Week of Lent
Sunday, Year A Clear Vision 87
Sunday, Year B In Conversation with Jesus 91
Sunday, Year C A Cultivated Memory 96
Monday Being Heartily Sorry 103
Tuesday A Sense of Opportunity 107
Wednesday True Greatness 114
Thursday A Change of Heart 118
Friday Redeeming One Another 122
Saturday The Prodigal Son 126
Third Week of Lent
Sunday, Year A Coming Alive 135
Sunday, Year B The Right Kind of Zeal 141
Sunday, Year C Assimilation 143
Monday Dying and Rising 146
Tuesday I Will Not Violate My Covenant 150
Wednesday in the Footsteps of Jesus 154
Thursday Freed from the Hunter's Snare 157
Friday I Will Not Take Back My Love 162
Saturday Love's Resolve 166
Fourth Week of Lent
Sunday, Year A A Parable in Reverse 173
Sunday, Year B Filling Up the Sufferings of Christ 178
Sunday, Year C High Quality Waiting 181
Monday Rejoicing in the Lord 184
Tuesday Caught Foxes 187
Wednesday Beauty and Penance 191
Thursday The Paradox of Penance 196
Friday Almsgiving 200
Saturday Conversion 204
Fifth Week of Lent
Sunday, Year A The Stone Rolled Away 211
Sunday, Year B Scholarship 218
Sunday, Year C Pushing On 226
Monday Going Another Way 229
Tuesday Right Complaining 232
Wednesday The Work of Salvation 236
Thursday Life-Giving Repentance 240
Friday A Full Sweep of Vision 244
Saturday Expediency 247
Holy Week
Palm Sunday, A A Punishment That Brings Us Peace 253
Palm Sunday, B Focus 257
Palm Sunday, C Finding Everything in Him 261
Monday He Endured Our Sufferings 265
Tuesday He Endured Our Sufferings (continued) 269
Wednesday Assent to Glory 274
Holy Thursday Lord, Let Your Love Come Upon Us 280
Good Friday We Have No King hut Jesus 285
Holy Saturday The Sword of Sorrow 288
Easter Sunday The Resurrection 291
Appendix: The Stations of the Cross 295