No.229: Lent 2019 with Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen

For Lent this year, I’m reading through Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ.  At this point in my life, I’m very prone to distraction and wandering thoughts (I have too many “tabs” open in my brain at all times!)  and reading this book will hopefully keep my mind focused as I contemplate all the pieces of Christ.  Sharing my plan below in case it’s helpful for someone else someday:

Quick note: Chapter 2 is abnormally long (around 40 pages) so I started my reading on Monday and broke the two chapters up between those first three days.  The rest of the plan looks to be much more reasonable for daily reading.

Ash Wednesday // Ch.1+2: The Only Person Ever Pre-announced & Early Life of Christ
Thursday // Ch.3: The Three Short Cuts from the Cross
Friday // Ch.4: The Lamb of God
Saturday // Ch.5: The Beginning of “The Hour”
First Sunday of Lent // Ch.6+7: The Temple of His Body & Nicodemus, the Serpent, and the Cross
Monday // Ch.8: Savior of the World
Tuesday // Ch.9: The First Public Announcement of His Death
Wednesday //  Ch.10+11: The Choosing of the Twelve & Beatitudes
Thursday // Ch.12: The Intruder Who Was a Woman
Friday // Ch.13: The Man Who Lost His Head
Saturday // Ch.14: The Bread of Life
Second Sunday of Lent // Ch.15+16: The Refusal to Be a Bread King & Purity and Property
Monday // Ch.17: Our Lord’s Testimony Concerning Himself
Tuesday // Ch.18: Transfiguration
Wednesday // Ch.19+20: The Three Quarrelings & The Attempted Arrest at the Feast of Tabernacles
Thursday // Ch.21: Only the Innocent May Condemn
Friday // Ch.22: The Good Shepherd
Saturday // Ch.23: The Son of Man
Third Sunday of Lent // Ch.24+25: Caesar or God & His Hour Had Not Yet Come
Monday // Ch.26: The Mightiest Arrow in the Diving Quiver
Tuesday // Ch.27: More than a Teacher
Wednesday // Ch.28+29: The Pagans and the Cross & The Growing Opposition
Thursday // Ch.30: The Fox and the Hen
Friday // Ch.31: The Resurrection That Prepared His Death
Saturday // Ch.32: The Woman Who Dimly Foresaw His Death
Fourth Sunday of Lent // Ch.33+34: Entrance into Jerusalem & The Visit of the Greeks

Monday // Ch.35: The King’s Son Marked for Death
Tuesday // Ch.36: The Last Supper
Wednesday // Ch.37+38: The Servant of Servants & Judas
Thursday // Ch.39: The Divine Lover’s Farewell
Friday // Ch.40: Our Lord’s “My Father”
Saturday // Ch 41: The Agony in the Garden
Fifth Sunday of Lent // Ch.42+43: The Kiss That Blistered & The Religious Trial
Monday // Ch.44: The Denials of Peter
Tuesday // Ch.45: Trail Before Pilate
Wednesday // Ch.46+47: At the Bottom of the List & Second Trail Before Pilate
Thursday // Ch.48: The Crucifixion
Friday // Ch.49: The Seven Words from the Cross
Saturday // Ch.50: Seven Words to the Cross
Palm Sunday // Ch.51+52: The Rending of the Veil of the Temple & The Piercing of the Side
Monday // Ch.53: The Night Friends of Christ
Tuesday // Ch.54: The Earth’s Most Serious Wound – the Empty Tomb
Wednesday // Ch.55+56: The Doors Being Closed & Fingers, Hands, and Nails
Holy Thursday // Ch.57+58: Love as the Condition of Authority & The Divine Mandate
Good Friday // Ch.59+60: Last Appearance in Jersusalem & Repentance
Holy Saturday // Ch.61+62: The Ascension & Christ Takes on a New Body
Easter!