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I tried looking and searching for posts on this but did not see one. If I missed something, feel free to just share a link. 
What are your favorite books to read for Lent? For you, not the children.
I'm looking for maybe a short, daily reading with a devotional and maybe a prayer or something? But I want it to be focused on the season of Lent...fasting, prayer, etc.
Thanks!
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My very favorite is The King, Crucified and Risen by Fr. Benedict Groeschel.
He is a very pithy writer and to me it is like reading wisdom written by a loving grandfather.
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I like reading Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's Life of Christ and Carryl Houselander's Little Way of the Infant Jesus (previously titled Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross), during Lent.
I just realized that you asked for daily readings not a book book, so I came back to update my recommendation.  In this case, I recommend Fr. Benedict Groeschel's The King Crucified and Risen: Meditations on the Passion and Glory of Christ.
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I will be reading the Lent volume In Conversation with God by Francis Fernandez. I use this for my daily meditation, but the Lent/Easter volume is one of the best -- all the criteria you were mentioning -- prayer, fasting, almsgiving, wonderful hard-hitting meditations.
This Lent I'm also reading "Journey Towards Easter" which was written by our pope when he was Cardinal Ratzinger. I started it last year after Easter, but wanted to save it for Lent. Rich stuff. Unfortunately, it's not that easy to find.
I also like to read a life of our Lord, and it's been a long time since I've read Bishop Sheen's Life of Christ, but I might find another.
That might be a good thing, to list really good adult reading on the life and/or passion of Christ.
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Sorry, Christine, cross-posting. Great minds!
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I read this one lent - Lord Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn
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Has anyone read any of the Lent and Easter Wisdom books? I'm considering the G.K.Chesterton one in particular...
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My all-time favorite:
Season of Mercy by Catherine Doherty. I read it every year. It is out of print and there are only a few copies on amazon. I hope Madonna House reprints it soon. It is a wonderful book.
I also read the In Conversation volume for Lent and Eastertide.
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Good to know that it's OOP, Jennifer. I was going to recommend that one, too.
I started trying to think of the boooks on the Life of Our Lord or focusing on the Passion. These suggestions are from Father Hardon's Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan:
F.J. Sheed – To Know Christ Jesus
Fulton J. Sheen – Life of Christ
Romano Guardini - The Lord
Edward Leen - Why the Cross?
St. Alphonsus Liquori - The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ
Anne Catherine Emerich - The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Henri Daniel-Rops - The Life of Our Lord
Giuseppe Ricciotti - The Life of Jesus Christ
Alban Goodier - The Public Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ and The Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Ferdinand Prat -- Jesus Christ
Not sure which ones are in print or reprinted, and I'm sure there are more to add. I feel like I'm missing some very obvious ones...
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Thanks so much, ladies! I'm checking to see if my library has any of these...and if not, I'll have to narrow down my choices and make ONE purchase. 
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I did this compilation last year after perusing old threads, etc.
Lenten Reading Plan
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Oh, Suzanne! That list is fabulous! Thank you so much for posting!! 
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One book I love to use as an aide to meditation during Lent is The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. A serious examen and a deep meditation on the mercy, love, and grace of God in Christ Jesus.
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I just ordered Fr. Longenecker's new book, The Gargoyle Code for dh for Valentine's Day. I'm hoping he'll share 
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Not since the Screwtape Letters has there been such a devastatingly diabolical collection of correspondence. Master Tempter Slubgrip writes daily to trainee tempter devil Dogwart, advising him on the temptation of a confused young Catholic, while he struggles to control his own 'patient', an older man who is facing a serious illness. Meanwhile, Slupgrip has to watch his back, ieep control of various under devils who are plotting to take control of his territory and send him to the banqueting house of his Father below.
The Gargoyle Code makes for un-put-downable reading at any time, but it is especially designed as a book to be read during Lent. The letters from the tempters begin on Shrove Tuesday and follow day by day, taking the reader on an entertaining enlightening and sobering journey to Easter Day. |
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Thank you all for sharing these wonderful resourses and taking the hard work out of working out good books for Lent. Some were on my mental list to read.
Now I'll just go off and rummage through our books shelves for as many of these gems as I can find.
God Bless
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