Keeping a Reading Schedule During Lent
This year I’ll be again reading from the lectionary during Lent.
Why do I do this? Isn’t this weird behavior, even for an ex-Catholic?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Sometimes I think reading from the lectionary every day gives one the impression of moving through the text too quickly. Keeping that kind of pace through the entire year can lead to a kind of burn-out.
But there are times – Advent and Lent specifically – when moving quickly to get a wide view is beneficial. I’ll still meditate over the one passage for a week at a time. I will, however, also add to my routine extra reading from the lectionary. The lectionary is only a device I use to my reading a bit of structure.
