A Lenten Reading Plan

Read about the lives of some of the great saints who lived from the beginning of the Medieval period to the early Renaissance. 

Lent is a time of personal conversion and greater participation in the life of the Church.  By reading the lives of the saints, we can find the inspiration and example we need to follow Christ more closely each day in the particularity of our own lives.

The links below are for Wednesday audiences given by Pope Benedict XVI.  The date on the left will help you to keep track of where you are in the reading plan.  The date that is part of the link indicates the day that Pope Benedict gave the talk.  All links go to the Vatican web site.

Preliminary Reading Suggestion: 6 February 2008, Lenten Season

(You might read this on the evening before Ash Wednesday)

Wednesday, February 17	9 January 2008, Saint Augustine of Hippo (1)
Thursday, February 18	16 January 2008, Saint Augustine of Hippo (2)
Friday, February 19	30 January 2008, Saint Augustine of Hippo (3)
Saturday, February 20	20 February 2008, Saint Augustine of Hippo (4)
Sunday, February 21	27 February 2008, Saint Augustine of Hippo (5)
Monday, February 22	5 March 2008, Saint Leo the Great
Tuesday, February 23	12 March 2008, Boethius and Cassiodorus
Wednesday, February 24	9 April 2008, Saint Benedict
Thursday, February 25	14 May 2008, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Friday, February 26	21 May 2008, Saint Romanus the Melodist
Saturday, February 27	28 May 2008, Saint Gregory the Great (1)
Sunday, February 28	4 June 2008, Saint Gregory the Great (2)
Monday, March 1	11 June 2008, Saint Columban
Tuesday, March 2	18 June 2008, Saint Isidore of Seville
Wednesday, March 3	25 June 2008, Saint Maximus the Confessor
Thursday, March 4	11 February 2009, John Climacus
Friday, March 5	18 February 2009, Bede, the Venerable
Saturday, March 6	11 March 2009, Saint Boniface
Sunday, March 7	22 April 2009, Ambrose Autpert
Monday, March 8	29 April 2009, Germanus of Constantinople
Tuesday, March 9	6 May 2009, John Damascene
Wednesday, March 10	27 May 2009, Saint Theodore the Studite
Thursday, March 11	3 June 2009, Rabanus Maurus
Friday, March 12	10 June 2009, John Scotus Erigena
Saturday, March 13	17 June 2009, Saints Cyril and Methodius
Sunday, March 14	2 September 2009, Saint Odo of Cluny
Monday, March 15	9 September 2009, Saint Peter Damian
Tuesday, March 16	16 September 2009, Symeon the New Theologian
Wednesday, March 17	23 September 2009, Saint Anselm
Thursday, March 18	7 October 2009, Saint John Leonardi
Friday, March 19	14 October 2009, Peter the Venerable
Saturday, March 20	21 October 2009, Saint Bernard
Sunday, March 21	11 November 2009, The Cluniac Reform
Monday, March 22	25 November 2009, Hugh and Richard of Saint Victor
Tuesday, March 23	2 December 2009, William of Saint-Thierry
Wednesday, March 24	9 December 2009, Rupert of Deutz
Thursday, March 25	16 December 2009, John of Salisbury
Friday, March 26	30 December 2009, Peter Lombard
Saturday, March 27	27 January 2010, Saint Francis of Assisi
Sunday, March 28	3 February 2010, Saint Dominic Guzmán
Monday, March 29	10 February 2010, Saint Anthony of Padua
Tuesday, March 30	3 March 2010, Saint Bonaventure
Wednesday, March 31	10 March 2010, Saint Bonaventure (2)
Thursday, April 1	17 March 2010, Saint Bonaventure (3)
Friday, April 2	24 March 2010, Saint Albert the Great
Saturday, April 3	31 March 2010, Easter Triduum