Friday, February 23, 2007

Prophets During Lent

One suggestion for a Lenten devotion is reading through the prophets (except Isaiah, save that for Advent) during Lent. Below is a schedule adapted from Presentation Ministries out of Cincinnati. [Note that Daniel is tricky to categorize. It may better be described by the genre of apocalyptic.]

Ash Wednesday: Jeremiah (chapters) 1-4
Thursday: Jeremiah 5-8
Friday: Jeremiah 9-12
Saturday: Jeremiah 13-16

First Sunday of Lent: Jeremiah 17-20
Monday: Jeremiah 21-24
Tuesday: Jeremiah 25-29:23
Wednesday: Jeremiah 29:24-33:26
Thursday: Jeremiah 34-37
Friday: Jeremiah 38-45
Saturday: Jeremiah 46-49

Second Sunday of Lent: Jeremiah 50-52
Monday: Lamentations
Tuesday: Baruch
Wednesday: Ezekiel 1-6
Thursday: Ezekiel 7-12
Friday: Ezekiel 13-17
Saturday: Ezekiel 18-21

Third Sunday of Lent: Ezekiel 22-24
Monday: Ezekiel 25-29
Tuesday: Ezekiel 29-32
Wednesday: Ezekiel 33-37
Thursday: Ezekiel 38-42
Friday: Ezekiel 43-45
Saturday: Ezekiel 46-48

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Daniel 1-3:97
Monday: Daniel 3:98-6:29
Tuesday: Daniel 7-9
Wednesday: Daniel 10-12
Thursday: Daniel 13-14
Friday: Hosea 1-4
Saturday: Hosea 5:1-9:9

Fifth Sunday of Lent: Hosea 9:10-14:10
Monday: Joel
Tuesday: Amos 1-4
Wednesday: Amos 5-9
Thursday: Obadiah and Jonah
Friday: Micah 1-3
Saturday: Micah 4-7

Palm (Passion) Sunday: Zechariah 1-5
Monday of Holy Week: Zechariah 6-11:3
Tuesday of Holy Week: Zechariah 11:4-14:21
Wednesday of Holy Week: Malachi

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