Lent with Pope Benedict XVI: Meditations for Every Day Book

Preface 11

Ash Wednesday 13

A Call to Conversion

Thursday after Ash Wednesday 15

The Path of True Happiness

Friday after Ash Wednesday 17

The Forty Days of Lent

Saturday after Ash Wednesday 19

Listening to the Word of Truth

First Week of Lent 21

First Sunday of Lent 22

Deliverance from the Slavery of Sin

Monday of the First Week of Lent 25

Overcoming Temptation

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent 28

"Entering Lent"

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent 30

Spiritual Combat

Thursday of the First Week of Lent 32

The Value of Fasting

Friday of the First Week of Lent 35

Almsgiving: The Generosity of Love

Saturday of the First Week of Lent 37

What It Means to Follow Christ

Second Week of Lent 39

Second Sunday of Lent 40

Transfigured in Hope

Monday of the Second Week of Lent 42

Light from Light

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent 44

Praying in the Light of Christ

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent 46

Daring to Say Yes to God

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent 48

Preparing for the Fight

Friday of the Second Week of Lent 50

The Humility of Christ

Saturday of the Second Week of Lent 52

Eyes Fixed on Christ

Third Week of Lent 55

Third Sunday of Lent 56

Quenching Our Thirst

Monday of the Third Week of Lent 58

The Need to Change

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent 60

Faith Is Born from Encounter

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent 63

God Is Love

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent 65

Fasting Opens Our Eyes

Friday of the Third Week of Lent 67

Let Us Become Friends of Jesus

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent 70

For God's Glory, Not Our Own

Fourth Week of Lent 73

Fourth Sunday of Lent 74

The Light of Faith

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent 77

The Merciful Heart of the Father

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent 80

Be Reconciled by Christ

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent 82

Cleansed by Christ's Love

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent 84

The Joy of Giving

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent 86

Give Us a Heart of Flesh!

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent 88

God's Love Made Visible

Fifth "Week of Lent 91

Fifth Sunday of Lent 92

Justice Personified

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent 95

Resurrection: The New Reality

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent 98

The Triumph of Love

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent 100

Life in Abundance

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent 102

Christ's Eucharistic Sacrifice

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent 104

Finding Our Place in the Way of the Cross

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent 106

Clean Hands and a Pure Heart

Holy Week 109

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 110

Professing the Kingship of Jesus

Monday of Holy Week 112

The Cross: Unlimited Hope

Tuesday of Holy Week 114

Christ, Victim and Priest

Wednesday of Holy Week 116

The Battle between Light and Darkness

Holy Thursday 118

The Basin of Love

Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord 120

The Truth of Good Friday

Holy Saturday I Easter Vigil 122

The Sacrament of Illumination

Octave of Easter 125

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 126

The Radiance of Christ's Resurrection

Monday within the Octave of Easter 129

My Lord and My God!

Tuesday within the Octave of Easter 131

Alleluia! Rejoice!

Wednesday within the Octave of Easter 133

The Risen Lord Walks beside Us

Thursday within the Octave of Easter 136

It's Always Easter

Friday within the Octave of Easter 138

The Resurrection: A Fundamental Truth

Saturday within the Octave of Easter 140

"I Am Risen and I Am with You Always"

Second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of the Divine Mercy 142

Mercy and Divine Goodness