{"id":86840,"date":"2016-02-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=86840"},"modified":"2016-02-24T08:04:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:04:55","slug":"lenten-reading-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-reading-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenten Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-books\/iwdayala0240c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2237\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-books\/iwdayala0240c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?fit=363%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"363,471\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images\/Illustration Works&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Stacks of antique books&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;iwdayala0240c&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pile of Books\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Stacks of antique books&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?fit=363%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"Pile of Books\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?w=363&amp;ssl=1 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">I<\/span>n years passed, I&#8217;ve generally adopted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">reading <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lenten-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\">program<\/a> as part of my Lenten observance. <\/p>\n<p>This year, I am (re)reading the great spiritual masterpiece of Thomas \u00e0 Kempis, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0486431851\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0486431851&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=popesonparade-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Imitation of Christ<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The version I&#8217;m reading is published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/confraternitypb.org\/books.html\" target=\"_blank\">Confraternity of the Precious Blood<\/a>, and it rather oddly bears the title <em><strong>My <\/strong>Imitation of Christ<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pocket-sized, and the translation seems good, so it suits my purposes perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I believe I will return to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/silence-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">read<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desert_Fathers\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Fathers<\/a>. Last year a friend bequeathed me a copy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philokalia\" target=\"_blank\">Philokalia<\/a>, and I believe I&#8217;ll finally dig into it.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your reading plan for Lent?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In years passed, I&#8217;ve generally adopted a reading program as part of my Lenten observance. This year, I am (re)reading the great spiritual masterpiece of Thomas \u00e0 Kempis, The Imitation of Christ. The version I&#8217;m reading is published by the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, and it rather oddly bears the title My Imitation of Christ. It&#8217;s pocket-sized, and the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/books-1.jpg?fit=363%2C471&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mAE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107630,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/lent-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":86840,"position":0},"title":"Lent!","author":"Thom","date":"21 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. 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