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Saints
OK, so Lent Madness got you pumped up about saints now. There are lots of places to read more.
- Butler’s Lives of the Saints is the classic, and it’s in public domain.
- Lesser Feasts and Fasts — another classic that includes readings, collects and brief biographies.
- Holy Women, Holy Men is a collection of biographies and prayers for saints in the calendar of the Episcopal Church — including lots of “trial use” commemorations. Be warned: one of the members of the Lent Madness Executive Committee does not like this book, but you might enjoy it!
- Brightest and Best by Sam Portaro is a companion to the official book of saints in the Episcopal Church.
- Can You Find the Saints? Introducing Your Child to Holy Men and Women is a fun book for kids.
Lent
If you want something a bit less silly than Lent Madness to accompany your journey through Lent, Forward Movement (the official sponsor of Lent Madness) publishes a new book of Lent meditations every year. This year’s book is called Disciples on the Way. Experience a Lenten journey that will prepare you to walk throughout your life as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Carol Mead reflects on discipleship and the season in these daily meditations for the forty days of Lent.
You can order Disciples on the Way as a print book or as an ebook for your Kindle (ready now) or Nook (coming soon). It’s just four bucks.
Forward Movement has other Lent resources too. Spend a fortune shopping here, and at least some of the proceeds will be invested in an even bigger, shinier Lent Madness next year.
In your list of resources, don’t forget the tried and true “Lesser Feasts and Fasts”. Also, Father John-Julian Swanson, OJN has written a book filled with wonderful stories and history of the saints in his book,” Stars in a Dark World”. He has done a wonderful job of making the saints fascinating.
If you are lazy and want to just click on an image to see what this person was all about, go to the Mission St Clare Facebook page, ( https://www.facebook.com/DailyOffice ) and in the photos, click on an interesting one. In the description of each photo, you will find a plethora of information from a variety of sources. P.S. If you “like” the page, I will post a different “Saint of the Day”, (mostly from the Episcopal Calendar,) on your newsfeed every day!
I keep adding my email address to subscribe hoping to get the matchups in my email. Instead, I have to go to LentMadness.org every day. Do you not send out the daily contests? I don’t even get Monday Madness in my email. HELP!
Will the Golden Halo winner be announced on Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS 1/2 hour show screened Saturday mornings and Sundays at 5:30 pm on Channel 13 in the NY Metropolitan Area)?