Lenten Lectionary for The Ladder of Divine Ascent

From the Editor: There is a monastic practice to read through St. John of Mt. Sinai's The Ladder of Divine Ascent during the Great Fast of Lent. Being a monastic practice, means we do not dismiss the practice. St. John teaches, as a given, that we in the world approximate monasticism (see Step 26a:31). They are our examples. The Ladder of Divine Ascent is full of beneficial spiritual insight. However, some is very intense and not for the inexperienced. A good, discerning, and experienced spiritual father is a necessary prerequisite to receive benefit from this crown jewel of patristic and ascetic literature. Below is the lectionary broken up by the Hours. A one-page pdf file is available below.

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Day	3rd Hour	6th Hour	9th Hour
First Week
Monday	1:1-7	1:8-18	1:19-27
Tuesday	2	3:1-15	3:16-29
Wednesday	4:1-10	4:11-15	4:16-22
Thursday	4:23-26	4:27-30	4:31-34
Friday	4:35-41	4:42-57	4:58-71
Second Week
Monday	4:72-91	4:92-109	4:110-112
Tuesday	4:113-126	5:1-12	5:13-18
Wednesday	5:19-23	5:24-28	5:29-42
Thursday	6	7:1-16	7:17-31
Friday	7:32-47	7:48-56	7:57-70
Third Week
Monday	8:1-18	8:19-29	9
Tuesday	10	11	12
Wednesday	13	14:1-23	14:24-36
Thursday	15:1-16	15:17-29	15:30-41
Friday	15:42-55	15:56-65	15:66-75
Fourth Week
Monday	15:76-81	15:82-90	16
Tuesday	17	18	19
Wednesday	20	21	22:1-28
Thursday	22:29-46	23:1-18	23:19-37
Friday	23:38-52	24:1-19	24:20-34
Fifth Week
Monday	25:1-9	25:10-29	25:30-51
Tuesday	25:52-69	26a:1-16	26a:17-27
Wednesday	26a:28-50	26a:51-69	26a:70-88
Thursday	26a:89-109	26a:110-123	26a:124-139
Friday	26a:140-153	26a:154-170	26a:171-189
Sixth Week
Monday	26b:1-37	26b:38-65	27:1-16
Tuesday	27:17-28	27:29-40	27:41-56
Wednesday	27:57-70	27:71-87	28:1-16
Thursday	28:17-29	28:30-50	28:51-64
Friday	29	30:1-19	30:20-end

Lectionary for The Ladder of Divine Ascent.pdf

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