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By allowing us to read holy writings with ancient eyes, the church fathers help us drink deeply from the only water that can give us true life. A follow-up to the previous Ancient Christian Devotional, which follows lectionary cycle A, this devotional guide follows lectionary cycle C, which begins in Advent 2009. This guide to prayer and reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer.There are fifty-two weeks of readings following the weekly lectionary cycle C, which you can read through in order or by thematic interest. Each day you will also find a simple opening and closing prayer drawn from the prayers and hymns of the ancient church.Come and find the deep nourishment God offers.… (more)
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Each week there is a new set of passages to study. Each begins and ends with a prayer from a patristic source or sacramentary. Each includes a reading from the OT, a response from the Psalms, a NT text, and a text from the Gospels. This
While one may have disagreements with the "church calendar" as a fixed and bound thing, and will occasionally find hints of various denominational doctrines, a study by lectionary system provides the opportunity to be reminded of texts from all major Biblical sources (OT, Psalms, NT, Gospels), and even to find new connections among them. Rarely do the prayers advance some kind of denominational doctrine; many are quite compelling and worth incorporating into one's prayer life before God.
Worthy of consideration at the least.