BRETT J. ANDERSON
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2020
Lenten Reflection Series

Lent is upon us! And like every year before it, that means we are meant to dedicate our time more intently than ever on prayer, fasting, and imitating our Lord in preparation for the Easter season. It also means a new Lenten Reflection Series! If you haven't seen my Reflection Series before, it's quite simple. Every day of Lent, I write a short reflection piece, and link it below.

This year will be a bit different, however. I have focused on the Daily Readings the past two years, but because the readings are the same year-after-year, that means we have hit nearly all of them in those two years. So this year will instead be following a book! I will be reading through The Lord by Romano Guardini, and providing a reflection on what I have read every day of Lent. If you would like to read along, the structure of it will be quite simple:

The Lord has 86 chapters. There are 43 days of Lent. So I will be tackling two chapters every day (it sounds daunting, but these are generally very short chapters). If you're unfamiliar with The Lord, it is a meditation by Romano Guardini on the entire life and person of Jesus Christ, always conscious of the fact that we can never fully know the mysteries of God. It is one of my favorite books of all time, so if it is not already in your library, I hope you give it a try. Here's a link to pick it up on Amazon, but it will also be available in any Catholic bookstore (or Barnes & Noble) near you.

Guardini is (in my view) a tremendously underrated theologian. I hope that by doing this exercise with one of his greatest books, I can introduce some of you to the brilliance of this man.
-Brett Anderson

Reflections

Part 1

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I-II
History & Destiny

The Origins & Ancestry of Jesus
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III-IV
Love Does Such Things

The Incarnation & the Forerunner
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V-VI
The Offer

Baptism and Temptation & Interim
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VII-VIII
Accepting the King

Beginnings & Scandal in Nazareth
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IX-X
Walking in Infirmity

The Sick & "What Was Lost"
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XI-XII
Fools for Christ

Disciples and Apostles & The Beatitudes

Part 2

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I-II
Love & Reward

The Fullness of Justice & Sincerity in Virtue
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III-IV
Impossible

Possibility and Impossibility & Seed and Earth
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V-VI
Miraculous Mystery

The "Kindness of God" & The Will of the Father
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VII-VIII
Evil

The Enemy & The Mission
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IX-X
Sin and Death

Forgiveness of Sin & Death
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XI-XII
The Jesus of John

Eternal Consciousness & Rebirth in Water and in the Holy Spirit

Part 3

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I-II
The Blind SHeep

The Blind and the Seeing & The Son of Man
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III-IV
Lawful Evil

The Law & Jesus and the Pagans
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V-VI
Attachment

Attachment and Detachment & Not Peace but the Sword
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VII-VIII
Inner and Outer Life

Those Whom He Loved & Signs
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IX-X
Help My Unbelief

Bread of Life & Destiny and Decision

Part 4

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I-II
Get Behind Me, Satan!

The Messiah & The Road to Jerusalem
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III-IV
Life Eternal

The Transfiguration & The Church
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V-VI
Prophets & Community

Moses and Elias & Mystery and Revelation
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VII-VIII
Christian Maturity

Justice and That Which Surpasses It & Unless You Become as Little Children
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IX-X
Ordinary and Extraordinary

Christian Marriage and Virginity & Possession and Poverty in Christ
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XI-XII
Font of All Blessing

Blessing & Belief in Christ, Imitation of Christ
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XIII-XIV
FOrgiveness

Forgiveness & Christ the Beginning

Part 5

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I-II
Hosanna!

Entry into Jerusalem & Induration
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III-IV
Judgment

God's Humility & The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World
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V-VI
The Measure of Love

Judgment & Behold, I Come . . . To Do Thy Will, O God
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VII-VIII
Unmasking Judas

Judas & The Final Reunion
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IX-X
Mysterium Fidei

The Footwashing & "Mysterium Fidei"
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XI-XII
The Pain of Sin

The Sacerdotal Prayer & Gethsemane
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XIII-XIV
United in Sin

The Trial & Jesus' Death

Part 6

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I-II
The Resurrection

The Resurrection & The Transfigured Body
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III-IV
The God Who Comes and Goes

Between Time and Eternity & God's Coming and Going
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V-VI
The Holy Spirit

"I Go Away and I Am Coming to You" & In the Holy Spirit and Faith and the Paraclete
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VII-VIII
Pentecost

Lord of History & Renewal
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IX-X
Christian Personality

The New Man & Ecclesia and the Firstborn of All Creatures
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XI-XII
Christian Anticipation

The Eternal High Priest & The Lord's Return

Part 7

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I-II
Visions and Dreams

The Book of Revelation & He Who Reigns
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III-IV
Without Ceasing

Throne and Throning One & Adoration
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V-VI
The Ultimate Flood

The Lamb & The Seven Seals
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VII-VIII
So Much Stuff!

Things & The Christian Sense of History
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IX-X
Judgment, Fire, and Annihilation

The Great Sign in Heaven & Victor, Judge, Perfecter
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XI-XII
Faith

Promise & The Spirit and the Bride
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