See the legally free and online ebooks and other resources in aid of the observance of Great Lent that have been indexeded on following posts on the Project:
- “Free eBooks: Lenten meditations and reflections“;
- “Free ebooks on the Passion and Death of Christ, for Holy Week“;
- “Online texts & media: “Meditations on the Stations of the Cross”, by Cardinal Newman“, with an index of links to Via Crucis / Way of the Cross meditations by various authors including Saint Alphonsus, and an index of other meditations for Good Friday;
- “Free ebook: Meditations on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, by St. Alphonsus Liguori“, with an index of links to other meditations on the Passion of our Divine Lord by various authors; and
- “Resources on the Traditional (Pre-1955) Holy Week Liturgy of the Roman Rite“.
See also the ebooks listed on the pages Prayers and Devotions and Spirituality and Mysticism, as well as the following ebooks with meditations and counsels for Lent:
- The Gospels for Lent and the Passion of Christ: Readings at Divine Service During the Forty Days of Lent with Short Meditations for the Faithful, by Carl Jacob Eisenring, translated by Charles Cannon (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1911). With Imprimatur. Available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Robarts Library of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Toronto).
- Lenten Sermons, edited by Rev. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B. (Elizabeth, NJ, 1891). Available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Kelly Library, University of Toronto).
- The Love of Jesus to Penitents, by Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (London: Burns, Oates, and Co., 1872). Available at Internet Archive and Open Library.
- Man and His Immortal Soul: A Course of Seven Lenten Sermons, by a Priest of the Diocese of Nottingham (New York: Joseph F. Wagner, 1905). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive.
See also the following related ebooks:
- Encyclical “Paenitentiam Agere” on the Need for the Practice of Interior and Exterior Penance, by Pope John XXIII, July 1, 1962. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture, on this page of the EWTN Library, and the Holy See. May be read online, and available in mobi and epub formats, at Papal Enyclicals Online. The 1962 edition published by the National Catholic Welfare Conference is available at Open Library.
- “The Enduring Value of Corporal Mortification”, by Rev. Michael E. Giesler, The Catholic Social Science Review, Vol. 10 (2005):149-172. Available in PDF format at the Philosophy Documentation Center. [N.B., According to the text, “A shorter version of this article appeared in Homiletic and Pastoral Review, July, 2005.”]
- The Liturgical Year: Passiontide and Holy Week, by the Venerable Abbot [Prosper] Guéranger, O.S.B., translated by Dom Laurence Shepherd (London: Burns & Oates, R.& T. Washbourne, Art & Book Company; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1911). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive. An earlier edition (Dublin, London: James Duffy, 1870) is also available at Internet Archive. The ebook may also be read online on this page and is available for email subscription through this page of Francis de Sales Catholic Church. [This work is the 6th volume of Abbot Guéranger’s monumental 15-volume series, The Liturgical Year. The series was republished with the Jubilee Year 2000 Limited Edition of the 15-volume The Liturgical Year (Fitzwilliam, NH: Loreto Publications, 2000). The printed book may be purchased, singly or as part of the series, on this page of Loreto Publications, and at Angelus Press.]
On Ash Wednesday in the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.
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