Reading schedule and link roundup for The Friendship of Christ.

As I mentioned in my last post, MrsDarwin (of DarwinCatholic) and I will be hosting a read-along/blog-along of The Friendship of Christ by Robert Hugh Benson starting January 4.   Follow along here and at DarwinCatholic; leave either of us a comment or send an email to be added to a Facebook group; write your own posts and be added to the roundup of links.  

This "housekeeping" post contains the tentative reading schedule and, I hope, will eventually contain a roundup of links.

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We're going to strive for two short (10 pages or less) readings per week, with a couple of exceptions.  The date of each entry is the target date to do the reading and have an informal discussion.   After each reading, MrsDarwin or I will strive to put up a blog post by the next day, taking it in turns.  I'll link to them here; anyone else who wants to put one up, leave me a link.

Part I begins right away:

• Monday, Jan. 4:  Ch1,  "The Friendship of Christ (General)" – me
• Thursday, Jan. 7:  Ch2, "The Friendship of Christ (Interior)"– Cat
• Monday, Jan. 11:  Ch3, "The Purgative Way" – me  
  • Additional commentary on "The Purgative Way"– Cat
• Thursday, Jan. 14: Ch4, "The Illuminative Way"– Cat

After taking a day off to allow for those who will take a long weekend in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., we continue with Part II:

• Thursday, Jan. 21:  Ch5, "Christ in the Eucharist" – me
  • Additional commentary on "Christ in the Eucharist" – Cat
• Monday, Jan. 25:  Ch6, "Christ in the Church" – Cat
• Thursday, Jan. 28:  Ch7, "Christ in the Priest" - me
• Monday, Feb. 1:  Ch8, "Christ in the Saint" – Cat
• Thursday, Feb. 4:  Catch-up day or open thread.
• Monday, Feb. 8:  Ch9, "Christ in the Sinner" – me; also see this treated in the next post…
• Thursday, Feb. 11:  Ch10, "Christ in the Average Man" – Cat
• Monday, Feb. 15:  Ch11, "Christ in the Sufferer"  -me

February 17 is Ash Wednesday, so we will not do a second reading that week.  We will then begin Part III. 

Note that Chapter 12, "Christ Our Friend Crucified" is an extended meditation on the Seven Last Words from the Cross, which we'll break into four pieces:  I, II-III, IV-V, and VI-VII.  Page numbers listed below are from the paperback.

• Monday, Feb. 22:  12.I. "Father, forgive them," pp. 97-104  -Cat
• Thursday Feb. 25, pp. 104-113:
  • 12.II. "This day thou shalt be with me"   – Cat
  • 12.III. "Behold thy Mother" – me
• Monday, Mar. 1, pp. 113-122: 
  • 12. IV. "My God, My God"  – me
  • 12. V. "I thirst"  -Cat
• Thursday, Mar. 4, pp. 122-130: 
  • 12.VI "It is finished" -Cat
  • 12.VII. "Father, into Your hands" -me
• Monday, Mar. 8:  Ch13, "Christ Our Friend Vindicated" - Cat

Bookmark this page for links as we go.