Luther kept reading the Small Catechism every day.
It is a prayer book, a meditation book, and a life book. It keeps offering more. It is not just information. It comes to us in daily life, when we know it well, frequently think on it, and pray from it.
There are many good reading plans for growth in prayer, meditation, and living from the catechism. Here is one that is simple and realistic for a person just starting.
If you miss a day, don’t condemn yourself. The part you missed will come again next week. Today you can read the little part for this day, never mind whatever might have happened yesterday. God will bless you with wisdom without upbraiding you about yesterday. He will give liberally, generously, ungrudgingly. He will give without reproach, without criticizing, and without rebuke (James 1:5). If you ask for bread, your Father will not give you a stone (Matthew 7:9). For fish He will not give you a snake (Luke 11:11). For an egg He will not give you a scorpion (Luke 11:12).
Monday | Ten Commandments |
Tuesday | Creed |
Wednesday | Lord’s Prayer |
Thursday | Sacrament of Baptism |
Friday | Sacrament of the Altar |
Saturday | Table of Duties |
Sunday before Divine Service |
Christian Questions with Their Answers |
Sunday anytime later in the day |
Confession |
Each Morning | Morning Prayer |
Each Evening | Evening Prayer |
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