In the traditional Lectionary, there is no three-year A-B-C cycle, and those who attend the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite or any of the Eastern Rites hear the same readings in the same order every Lent, just as their forebears did from the fourth century on. That builds among the faithful a comforting familiarity with those readings, and I came, in our 20-plus years at an Extraordinary Form oratory, to look forward to particular selections, which always seemed to arrive at just the point in Lent when I needed them most.
No guarantees: Why parents must pray like St. Monica →
We can learn from the example of St. Monica and pray — not just that a child may come back to the Faith, but that he or she may never lose her love for the gift she has been given.