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Light in the Darkness
Preparing Better Catholic Funerals
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Although the Catholic funeral rite has not changed in the past few decades, society has. Parishes have new questions to face that their liturgical book does not consider: eulogies by family members, the final disposition of cremated remains, and the collapse of the traditional three-stage funeral...
What's the Smoke For?
And Other Burning Questions about the Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
What are Vespers? Where have the consecration bells gone? Why do some liturgical ministers vest and others don’t? Blinking sneakers on altar servers, Christmas trees in January . . . what is that all about? These are some of the candid questions that Catholics and others often wonder about the liturgy....
The Spiritual Wisdom Of The Gospels For Christian Preachers And Teachers: Feasts, Funerals, And Weddings
Following Love into Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Wisdom, wit, and Sacred Writ are the outstanding interactive hallmarks of this fourth and final volume in The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers series. In the same style and format as the first three volumes, Shea presents evocative reflections to enhance Scripture-based...
by Jeffrey Kaster
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
All church ministries are oriented toward fostering missionary discipleship. Youth ministry focuses this mission on young people. In this new book in the Collegeville Ministry series, Jeffrey Kaster explores leadership for youth ministry, Christian discipleship, conversion, the theological foundations...
Between the Ambo and the Altar
Biblical Preaching and the Roman Missal, Year C
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
The publication of The Roman Missal, Third Edition offers an opportunity for homilists to explore the relationship between the Sunday readings and the new Roman Missal. Between the Ambo and the Altar is the final book (Year C) in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching...
Between the Ambo and the Altar
Biblical Preaching and The Roman Missal, Year A
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The publication of The Roman Missal, Third Edition offers an opportunity for homilists to explore the relationship between the Sunday readings and the new Roman Missal. Between the Ambo and the Altar is the first book (Year A) in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching...
Between the Ambo and the Altar
Biblical Preaching and The Roman Missal, Year B
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
The publication of The Roman Missal, Third Edition offers an opportunity for homilists to explore the relationship between the Sunday readings and the new Roman Missal. Between the Ambo and the Altar is the second book (Year B) in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching...
Scripture in the Parish
A Guide for Catholic Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
As a parish leader, you get questions all the time about God's word. You don't have to be a Scripture scholar to answer questions about the Bible. With Scripture in the Parish: A Guide for Catholic Ministry, you will be able to confidently reply to the inquiries about the Bible you are likely to hear.
This...
Rites of Passage
Preaching Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Rites of Passage is a much-needed, practical homiletic resource for priests and deacons who preach Christian baptisms, weddings, and funerals. The three authors, a religious priest, a diocesan priest, and a permanent deacon, draw from the scriptural and liturgical resources available to the preacher...
In the Mystery's Shadow
Reflections on Caring for the Elderly and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
As our lifespans continue to grow longer, millions of people every year spend time caring for the elderly and dying—some as professionals, some as volunteers, and some through their loving but demanding care for parents, spouses, or other family members or friends.
In her book In the Mystery’s...
Chalice of God
A Systematic Theology in Outline
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Over the course of a distinguished theological career, Aidan Nichols has produced an array of masterful contributions to the fields of systematic theology, ecclesiology, theological aesthetics, ecumenism, liturgy, and Scripture. Now, inChalice of God, he attempts to synthesize a lifetime of research,...
Still Hungry at the Feast
Eucharistic Justice in the Midst of Affliction
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
In Still Hungry at the Feast, Episcopal priest and professor Samuel Torvend invites readers to expand their experience and understanding of the Mass, the Holy Eucharist, as more than a personal encounter with the risen Christ. Drawing on recent Jesus research, the long history of eucharistic reflection...
by Waldemar Turek
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
“Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new,” prayed Saint Augustine. He searched long and passionately so, moving through various philosophies like a lost sheep. In the end, however, he discovered that God is near, within himself, in the depths of his soul. Augustine’s Confessions...
Rehearsing God's Just Kingdom
The Eucharistic Vision of Mark Searle
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
In the course of a teaching and writing career cut too short, Mark Searle (1941-1992) provided a worthy contribution to the study of liturgy. The breadth of his liturgical interests and his desire to integrate a wide range of academic areas with the study of liturgy mark this scholar as a gifted thinker...