Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
The Hadith
The Sunna of Mohammed
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
The Hadith The Koran repeatedly commands every Muslim to follow the perfect example of Mohammed's life. His actions and words are called the Sunna. The Sunna is found in the Traditions of Mohammed called the Hadith. A Muslim is far more governed by the Hadith than the Koran. The Hadith give us fascinating...
The Mass
The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
An insightful and practical exploration of Catholicism’s most sacred tradition.
The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition is an engaging and authoritative guide to Catholicism’s most distinctive practice. And now, with the Church introducing revised language for the Mass, Catholics...
by Maria Montessori
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The Mass Explained to Children presents the beauty, depth, and simplicity of the traditional Latin Mass, helping to make it easily understandable for any and every child. With acute sensitivity to the purity and clarity of a child’s mind and soul, Maria Montessori wisely instructs in how to prepare...
Reconciliation
Celebrating Gods Healing Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Here is a practical, pastoral book for all Catholic Christians--laity as well as clergy--to foster renewed understanding and practive of the sacrement of reconciliation. The most thorough and informative handbook of its kind, Reconciliation is at once informative, intstructive, and pastorally sound.
The...
Celebrating the Mass
A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1999
Father McBride extends to all an earnest invitation to know and love the Mass more deeply. The Catechism calls the Eucharist "the heart and summit of the Church's life" (1407). Certainly we are called to participate as fully and enthusiastically as possible. Along with the official texts of...
The Special Service Worship Architect
Blueprints for Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, Holy Communion, and Other Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This book takes the principles found in Constance Cherry's successful The Worship Architect--in which she provided dynamic blueprints for designing worship services--and applies them to special services in the life of the church. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, offers theological reflection,...
How We Worship
The Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Hours
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
If you are new to the Catholic faith or if you are experienced in it, if you are curious about Catholic worship or if you've grown too used to it, it is time for you to read this book.
Rev. Paul Turner, author, pastor, and liturgist
Archdiocese of Kansas City, Missouri
Many people have not...
Gateways to God
Celebrating the Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Grace for Daily LivingTheologian Fr. Robert Hater explores the manifold ways sacraments work as gateways that lead us to encounters with God. All creation is sacramental because it is the gateway that reveals God's presence in the universe. Jesus described Himself as the gate to salvation and...
Silence
A Christian History
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity
We live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid...
Animating Liturgy
The Dynamics of Worship and the Human Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Liturgy forms both individuals and the community in the faith and life of the Christian gospel. Animating Liturgy invites you to consider the liturgical offering which stands at the heart of the Christian faith. It brings together essays by liturgist Stephen Platten which take us in three main directions:
the...
Dialogue de Timothée et Aquila
Dispute entre un juif et un chrétien
Language: French
Release Date: January 16, 2017
La polémique religieuse représente une page importante dans l’histoire des relations entre juifs et chrétiens. L’Antiquité en a laissé de nombreux témoignages littéraires, dont des dialogues mettant aux prises un juif et un chrétien. Ces textes se présentent en général comme des comptesrendus...
Oberammergau
The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The Bavarian village of Oberammergau has staged the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ nearly every decade since 1634. Each production of the Passion Play attracts hundreds of thousands, many drawn by the spiritual benefits it promises. Yet Hitler called it a convincing portrayal of the...
by Darussalam Publishers, Muhammad al-Areefi
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
In recent times, things have become very confusing and we have begun to see in bookstores and on websites speculation about future events, based on verses and hadeeths, which refer to these future events concerning the signs of the Hour. Every time a calamity befalls Islam and the Muslims, people...
by NETLANCERS INC
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Collection Of Buddhism Volume 1
"Buddhism has always been fond of parables and many of these were used by the Buddha himself. He taught by parables, 'for men of good understanding will readily enough catch the meaning of what is taught under the shape of a parable.'" Let us read these...