Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Majesty
God Enthroned in Our Worship
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
The Father doesn’t need our praise. So why does He prescribe worship as a daily activity? As Jack Hayford reveals, God graces His people with worship as a gift. When we enter into His presence, worship fulfills our spiritual needs as nothing else can. As we recognize and acknowledge God’s holiness,...
by Bernhard Koch
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2019
There are times in life when we would like to moan. But God says, he will give us the victory in Christ – always (2. Corinthians 2:14).
Let yourself be guided on the way to follow Jesus from your heart. This way will lead you from weakness to strength. Even in dry times your heart will be strong. And the vale of tears
will be transformed in to a place of blessing!
Sunday Mass Readings
The thinking behind the Lectionary
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The three-year cycle of Sunday Mass readings is acknowledged to be one of the greatest successes of the Catholic Church's Liturgical reforms after Vatican II and is being used more and more even by non-Catholic congregations. This ebook explains how the cycle for ordinary time works, how it came about, and how to get the most out of the readings at Mass week by week.
The Eucharist
A Bible Study Guide for Catholics
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
"They devoted themselves to the teachings of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers" -- Acts 2:42It is called the "source and summit" of our Catholic faith - The Holy Eucharist. But do we really understand its true meaning? In Fr. Mitch Pacwa's The...
A Time of Fulfillment
Spiritual Reflections for Advent and Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Allow the mystery of Advent and Christmas to touch and transform you. In A Time of Fulfillment: Spiritual Reflections for Advent and Christmas, Anselm Grün brings fresh meaning to the traditional texts of the season and encourages you to experience the deep peace promised by this holy time of year.
Starting...
by James J. Bacik
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Offers a historical survey of the influence of theology on spirituality, followed by commentaries on practical links between spirituality and theology.
Engaging with God
A Biblical Theology of Worship
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Worship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. Can we get behind the question of what style of worship we should engage in to understand the bedrock foundation for God's people--honoring him as he desires? Is the dissatisfaction with worship voiced...
by William H. Willimon
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1982
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1982
Demonstrates how worship and pastoral care can be blended to sustain and enrich each other.
Using insights gained from pastoral care and pastoral psychology, William H. Willimon explores what happens to people when they become involved in Christian worship. True pastoral care, he shows, cannot...
With My Eyes On Jesus
Lenten Meditations on the Dying Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Jesus invited his disciples to be with him in Gethsemane as he struggled with his own hour of death. These Lenten devotions are intended to help us do just that: to be with Jesus in his hour(s) facing dying--not just as observers, but as fellow mortals, with all of our own fears and anxieties. The...
Messianic Jews and their Holiday Practice
History, Analysis and Gentile Christian Interest
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew Christians in the 19th century against «Christian assimilation». From the 1970s onwards, a new generation...
Theology as Retrieval
Receiving the Past, Renewing the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Theology as Retrieval
Becoming the Psalms
A Spirituality of Singing and Praying the Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Cantors throughout the United States and elsewhere have long known Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, as a reliable teacher and mentor in how they understand and practice their important ministry. In Becoming the Psalms, she explores the spirituality of the psalms, a spirituality that shaped God’s people...
Une messe ? Qu'est-ce que j'y ferais ?
Origine, fondamentaux et finalité
Language: French
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Une réflexion passionnante sur le rôle de la messe, que l'on soit croyant ou non.
Une messe ? Qu'est-ce que j'y ferais ? Ce titre interpelle et pose une question à laquelle il n'est pas évident d'apporter une réponse.
Si les fidèles assistent à la messe régulièrement, les autres –...
by José Reina
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 7, 2017
¿Siguen vigentes en nuestros días los cinco dones ministeriales: apóstoles, profetas, evangelistas, pastores y maestros? ¿Por qué Jesús otorgó estos dones ministeriales a Su iglesia?Hay en el mundo cristiano interpretaciones teológicas desencontradas. Tradicionales y liberales, ambos parecen...