Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Care for the Church and Its Liturgy
A Study of Summorum Pontificum and the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
In July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum, designating two "uses" or "forms" of the Roman Rite, declaring the Missal of Paul VI to be the "ordinary form" and the 1962 Missal of John XXIII to be its "extraordinary form." On the same day, the...
The Prayers of the New Missal
A Homiletic and Catechetical Companion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
After the publication of The Roman Missal, Third Edition, much attention was given to the catechesis of the clergy and the faithful on the Order of Mass, which contains the chief theological and spiritual elements of the eucharistic celebration. In The Prayers of the New Missal, Anscar J. Chupungco...
The Worship Workshop
Creative Ways to Design Worship Together
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The Worship Workshop, rather than providing simply another manual for doing worship, offers instead an interactive workshop that helps worship teams develop more meaningful and memorable worship for the congregation. By combining liturgical history and the creative process, The Worship Workshop encourages...
Creative Church Handbook
Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Mobilizing and managing artists and other creatives in your congregation
Establishing structures and parameters for arts ministry
Leading and supporting staff and church members in creative changes
Enhancing the worship service
Adding creative elements to your sermons
Engaging the broader community
Imagine That
Discovering Your Unique Role as a Christian Artist
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
Why are we artists? How does God experience art? What is the artist’s calling in relation to God, the church, and the world?
Drawing from his experiences performing Mozart, playing “dive bars", and leading worship and the arts in the church, author Manuel Luz seeks to answer the...
by Hayes Press
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The closing words of the Lord Jesus to the eleven disciples on are all-important for all time.
‘And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of...
Way of the Cross
Uniting Our Sufferings to Christ
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
This Way of the Cross provides sensitive and thoughtful meditations on the extent of Christ’s sufferings. A prayerful and centuries-old devotion, it encourages us to learn the lessons of Jesus’ Passion, and like him, find our peace in the Father’s will. On this journey with Christ on his Calvary,...
Way Ahead
Grown-up Christians
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006
This is a book for anyone who cares about where the church is heading. Will the Christian church live or die? Perhaps it will live - if it has the courage and humility to take Ian Fraser's inclusive message to heart. '... challenges all people of God to see
Christ's Gift, Our Response
Martin Luther and Louis-Marie Chauvet on the Connection between Sacraments and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Sacramental theology has often been a challenging area of conversation between Catholics and Protestants. In Christ’s Gift, Our Response, Benjamin Durheim envisions a collaborative way forward, forging a conversation between two contemporary approaches to the connection between sacraments and ethics.
Drawing...
Icons and the Liturgy, East and West
History, Theology, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Icons and the Liturgy, East and West: History, Theology, and Culture is a collection of nine essays developed from papers presented at the 2013 Huffington Ecumenical Institute’s symposium “Icons and Images,” the first of a three-part series on the history and future of liturgical arts in Catholic...
by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Harry Emerson Fosdick was one of the most popular liberal preachers of the early twentieth century, and his The Meaning of Prayer is considered by many one of the finest studies of the meditative communion with God. This lovely little book features daily devotional readings focused on understanding...
by Reverend Lawrence L. Blankenship
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Reverend Lawrence L. Blankenship has created a new book offering a fresh look at one of the most imnportant, and controversial works for men and women to study. The Laws of God and The Laws of The State Vol. 2. NOTE: If We Obey The Laws of God, Well Not Dis-obey The Laws of The State. The Laws of...
by Nicole James Rubio
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
The book of Proverbs has always been the book described as the book of wisdom. The book of the wise. Yet, even though it exists within the pages of the Holy Bible, this book of wisdom is not a religion, but rather life, strength, health and vitality.
The book of Proverbs is a book that is...
The Way of the Rose
The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary?
When a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, not only were they disinterested in becoming Catholic, they were finished with institutional...