Liturgical Press imprint: 386 books
Three Great Days
Preparing the Liturgies of the Paschal Triduum
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
As the summit of the church’s liturgical year, the Paschal Triduum requires the energy, time, and talents of many people within the parish community. In Three Great Days, Jeremy Helmes draws on rubrics, liturgical theology, the church’s tradition, and plenty of lived experience to offer a sound...
Preaching in the Sunday Assembly
A Pastoral Commentary on Fulfilled in Your Hearing
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
What should preachers aim for in Sunday preaching? In 1982, the USCCB document Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly answered this question. Here, in a pastoral commentary on Fulfilled in Your Hearing, several Catholic scholars in homiletics, liturgy, and biblical studies both...
New Collegeville Bible Commentary
New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Concise and accessible, this one-volume edition of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament allows readers to explore any or all of the books with just one resource alongside their Bibles. The individual commentaries collected here are written by respected scholars, and they break open...
The Spiritual Meaning of the Liturgy
School of Prayer, Source of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
“I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whether believers live from the liturgy they celebrate.”With these few words Goffredo Boselli captures the essence of this present work.
Believers...
by Frederick Bauerschmidt
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
The Deacon’s Ministry of the Liturgy offers a concise and accessible introduction to the liturgical aspects of the ministry of the diaconate. The book covers not only the practical side of liturgical ministry—what the deacon does in various liturgical celebrations—but also roots of that ministry...
Understanding The Sacraments Today
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The sacraments are at the heart of our life as Catholics, the way we celebrate together our continuing conversion and encounter with God. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing, Marriage, and Holy Orders 'al are activities that require preparation to bring us to the fullness of our life...
History of the Liturgy
The Major Stages
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
How great the differences between the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and a pontifical High Mass at St. Peter's in Rome! And also, between the early baptisms by immersion described in the Acts of the Apostles and the baptisms of newborns in our parishes today. Why such a change in the celebration...
Mystagogy of the Eucharist
A Resource for Faith Formation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Explore the deeper meaning of Eucharistic celebration with a highly regarded expert on liturgy. In Mystagogy of the Eucharist Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, draws on ritual actions, liturgical symbols, prayer texts, and reflective commentary to help participants in the liturgy name and reflect on the meaning...
by Michael G. Witczak
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The celebration of the sacrament of baptism underwent a major change in the years after the Second Vatican Council (1962 '65). The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revised to take into account the situation of the contemporary world by incorporating insights from the earliest centuries of...
A Lyrical Vision
The Musical Documents of the US Bishops
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The publication of the US Bishops' document on music in the liturgy, Sing to the Lord (2007), has prompted Edward Foley to review the overall contribution of the Bishops to liturgical music since Vatican Council II. He explores the history and content of the US Bishops’ three previous statements...
One Love
A Pastoral Guide to The Order of Celebrating Matrimony
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The publication of the second edition of The Order of Celebrating Matrimony provides new liturgical and pastoral opportunities for presiders and parishes. In One Love, Fr. Paul Turner—one of the most reliable experts in Catholic liturgy today—provides sound guidance and instruction on the rite....
Liturgy and the New Evangelization
Practicing the Art of Self-Giving Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
In Liturgy and the New Evangelization, Timothy O’Malley provides a liturgical foundation to the church’s New Evangelization. He examines questions pastoral ministers must treat in order to foster the renewal of humanity that the New Evangelization seeks to promote. Drawing on narrative, as well...
The Word on the Street, Year C
Sunday Lectionary Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where people live: in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader world. This Lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the liturgical year will help readers understand the Bible in light of their daily lives, experiences, and challenges...
The Word on the Street, Year A
Sunday Lectionary Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where people live, in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader world. This lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the liturgical year offers readers a way in which the Bible can speak to them in light of their lives today.
John...