Liturgical Press imprint: 386 books
You Have Set Us Free
Scriptural Reflections for Trauma Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
You Have Set Us Free helps survivors of trauma, and their family and friends, to understand the deep and long-lasting effects of their trauma. It also helps them to correlate their experiences of suffering and healing in the light of the paschal mystery of Christ. This book combines Stations of the...
Running with Expanding Heart
Meeting God in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Mary Reuter recalls how as a child taking piano lessons she often skipped practicing scales and thought her teacher would not notice. Reuter admits she never did advance to the level of a skilled pianist. But in Running with Expanding Heart readers will discover that she is well practiced, and thus...
Priesthood in Religious Life
Searching for New Ways Forward
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
This is the first book in English on priesthood in religious life to be published in twenty years. Its fourteen contributors search for new ways forward in the understanding of the distinct identity and ministry of religious men—committed to community, the prophetic lifestyle of vows or promises,...
Not By Bread Alone
Daily Reflections for Lent 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Prayerfully journey through Lent with Michelle Francl-Donnay’s fresh and meaningful reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just minutes per day, the insightful meditations of Not by Bread Alone can deepen your experience of this solemn season of prayer and penance and prepare you to participate more fully in the joy of the great Easter mystery.
Hail Mary, Holy Bible
Sacred Scripture and the Mysteries of the Rosary
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
The rosary has been at the core of Catholic devotional life for centuries. Renewing its place in our spiritual life today can be powerfully assisted by going to Sacred Scripture to focus our minds and hearts on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Mary. Hail Mary, Holy Bible...
by Carol J. Dempsey OP
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
These six prophets proclaim powerful messages about judgment and the sovereignty of God. Amos challenges hypocrisy and injustice. Hosea's marriage symbolizes the covenant between God and Israel, moving from love to separation and then reunion. Micah, Nahum, and Zephaniah condemn corrupt leadership,...
Demythologizing Celibacy
Practical Wisdom from Christian and Buddhist Monasticism
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
When St. Benedict compiled his Rule for Monasteries in the early decades of the sixth century, the Buddhist monastic code had already been in existence for about nine hundred years. Since monastic life is shaped by spiritual practices that are very similar across different religious traditions, it...
by Marci Alborghetti
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
For Christians, Advent is a time of joyous expectation, and none among God's people had a more fervent anticipation of the Messiah than the prophets. This series of daily reflections will explore how the prophets predicted and described Christ's coming and his impact on the world then and today in...
When God Was Flesh and Wild
Stories in Defense of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
When God Was Flesh and Wild is dramatic and whimsical storytelling for adults at the service of faith and justice. Artist, storyteller, and theologian Bob Haverluck offers a rollicking set of stories—together with provocative cartoons and original music—that provide poetic takes on Daniel’s...
by Jay Cormier DMin
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
The Deacon’s Ministry of the Word will offer both scriptural and theological resources, as well as strategies and approaches, for effectively communicating the word of God. The book will focus primarily on the homily—but the ideas and skills can be readily applied by deacons in any presentation in which the word of God is central, including RCIA meetings and retreat conferences.
Transcending Generations
A Field Guide to Collaboration in Parishes
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Transcending Generations is a guide for church leaders seeking to communicate and collaborate with adults of all ages—beyond generations. In this new guide to being and doing church, sociologist and culture critic Meredith Gould focuses on issues shared by people of faith, regardless of chronological...
Enduring Ministry
Toward a Lifetime of Christian Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
For many Christian leaders, the experience of ministry includes enough conflict and disappointment to soon wear off the patina of one's initial enthusiasm. And yet relief and renewal seems too often out of reach. What happens in this season of ministry is more than a matter of whether or not a Christian...
Resurrection
The Origin and Goal of the Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
At the heart of the Christian message stands the proclamation of the resurrection: the good news that God raised Jesus from the dead. In Resurrection: The Origin and Goal of the Christian Life, Frank Matera explains why the resurrection was so important to the early church and why it remains important...
by Terence J. Keegan OP
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
First and Second Timothy and Titus are designated Pastoral Letters because they deal with leadership and organizational issues of the early Christian community. Probably written after the death ofPaul, they nevertheless express what Paul himself would have and could have written to community leaders....