The Origins of Feasts, Fasts, and Seasons in Early Christianity

Paul F. Bradshaw and Maxwell E. Johnson

The liturgical year is a relatively modern invention. The term itself only came into use in the late sixteenth century. In antiquity, Christians did not view the various festivals and fasts that they experienced as a unified whole. Instead, the diffe See More >>

A Challenging Reform

Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal

Archbishop Piero Marini

In these pages Archbishop Piero Marini reveals the vision, courage, and faith of the pastors and scholars who struggled to implement the Second Vatican Council’s teachings on the liturgy. While in some circles it is fashionable to propose a reform of See More >>

A Coming Christ in Advent

Raymond E. Brown, SS

Father Brown reflects here not only on those annunciations of Jesus' forthcoming birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but also on the beautiful canticles, the Magnificat and the Benedictus, and on the "origins of Jesus" as given in the first wor See More >>

A Commentary on the Order of Mass of The Roman Missal: A New English Translation

Foreword by His Eminence, Cardinal Roger Mahony Edward Foley, General Editor

A Commentary on the Order of Mass of The Roman Missal gathers the insights of some of today’s foremost English-speaking liturgical scholars to aid in understanding this most recent edition of the Order of Mass and its new English translation. Develop See More >>

A Crucified Christ in Holy Week

Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives

Raymond E. Brown, SS

This best-selling book is certain to remain in the forefront of Gospel exegesis for years to come. In it, Father Brown treats the Gospels, written thirty to sixty years after the life of Christ, as reflecting considerable theological and dramatic dev See More >>

A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century

Eric Palazzo; Madeleine Beaumont, Translator

The history of liturgy and liturgical books is of interest not only for theologians and liturgists but also for historians, art historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and researchers in religious sciences. This work meets the interdisciplinary See More >>

A Holy and Living Sacrifice

The Eucharist in Christian Perspective

Ernest R. Falardeau, SSS

Because the Eucharist is the Lord's Supper given to his Church "for a remembrance of me," it gives life to the world. A Holy and Living Sacrifice, a spiritual theology, explores the rich insights of recent ecumenical, theological, and liturgical stud See More >>

A Liturgist's Guide to Inclusive Language

Ronald D. Witherup, SS

Inclusive language is an explosive issue. It is also an issue that every parish must face. This small volume sets aside extreme stances and instead presents the rationale behind inclusive language and rational guidelines for responsible implementatio See More >>

A Lyrical Vision

The Music Documents of the US Bishops

Edward Foley, Capuchin

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 conten See More >>

A Lyrical Vision

The Music Documents of the US Bishops

Edward Foley, Capuchin

In a robust and engaging manner, David Bohr offers us a thorough review and timely reanalysis of the Catholic diocesan priesthood. Biblical, historical, and sacramental voices dialogue with the relevant documents of the Second Vatican Council, other See More >>

A Ministry of Consolation

Involving Your Parish in the Order of Christian Funerals

Mary Alice Piil, CSJ, Joseph DeGrocco, and Rose Mary Cover

The death of a member of the Church provides the entire Christian community the opportunity to express care and concern toward those who mourn. Outreach at the time of death brings comfort to those in mourning, evangelizes those who have been away fr See More >>

A Precious Fountain

Music in the Worship of an African American Catholic Community

Mary E. McGann, RSCJ

A Precious Fountain is a work of liturgical ethnography that probes the rich liturgical life of one worshiping community whose roots and practices are at once Black and Catholic, using music as a primary lens through which to explore the community's See More >>

A Shorter Morning and Evening Prayer

The Psalter of the Liturgy of the Hours

This pocket companion contains the complete four-week Psalter, sufficient material from the Proper of Seasons to allow for seasonal variations, and texts from selected feasts and solemnities. Lay people especially will be interested in this introduct See More >>

A Story of the Psalms

Conversation, Canon, and Congregation

V. Steven Parrish

In A Story of the Psalms, V. Steven Parrish relates the book of Psalms and pastoral ministry and sets together recent developments in reading Psalms and current studies of largely North American congregations. In relating Israel's story of emergence, See More >>

A Struggle for Holy Ground

Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure

Michael Weldon, OFM

The consolidation and closure of parishes across the United States has become a fact of contemporary Catholic life. Responding to such an event is often traumatic. How do lay leaders allow their parish to heal when an approved ritual format does not See More >>