The first Benedictine Book of Song was published to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Saints Benedict and Scholastica. The welcome reception of that edition prompted the editors to issue a second call for material for a similar book.

This second book of sacred music, mainly by Benedictine composers and authors, contains 90 hymns (seven of them in Spanish), three litanies, four complete Masses, and thirty-four additional acclamations, Alleluias, Amens, etc., for use during Mass. Thirty-one contributors are represented in this collection.