Ritual & Practices 100

La liturgia è stata al centro del dibattito ecclesiale degli ultimi decenni, per via dei vari cambiamenti che si sono succeduti dopo il Concilio Vaticano II, la cosiddetta riforma liturgica che in r……続きを見る

At life’s many crossroads, the sacraments of the ChurchーBaptism, Confirmation, Confession, Holy Eucharist, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sickーbring people into contact with the savi……続きを見る

The Eucharist goes back to the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples. It is based on the prayer of thanksgiving that Jesus pronounced over the bread and wine at that meal. "Eucharist" means thanks……続きを見る

Amid a frantic pace of life that often leaves us feeling disconnected and ungrounded, Receiving This Life helps the reader engage with life and become attuned to their belonging to God and each othe……続きを見る

A range of apocryphal and pseudepigraphic texts from Late Antiquity points to the importance of Sunday as a holiday for baptized Christians. First and foremost is the so-called Letter from Heaven, w……続きを見る

God is literally indescribable: "not-able-to-be-written-down". How can we do dogmatics when there is an absolute difference between the Creator and the creature? How dare we say anything about God w……続きを見る

Romano Guardini's The Spirit of the Liturgy "helped us to rediscover the liturgy in all its beauty, hidden wealth, and time-transcending grandeur, to see it as the animating center of the Church, th……続きを見る

This volume of the Connections Worship Companion series offers complete liturgiesーfrom the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in betweenーfor all worshi……続きを見る

A desire to provide pastoral care and guidance in the wake of the isolation experienced during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and a love of Scripture have come together in this second collec……続きを見る

The Second Vatican Council says, "We ought to try to discover a new reverence for the Eucharistic mystery. Something is happening that is greater than anything we can do. The liturgy is the summit t……続きを見る

Are liturgy and prayer important in an age of political crisis and the technological manipulation of human life? Yes, declares Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Genuine worship of God involve……続きを見る

The celebration of the Eucharist, in which Jesus Christ becomes present, is the center of the Catholic faith. This volume brings together substantive texts of the Holy Father on the many aspects and……続きを見る

Foreword by Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia, O.P., Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments The Roman Canon, also known as the First Eucharistic Prayer, h……続きを見る

Distractions, fatigue, boredom at Sunday worship-maybe we experience these because we don't fully appreciate what's going on at Mass. Howard's profound and practical look at the liturgy focuses our ……続きを見る

Should we hold hands during the "Our Father"? Is liturgical dancing OK? Should the priest say "Good morning" at Mass? And what about those water lillies sprouting in our new font? Msgr. Peter Elliot……続きを見る

In accessible and lively prose, this book explains the ceremonies of the Catholic Mass and their meaning for lay people, including the young. It is designed to meet the widespread complaint that the……続きを見る

Nichols assesses the liturgical reform from the three converging viewpoints of a historian, sociologist and cultural critic, pinpointing areas that need to be addressed. 続きを見る

Attesté dès le XIe siècle, le sanctuaire des Gardes, près de Chemillé (Maine et Loire) avait disparu. Au XVe siècle, il retrouve sa magnificence grâce à un bœuf découvrant une statue de la Vierge. C……続きを見る

Viviamo in un tempo di grandi sconvolgimenti, un tempo in cui dobbiamo affrontare una pandemia, guerre, crisi energetiche. Ci sembra di non aver vissuto mai tempi così difficili e cerchiamo di immag……続きを見る

Fr. Francis Randolph presents a very positive and practical understanding of the immense value of the sacrament of confession for the modern Catholic. Father Randolph helps the reader to see how the……続きを見る

"The Sacred Liturgy is not a hobby for specialists. It is central to all our endeavors as disciples of Jesus Christ. This profound reality cannot be over emphasized. We must recognize the primacy of……続きを見る

Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Marc Ouellet-considered by many to have been a top candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI-gives his thoughts on the Council and ……続きを見る

The Second Vatican Council praised the Church's rich patrimony of sacred music and called for its continued liturgical use, with "pride of place" given to Gregorian chant. The Council Fathers also a……続きを見る

Many in the Church have accepted modernity in their effort to speak to the modern world, and not nearly enough attention has been given to trying to disentangle the complex of ideas and half-formula……続きを見る

The Mass and the Saints is a work both of deep spirituality and profound insight into the glories of the Church's liturgy. It brings together passages from great spiritual writers throughout the age……続きを見る

How has the Liturgy of the Roman rite developed and changed in history before and after the Council of Trent? What principles have determined the boundaries of legitimate liturgical reform over the ……続きを見る

Cardinal Schoenborn, who regularly gathers the people of his diocese in the beautiful medieval cathedral of Vienna, Austria, knows how to communicate the great Christian mysteries in modern ways. He……続きを見る

This incomparable volume presents a comprehensive exploration and explanation of medieval liturgical celebrations. The reverent prayers, hymns and rubrics used in the Middle Ages are described in de……続きを見る

The Hidden Manna has become a classic on Eucharistic teaching. Now in a second edition, accompanied by a new introduction by Fr. Kenneth Baker, a new preface from the author, new material from John ……続きを見る

Crouan, the author of several studies on liturgical questions including the book The Liturgy Betrayed presents another penetrating work on the state of the Eucharistic Liturgy, the problems and erro……続きを見る