Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Missel des dimanches 2018
Lectures de l'année B
Language: French
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Toute l’année liturgique, du 3 décembre 2017 au 1er décembre 2018, en un volume : Liturgie de la messe - Prières liturgiques - Lectures bibliques tirées du nouveau Lectionnaire - Introductions - Indications pour les animateurs - « Chanter, prier, célébrer » - Calendrier liturgique - Fêtes à souhaiter - Textes pour la méditation - Prières du chrétien
Missel des Dimanches 2016
Nouvelle traduction liturgique / Année C
Language: French
Release Date: October 9, 2015
L’année liturgique 2015-2016 en un volume : Liturgie de la messe - Prières liturgiques - Lectures bibliques tirées du nouveau Lectionnaire - Introductions - Indications pour les animateurs - « Chanter, prier, célébrer » - Calendrier liturgique - Fêtes à souhaiter - Textes pour la méditation - Prières du chrétien.
Sing of Mary
Giving Voice to Marian Theology and Devotion
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Throughout the history of Christianity, Mary has been a beacon of hope to many who look to her. While Christians have always prayed to Mary, they have also sung to her in times of joy and sorrow. Sing of Mary analyzes Marian hymnody throughout Christianity—and particularly in the Roman Catholic...
Making Sense of Saints
Fascinating Facts About Relics, Patrons, Canonization and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Saint cards, statues, and medals. Saint posters, tee shirts, and costumes. Even saint apps and Facebook pages. Who are these saints and why do they matter to me? Who decided they were "saint-worthy" in the first place? Why aren't there more present day saints?Now, everything you always wanted...
God's Transforming Work
Celebrating ten years of Common Worship
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Common Worship is ten years old. In this volume, Nicholas Papadopulos gathers contributions from distinguished liturgical practitioners to assess its development and reflect upon its usage in this first decade. In a series of penetrating and thought-provoking essays, ten authors consider Common Worship's...
Three Year Banquet Worship Matters
The Lectionary for the Assembly
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2004
A Three-Way Banquet is a concise, clear, straightforward introduction to the way that Christian communities have organized their reading of scripture in worship. The Worship Matters Studies Series examines key worship issues through studies by pastors, musicians, and laypeople from throughout the...
by Grace Communion International
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
The church was originally composed of religiously observant Jews, and they kept the seventh-day Sabbath. However, within 100 years, almost all churches were meeting on Sundays. How did this change come about? These papers explore the evidence and offer hypotheses. In the 17th century, some Christians in England began observing the seventh-day Sabbath. How did that reversal come about?
Gathered and Scattered
Readings and meditations from the Iona Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Daily readings for four months from a wide range of contributors within the Iona Community, reflecting the concerns of the community. A follow-up to the best-selling This Is the Day.
The House Church Book
Rediscover the Dynamic, Organic, Relational, Viral Community Jesus Started
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
In a world where the church is being ignored, it is time to bring the church to the people, and not the people to the church, says researcher and church strategy consultant Wolfgang Simson. His book Houses that Change the World (originally published in the UK) is widely recognized as a classic of...
by Deacon James Keating
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A self-directed retreat for deacons in the Catholic Church designed to lead the deacon into silent adoration and deeper appropriation of his call from Christ to become a deacon.
by Rev Nick Donnelly
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
What can Pope Francis’ personal experience of God’s forgiveness teach us? Through his characteristically straight-talking language, we discover Pope Francis’ approach to forgiveness: God’s infinite love for us and our love for others through our forgiveness of them. The author advises us to...
Hear My Voice, O God
Functional Dimensions of Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
This study considers what Christian worship has meant to its contemporaries across the centuries. It treats different episodes in the history of the Christian Church and applies to each episode the questions:
Why did Christians go to church?
Why worship?
What happened to Christians there, substantively...
Indissolubility and the Synod of Bishops
Reflections of a Canon Lawyer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Demonstrates the need for the Synod of Bishops to address directly the meaning of indissolubility in terms of the sacramentality of marriage, moving toward a more flexible understanding of how a Christian marriage becomes absolutely indissoluble.
by John R. Mabry
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Every time the church has encountered crises, its understanding and performance of the Eucharist has shifted to help it meet that crisis. This book documents those shifts and asks the important question: what crisis is the church facting today, and how must the Eucharist change again to meet the challenge?