Liturgical Press: 724 books
The Celebration of Eucharist
The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Eucharistic liturgy has differed through the centuries and in different Churches. Because of these differences, it is essential that eucharistic liturgy be studied from ahistorical perspective. In The Celebration of the Eucharist, Enrico Mazza offers a thorough account of the theology of the Eucharist...
by Frederick Bauerschmidt
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
The Deacon’s Ministry of the Liturgy offers a concise and accessible introduction to the liturgical aspects of the ministry of the diaconate. The book covers not only the practical side of liturgical ministry—what the deacon does in various liturgical celebrations—but also roots of that ministry...
A Precious Fountain
Music in the Worship of an African American Catholic Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
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 liturgy and embodied theology. Our Lady of Lourdes...
Celebrating Divine Mystery
A Primer in Liturgical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Christians are identified by their participation in liturgy. In this primer, Catherine Vincie introduces readers to current liturgical theology by providing them with the foundational themes of the field. She explains that liturgy draws us into the paschal mystery of Jesus Christ, that it should create...
Handbook for Liturgical Studies, Volume II
Fundamental Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
What concepts must one have in order to understand and explain the nature and purpose, the plan and actualization, and the relational character of the liturgy? Volume 2: Fundamental Liturgy addresses this question in three parts - epistemology, celebration, and human sciences - which develop the foundational...
The Rites of Christian Initiation
Their Evolution and Interpretation Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Originally published in 1999, The Rites of Christian Initiation was haled for its clarity and comprehensiveness. Kalian McDonnell, OSB, called it the best overall treatment of Christian initiation available, and Paul Bradshaw predicted it would be the standard textbook on the subject for very many...
Understanding The Sacraments Today
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The sacraments are at the heart of our life as Catholics, the way we celebrate together our continuing conversion and encounter with God. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing, Marriage, and Holy Orders 'al are activities that require preparation to bring us to the fullness of our life...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The Spirit in Worship-Worship in the Spirit represents an essential contribution, from the field of liturgical studies, to the vibrant retrieval of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in contemporary theology. The fifteen authors of this volume are scholars and practitioners from a wide range of traditions,...
by Aidan Kavanagh OSB
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Nearly everything that theologians write on liturgy, Father Kavanagh notes, is often called liturgical theology, although on closer examination such works appear to be either dogmatic theologies about the liturgy or systematic theologies making use of liturgical data. None truly reflects how liturgy...
Beyond Pius V
Conflicting Interpretations of the Liturgical Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The reform of the liturgy is at risk, says Andrea Grillo. Recent developments have sown doubts and confusion within the church. While many authorities pay lip service to the importance of the liturgical reform that followed Vatican II and cite all the right documents, what they offer is "out...
Worship and Christian Identity
Practicing Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Worship and Christian Identity argues that sacramental and liturgical practices are the central means by which a church shapes the faith, character, and consciousness of its members. Consequently, for any church to set aside such practices as outdated or irrelevant is to set aside the means by which...
History of the Liturgy
The Major Stages
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
How great the differences between the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and a pontifical High Mass at St. Peter's in Rome! And also, between the early baptisms by immersion described in the Acts of the Apostles and the baptisms of newborns in our parishes today. Why such a change in the celebration...
Mystagogy of the Eucharist
A Resource for Faith Formation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Explore the deeper meaning of Eucharistic celebration with a highly regarded expert on liturgy. In Mystagogy of the Eucharist Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, draws on ritual actions, liturgical symbols, prayer texts, and reflective commentary to help participants in the liturgy name and reflect on the meaning...
by Michael G. Witczak
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The celebration of the sacrament of baptism underwent a major change in the years after the Second Vatican Council (1962 '65). The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revised to take into account the situation of the contemporary world by incorporating insights from the earliest centuries of...