Volume I (The Sacraments and Processions) contains the complete rites for 6 of the 7 sacraments and the traditional prayers and rubrics for the various kinds of processions that fall under divine worship. Though the rite for consecrating a bishop is absent (this is found only in the Pontificale Romnaum ), however, since in special cases a priest can administer Confirmation, the Ritual does …

Fr. Weller's classic Latin-English 3-volume version of The Roman Ritual for the traditional Roman Rite is available once again!  Published originally between 1946 and 1950, it is faithfully and handsomely reprinted (all 3 volumes) in simulated leather hardbound with gold-embossing, sewn binding, a marking ribbon, and per the originals: red and black text throughout and  …

Finally back in print, this eagerly awaited volume was released June 2007!

This is a new reprint of the 1962 edition from the Sacred Congregation of Rites.

Sacramentary Revised Edition All the feasts added to the calendar up to 1994 are included in this edition of the Sacramentary, which also includes the Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children and Masses of Reconciliation, the rite for the anointing of the sick, and the revised Proper Calendar for the dioceses of the U.S. Features a gold-stamped red cover, ribbons, and tab markers. Since …

This Sacramentary is the Revised Edition which incorporates all authorized changes and additions that have appeared since the last edition was published in 1974.  It is approved for use by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Larger 14 point type. Useful, Functional Tabs for the Ordinary Includes Ribbon Markers Durable, Attractive Binding, Red imitation leather …

Revised 2004 edition of the supplement for the SACRAMENTARY that contains the texts of new Memorials and Feasts of the liturgical calendar.

  "What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too." - Pope Benedict XVI, on the Latin Missal of 1962 In the 1990s, EWTN's Mother Angelica, fed up with feminist inroads and with the wave of change that infected every aspect of Catholic life-very much including the liturgy of Holy Mass-announced that her nuns were switching back to their old religious …

This is a reprint of the 1953 edition of the Saint Joseph Daily Missal. The missal contains a long introduction explaining the parts of the Mass, the various kinds of Masses (high Mass / low Mass), the types of feasts, the stational churches of Rome, instructions on properly using the missal, vestment glossary, holy days of obligation, fasting regulations and a liturgical calendar. The missal …

A Short History of the Roman Mass . By Michael Davies. A short, authoritative, enthralling history of the Roman Mass from the Last Supper to the "Tridentine Mass" as said today. Covers Low Mass, Sacramentaries, other Western Rites, etc. Highlights the reforms of Popes St. Gregory the Great (590-604) and St. Pius V (1566-1572). Says neither "reform" produced a …

This book of Shorter Christian Prayer , which is an abbreviated version of the Liturgy of the Hours, has a maroon flexible cover with a stylized Chi Rho imprinted in the center. The pages containing the Morning and Evening Prayer for the Four Week Psalter are edged in maroon and the section containing the selected texts for the Seasons and Major Feasts of the year are edged …

Today's liturgical renewal owes a great debt to Dom Guéranger, who not only refounded the Abbey of St. Peter of Solesmes, but guided the spiritual growth that led to his monks' renowned scholarship.

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, integrating contemporary everyday experience with the knowledge passed on from tradition and the great thinkers and theologians of the church. In this volume, focusing on the beauty and power of the …

Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2009: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy Corinna Laughlin and Jennifer Kerr Breedlove   It is organized in two user-friendly sections: the Season and the Calendar . The Season section offers information regarding: • the meaning of the various liturgical seasons • the liturgical books • the liturgical environment • liturgical …

Dom Prosper Gueranger, Abbess Cecile Bruyere, Dom Paul Delatte The Abbey of Solesmes is famous above all for its Gregorian chant and the contribution it has made to the liturgical renewal that has borne fruit in the present century. It has also been at the forefront of spiritual renewal in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book presents a coherent view of the Christian life as …

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully written treatment of the "great prayer of the Church" will help readers rediscover the Liturgy in all its hidden spiritual wealth and transcendent grandeur as the very center of our Christian life. In his own foreward to the book, Cardinal Ratzinger compares …

Originally written in 1918, this profound reflection on the nature of liturgical worship still stands as a guiding light for today's renewal of worship and prayer. In poetic terms, it clarifies the underlying principles and existential implications of the belief that when Christians join in the Eucharist and other liturgical celebrations, they do so not as discrete individuals but as …

Grouped into five sections (Symbols, Simple Neums, Rhythm, Special Neums, and Modes), Square Notes clarifies the basics of Gregorian chant.  Every fundamental of chant is covered with a short explanation followed by written exercises to be done in the workbook - fill in the blank, identifying notes, writing notation, drawing rhythmic waves, and much more.