Update your Missal to 2040AD with this handy fold-out chart designed to fit into your Missal. Shows the dates for Easter, Ash Wednesday, Ascension, Corpus Christi, Septuagesima, First Sunday of Advent, Pentecost and the number of Sundays after Pentecost. Contains: Prayers after Low Mass, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, Angelus, Regina Coeli, Salve Regina, and Prayer to St. Michael the …

Adrienne Von Speyr This meditation on the Mass by the mystic Von Speyr contains many penetrating insights, particularly about the nature of the Mass as sacrifice—of Christ, of his priest, and of every believer united in and with the entire Church—expressed with a poetic layering of concepts and images that is at once complex and lucid, dense and transparent. The meditation rewards the …

Rev. Thomas J. Donaghy A digest of the most important Catholic beliefs, the most popular Catholic prayers, and the most prominent Catholic practices.  It is completely indexed to the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.  This book will help readers apply their faith in their everyday lives.  Printed in two colors. Contents Part I. Principal Beliefs Part II. Popular Prayers Part …

The Eastern Catholic Churches An Introduction to Their Worship and Spirituality Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J. In recent years a new interest in the Eastern Churches has emerged in the Western Churches both Catholic and Protestant. The reader of this work will find answers to such fundamental questions as "Who are Eastern Catholics?" "How did the Eastern Catholic Churches originate?" "Who are …

Celebrating the Holy Eucharist Francis Cardinal Arinze Cardinal Arinze, the greatly esteemed African churchman and head of the Vatican congregation for worship and sacraments, elucidates the Church's faith in the Eucharist as the high point of her public worship and the source and summit of Christian life. The Cardinal emphasizes that the priest is ordained, first and foremost, to celebrate …

Michael Dubruiel Encounter Christ in every celebration of the Eucharist. Nine concrete steps to help you join your own sacrifice to the sacrifice of Christ as you: S erve (Obey the command that Jesus gave to his disciples at the first Eucharist.) A dore (Put aside anything that seems to rival God in importance.) C onfess (Believe in God's power to make up for your weaknesses.) R espond (Answer …

VALUABLE FEATURES. . .  Found only in this first full-fledged Dictionary of the Liturgy that fully integrates the liturgical renewal of Vatican II and the Post-Counciliar Documents of the Liturgy. Liturgical Rites -Summarizes the main parts and gives the meaning of all rites of the Church. Holy Mass -Explains in detail every part of the Eucharistic Celebration with the aid of full color …

Hans Urs von Balthasar One sometimes wonders what relevance the speculations of theologians can have for Christians--and in particular the laity--engaged in the ordinary tasks of life. In this remarkable book we see the theological literary erudition of von Balthasar in these sermons preached over a period of several decades. The sermons are arranged according to their place in the Church's …

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 Mass is boring, incomprehensible, or alienating. Fr. Randolph goes through the Mass step by step, looking at the origin and purpose of the various elements, and relating them to the reader's …

Hans Urs von Balthasar It is not only the Catholics who attend Sunday Mass, but also the priests who preach at Mass who feel overwhelmed by the three scripture readings in which for the most part only the first from the Old Testament and the third from the Gospel have any interconnection, while the second from the apostolic letters stands by itself. This book seeks to present the common theses …

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Now in one beautiful volume! Msgr. Boylan’s acclaimed twin commentaries on Scripture readings. Inspiration for priests and ordinary Mass-goers. Considered one of the finest Scripture scholars of his day, Msgr. Patrick Boylan was best known for his popular commentaries on the Sunday Epistles and Gospels, published in two volumes in 1941. For years they were heavily employed by priests as …

By Fr. Adrian Fortescue The English classic on the historical development of the ancient Roman Mass, sometimes referred to as the "Tridentine Latin Mass". In 2002, we reprinted the 1912 edition of this fascinating book on the history of the liturgy of the Roman Church. This 2007 edition is the thrid printing.       We are proud to present this high-quality hardback …

Fr. Edward G. Maristany This book will help you to look forward to going to Mass instead of going out of reluctant duty. In the personable and straightforward style which made Call Him Father so popular, Fr. Maristany brings to light the content, meaning and purpose of the Catholic Mass. The result is an effective guide into the spirit of the Liturgy, a valuable aid to experiencing in full the …

The Word & Workshop Workbook for Year C provides formational material grounded in the Gospel of Luke, its attendant readings and the celebration of the liturgy.  After the introductory chapters, the volume provides a thorough exegesis of the three readings for each Sunday and major feast.  It suggests step-by-step ways for catechesis to guide adults in their reflections on the …

A Dictionary of the Psalter - Containing the Vocabulary of the Psalms, Hymns, Canticles, and Miscellaneous Prayers of the Breviary Psalter By Fr. Matthew Britt, OSB This book was originally printed in 1928. We are proud to make this classical reference work available once again! Whether you pray the Psalter in the context of the Divine Office, or just like to pray the Psalms apart from the …

This handy-sized edition contains the abridged version of the Rites of Anointing and Viaticum in both English and Spanish for personal use. Includes a convenient edge-marking index.

The Pope, the Council, and the Mass, the definitive response to “Traditionalist” Catholics when first published in 1981, has been updated to include the developments from the time of the first publication up to, and including, the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. In addressing the concerns raised by the followers of the late Archbishop Lefebvre and other …

James Conniff "The candles are lighted now, Mass is about to begin.  With at least one altar boy to serve him, our priest appears carrying his veiled chalice, the gold-lined cup that will, in the next half hour, contain the Blood of Christ, Who is God..." - So starts this tremendous book.  And it goes on to explain every detail of the precious Mass in easy to read and understand …