Easter/Lent Books

A Light for My Path: Praying the Psalms on the Way of the Cross, Leader's Guide by Michael Ruzicki

Filled with practical advice for staging, preparing, and rehearsing the Stations of the Cross service, this Leader's Guide also offers tools for spiritual preparation and mystagogical reflection. Included on the CD-ROM are materials for promoting the service in your parish community through personalized invitations, pre-designed bulletin inserts, and a promotional video for your parish website. For those communities that may be interested in hosting a retreat centered on the Stations of the Cross, the Leader's Guide offers reflection questions, invitation flyers, and ideas for planning and hospitality. Music ministers will find this resource especially helpful as it includes sheet music for keyboard, guitar, C instrument, cantor, and SAB choir, along with recordings of the music for reference and rehearsal purposes.

The CD-ROM includes:

• Invitation flyers for your parish community
• Promotional video for your parish website
• Bulletin inserts to promote your service as a parish retreat, a single prayer service, or an opportunity to pray with other faith communities
• Invitation letters to involve your liturgical ministers and those in neighboring parish communities Catechesis and Formation
• Bulletin inserts reflecting on The Stations in History, the art in this book, and why we pray the Stations of the Cross
• Suggestions and ideas for praying the Stations of the Cross at home
• Reflection questions to encourage mystagogical reflection
• Order of Service
• Sheet music for cantor; soprano, alto, and baritone choir; guitar; keyboard; and C instrument
• Recordings of the Music ¦And much more!

978-1-61671-191-7 | Saddlestitched | 8 1/2 x 11 | 96 pages | Language: English

Bible Stories for the Forty Days by Melissa Musick Nussbaum

This delightful book contains a wonderfully told story from the Bible for each day of Lent. Parents and teachers can read this book with very young children; older children will make it their own. Stories from both the Old and New Testaments bring to life characters we all need to know, from Adam and Eve and Noah to patriarchs, matriarchs, liberators, judges, and prophets. Also included are often overlooked stories of heroic women. When a story is read each day, the characters take us through the 40 days of Lent and toward the celebration of Easter each year. Children (and adults) will love these stories so much you'll want to keep this book out all year long.

978-1-56854-179-2 | Paperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | 96 pages | Language: English

Art by Laura James.

Laura James, whose arresting, colorful art appears in LTP's beautiful ritual book, the Book of the Gospels, has created a brilliant, lively image of the three Marys at the empty tomb on the first Easter morning. Based on the early Christian Ethiopian art style, Laura James's work conveys the events of scripture through figures that are both decorative and reverent. This poster will bring the joy and drama of Easter into any room where it is displayed.

814805010191 | Poster | 22 x 17

A Triduum Sourcebook compiled by Joan Halmo and J. Frank Henderson

A Triduum Sourcebook presents the scripture readings and prayers of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday, along with a treasury of hymns, poetry, homilies, and reflections gathered from contemporary and ancient sources.

TRIDR | 978-1-56854-099-3 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 560 pages | Language: English

An Easter Sourcebook: The Fifty Days compiled by Gabe Huck, Gail Ramshaw, and Gordon Lathrop

A prayer guide and rich literary resource for neophytes, godparents, teachers, homilists, liturgists, and all who want to discover the beauty of Eastertime.

9780930467760 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 184 pages | Language: English

Introduction to Lent and Eastertime by Gabe Huck

How often have you tried to explain what Lent and Eastertime mean to the life of the Church? Now you can expand the understanding, participation, and devotion of your community with this small booklet. Affordable pricing allows you to purchase copies for study groups, catechumens, liturgical ministers, or the whole parish.

978-0-93046-772-2 | Paperback | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | 16 pages | Language: English

A Lent Sourcebook compiled by J. Robert Baker, Evelyn Kaehler, Peter Mazar

Over 1,000 entries accompany the reader on the journey through Lent. You'll find selections about conversion, repentance, renewal, rebirth, mystery, and eternity.

978-0-92965-036-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 492 pages | Language: English

Here, John the Apostle is shown as the comforting disciple. He is a perfect piece to include in the Crucifixion scene. All Fontanini pieces are made of resin and come in a gift box for easy storage. Story cards explaining each figure's role in the nativity scene are also included.