Liturgical Books

By Christopher J. Ferraro and Anthony Ruff

Throughout the history of the Church, Christians have consecrated time by pausing at various moments throughout the day to pray the Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office. Day after day, hour after hour, Christians unite their hearts with Christ and his Church as they pray the Divine Office. This book will assist parish communities and groups of Christians who wish to gather to pray the Liturgy of the Hours.

As part of the Preparing Parish Worship series, this book includes:

• Theological reflections on the consecration of time
• A historical overview of the development of the Liturgy of the Hours
• A walk-through of the Hours
• Answers to frequently asked questions with responses to difficult pastoral situations
• Assistance with best liturgical practices
• Inspirational and informative quotations from Scripture and Church documents

978-1-61671-512-0 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 128 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2020

By Paul Turner

With a theological and historical overview of the newly translated texts of The Order of Confirmation, this practical resource provides your parish team with a collaborative approach to catechizing about and preparing for the Confirmation liturgy. Paul Turner walks through each part of the rite, noting best practices and highlighting differences in the newly translated ritual; provides guidance selecting Scripture readings, prayer texts, and music; advice for preparing the liturgical environment; and offers suggestions for evangelization and hospitality.

978-1-61671-242-6 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 96 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2016

By Various authors including Joseph DeGrocco and Bruce T. Morrill

The process of preparing a Catholic funeral can be a healing and life-giving experience for all who are involved. This resource provides parish staffs with a thorough treatment of the various funeral rites from the first meeting with families after death through the burial. It offers pastoral guidance for collaborating with families, preparing the liturgical environment and music, selecting prayer texts, scheduling liturgical ministers, and ways for your parish to be a source of comfort, hope, and strength for mourners.

As part of the Preparing Parish Worship series, this book includes:

• Theological reflections on the importance of Sunday Mass
• Historical overview of the development of Sunday Mass
• A walk-through the Order of Mass
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• Assistance with best liturgical practices
• Inspirational and informative quotations from Scripture and Church documents

978-1-61671-291-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 176 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2017

Available in Spanish!

By Jo-Ann Metzdorff and Paul Turner

Guide for Celebrating First Communion presents a collaborative and liturgically appropriate approach for preparing Masses in which children are receiving Communion for the first time. Combining a theological and historical overview with practical advice, this guide may be used by pastors, liturgists, music directors, directors of religious education, catechists, and worship commissions to help foster the participation of children and bring them to full communion at the table of the Lord. This resource includes:

• A walk through the Mass detailing liturgical norms and acceptable practices
• Recommendations for readings and prayer texts
• Suggestions for selecting music and preparing the liturgical environment
• Ideas for scheduling liturgies, seating arrangements, processions, attire, and preparing liturgical ministers
• Strategies for dealing with difficult circumstances
• Ways the parish liturgy evangelizes
• Documentation from Church documents
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• Glossary of terms

978-1-61671-235-8 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 128 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2015

By John Thomas Lane

Praying in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass has been a part of Catholic tradition for centuries. This practice leads us to a deeper appreciation of Christ's presence in our lives and to fuller participation in the Mass. This resource traces the historical developments of this practice from the early Church through the post-Conciliar reform. Providing a theological and pastoral context for best parish practices, this book addresses the following:

• The Rite of Exposition and Benediction
• Celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours and other Eucharistic services during exposition
• The transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday
• The Corpus Christi procession
• Perpetual exposition
• Perpetual adoration
• Holy hours and Forty Hours
• Youth and exposition
• Eucharistic congresses and their significance for the parish

978-1-61671-243-3 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 112 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2015

By Rita Burns Senseman, Victoria M. Tufano, Paul Turner

This book helps parishes prepare and celebrate the rites of the Christian initiation process in ways that are appropriate to children. It also describes how to prepare children and their families for full participation in the rites. The Q&A chapter answers a range of questions.

978-1-61671-315-7 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 160 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2017

By Richard B. Hilgartner and Daniel J. Merz

Guide for Celebrating Matrimony walks through each part the revised ritual noting best practices and appropriate adaptations while providing pastoral guidance for forming and catechizing couples; ideas for leading wedding workshops, handling difficult situations, and developing parish guidelines; as well as offering suggestions for parish evangelization and hospitality.

As part of the Preparing Parish Worship series, this book includes:

• Theological reflections on the Sacrament of Matrimony
• Historical overview of the development of Marriage rituals
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• A glossary and suggestions for additional resources
• Inspirational and instructive quotations from Scripture and Church documents
• Ritually instructive photos

978-1-61671-237-2 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 128 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2015

The  Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar  implores God's blessing on the physical places to be dedicated to God for worship and celebration of the divine mysteries.

Each chapter of blessing or dedication has an introduction that gives valuable guidelines for bishops, priests, and deacons in the celebration of these solemn liturgical rites. It will also be useful for masters of ceremonies, offices of worship, and seminaries, as well as parishes that are building new churches or undergoing major renovations. The book includes the order for laying a foundation stone, rites for dedicating and blessing a church or altar, as well as for blessing a chalice and paten.

The  Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar  has an updated English translation that the Holy See approved with its confirmation  in 2017. Beginning on November 9, 2018, the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, this text becomes the required English translation for use in the United States.

In black bonded leather with a zipper close, here is the official one-volume edition of the internationally acclaimed LITURGY OF THE HOURS. This version contains the complete texts of Morning and Evening Prayer for the entire year. Includes the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Product Code: GF406G) and INSERTS FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Product Code GF406I). Additional copies of the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Product Code: GF406G) are available. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Black bonded leather with zipper closure. Special Features: Readable 10 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors. Includes Ribbon Markers. Stained Page Edging.

Here is the official one-volume edition of the internationally acclaimed LITURGY OF THE HOURS. This version contains the complete texts of Morning and Evening Prayer for the entire year. Includes the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Large Type Edition) (Product Code: GF407G) and INSERTS FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Large Type Edition). Additional copies of the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER (Large Type Edition) (Product Code: GF407G) are available. Size 5 1/2 X 8 1/4. Maroon imitation leather cover. Special Features: Large, Easy-to-Read 14 pt. Type. Same Pagination as the Regular Edition. Includes Ribbon Markers. Stained Page Edging.

The inserts for THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS, in a large-format size, include the Common Texts, texts for Solemnities and Feasts, the Invitatory Psalms, Night Prayer, and an Outline of Each Hour and the Format of the Various Offices. All inserts are now laminated. Size 5 1/4 X 8.

Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb/Rito de Benedicion de una Criatura en el Vientre Materno Bilingual. This parish resource is crafted to encourage parish prayers for the precious gift of the child in the womb and to foster respect for human life within society. The rite may be offered within the context of the Mass or outside of Mass. "We hope the use of this blessing will provide not only support and God's blessing for expectant parents and their child in the womb, but also another effective witness to the sanctity of human life from the first moment of conception"-Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond. Now available for use by dioceses in the United States. Paperback. 52 pgs.

This large-type edition follows the traditional-size edition page for page. It contains Morning and Evening Prayer from the Four-Week Psalter and selected texts for the Seasons and Major Feasts of the year. It is ideal for parish use. Size 5 1/2 X 8 1/4. Maroon imitation leather cover. Special Features: Readable 12 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors. Includes Ribbon Marker. Colored Page Edging Indicates Pages of Four-Week Psalter.

This volume contains Morning and Evening Prayer from the Four-Week Psalter and selected texts for the Seasons and Major Feasts of the year. It is ideal for parish use. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Maroon imitation leather cover. Special Features: Readable 10 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors. Colored Page Edging Indicates Pages of Four-Week Psalter. Includes Ribbon Marker.

This volume contains Morning and Evening Prayer from the Four-Week Psalter and selected texts for the Seasons and Major Feasts of the year. It is ideal for parish use. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Black bonded leather cover. Special Features: Readable 10 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors. Includes Ribbon Marker. Gilded Page Edging. Colored Page Edging Indicates Pages of Four-Week Psalter.

Arranged for Communal Participation. Edited by Rev. Victor Hoagland, C.P., this booklet contains sections from the Order of Christian Funerals Vigil for the Deceased and Rite of Committal. It also includes General Norms for Catholic Funerals. Peoples parts are set in boldface type. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Blue paperback cover.

Large Print Bonded Leather Edition. The complete set of THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS in four volumes. Leather volumes are sold only as a set. Includes the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code: GF400G) and INSERTS FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code GF400I). Additional copies of the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code: GF400G) are available. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Blue, Red, Brown and Green bonded leather covers. Special Features: Readable 14 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors. Includes Ribbon Markers. Gold-Stamped Spine with elegant gilded page edging.

The Liturgy of The Hours Vol. III: Ord. Time - Wks 1 - 17. This third volume of the official English edition of the Divine Office, for use during Weeks 1-17 of Ordinary Time, contains the translation approved by the International Committee on English in the Liturgy. Includes the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code: GF400G) and INSERTS FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code GF400I). Additional copies of the current ST. JOSEPH GUIDE FOR THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Product Code: GF400G) are available. Size 4 3/8 X 6 3/4. Brown imitation leather cover. Special Features: Readable 10 pt. Type. Printed in Two Colors . Includes Ribbon Markers. Gold-Stamped Spine. Stained Page Edging to Match Cover.

Hand sewn hardcover archival registers printed on acid free archival paper that with proper care will last indefinitely. Acid free paper is resistant to water damage and has high light fastness, this allows the pages to resist fading from exposure to sunlight over time.

The standard edition has 100 pages, 2,500 entries, 25 to a page. Regular 9"x14" size. Remey Permalife ledger, with index. Bound in green Spanish grain sides, red sturdiflex corners & back. Gold titled and tooled cover.

The Divine Office for Dodos from Catholic Book Publishing is a step-by-step guide to praying the official prayer of the Church, the Liturgy of the Hours. For those who want to pray the Liturgy of the Hours correctly and completely, The Divine Office for Dodos contains over 90 detailed lessons with questions, helpful hints, and practice sessions presented in a simple style. This book includes everything you need to know to be able to pray the Liturgy of the Hours with confidence.

Liturgical Press is proud to present The Order of Celebrating Matrimony, Second Edition, produced with the beauty, quality, and affordability our customers have come to expect. Order of Marriage

This volume features:

• an elegant, durable, and wipe-clean cover with a simple image that expresses the rich meaning of the sacrament, stamped in gold and silver;
• prayer texts set in easy-to-read, two-color type on natural, high-quality paper;
• two sturdy ribbon bookmarks;
• silver-gilded page edges that further esteem the text visually.

Details: 136 pgs, 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 Hardcover

Publication Date: 08/16/2016

Ever since the early days of the church, bereaved families and close friends have gathered together at the death of a Christian. Prayers and rituals bring comfort and consolation for those who are grieving. Planning the Catholic Funeral clearly and carefully takes the bereaved through the significant moments in the ritual for funerals by providing an overview of the funeral, as well as space to write down decisions while going through the planning process. This planning guide, written in accordance with the Order of Christian Funerals, is a valuable tool at the time of the funeral, whether the death was unexpected or planned for in advance.

Planning the Catholic Funeral is an important tool for the pastoral staff, lectors, musicians, and those who assist grieving family and friends to effectively plan ministries that celebrate the death of a Christian in a meaningful and loving way. With this book, a difficult and often confusing time is transformed into a time of pastoral liturgical care for the bereaved. Planning the Catholic Funeral allows those who are grieving, as well as those who are assisting them, to appreciate the funeral as a journey taken with the parish community.

Chapters in Planning the Catholic Funeral are Funeral Home and Parish, The Body, Scheduling the Main Funeral Liturgy, Scheduling the Funeral Vigil(Formerly 'the Wake), Visitation, Leaders/Presiders, The Funeral Vigil (with Possible Reception of the Body, Paul Bearers, Placing of the Pall, Placing of Christian Symbols, Altar Server(s), Lector(s), Selection of Scripture Readings, Homily, General Intercessions, Preparation of the Gifts, Ministers of Holy Communion, Music, Remembrance of the Deceased, The Rite of Committal, Memorabilia, Refreshment, Gathering in the Presence of the Body, Transfer of the Body to the Church or to the Place of Committal. Also includes a conclusion and appendices.

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ISBN: 978-0-8146-1524-9, 1524

Details: 48 pgs , 7 x 10 

Author: Terence P. Curley

Publication Date: 07/01/2005

The Book of the Elect is a formal record of the names of all those from the parish who have been elected for Baptism. This book is presented to the bishop at Rite of Election, which typically happens on the First Sunday of Lent. Quotations from the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults are beautifully inscribed in English on the pages of this book. Lines on which the elect can sign their names are included on each page.

This book also includes a product supplement page that explains the tradition(s) associated with the book, important theological concepts surrounding its use, and other important information. Users will receive access to an online PDF of this document for use as a bulletin insert or as a catechetical aid.

978-1-56854-795-4 | Hardcover | 9 x 12 | 128 pages | Language: English

This clear and practical introduction to Christian Prayer explains step by step how to understand and celebrate this daily prayer of the Church.

How many times have you picked up a copy of Christian Prayer only to put it down again, confused by Commons and Propers, Invitatories and Antiphons? Initially, Christian Prayer can be intimidating. Fear not, however. It's not as complicated as it may first appear.

This small booklet is designed to help you learn to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. By introducing you to its various components and explaining-step by step-how to get started, this guide offers the map for a prayer-journey that can become part of the rhythm of your daily life.

Ordination of a Bishop, of Priests, and of Deacons, Second Typical Edition,  is the definitive English text for use in the United States for the conferral of the Holy Orders of the diaconate, the priesthood, and the episcopate. It replaces both the 2003 USCCB edition and the 2011 version published in the Vox Clara €� Pontifical.  This new edition is required for use as of the First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2021.

This beautiful book presents the rites of Ordination by which ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God are constituted in the Church €� (CDWDS Decree). Revised after the Second Vatican Council, these rituals consist in the laying on of hands and the Prayer of Ordination, as well as preparatory and explanatory rites that are part of these ceremonies by ancient tradition.

A bishop, as the minister of Holy Orders, will be the primary user of this book. Cathedral parishes and diocesan worship offices will also want to order a copy for use at ordination liturgies, as well as for study and planning.

After Jesus died and rose, his disciples continued to preach: proclaiming Christ's resurrection, spreading his teachings, and recalling many facts about the life of Jesus on earth. This is how the Gospels came to be written.

This edition of The Gospels is specifically designed for children to encourage them to come to know Jesus and to foster their love of Scripture. Included are the first four books of the New Testament, written by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and selected verses from the Psalms, Isaiah, the Acts of the Apostles, and Revelation. With The Gospels, children will continue their study and meditation of God's Word.

This book is an ideal gift for children preparing for or have celebrated first Communion or confirmation, or those who are on a journey towards Christian Initiation. It includes:

• Easy-to-read text and full-page layouts to help children hone their reading skills
• Full color design to engage the reader with the text
• Embellished initial caps and numerals to help children identify the beginnings of each chapter
• Images of the evangelists and visual representations of the land and places of Jesus' time
• Scripture text from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition

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