Liturgy and Lector Resource

978-1-61671-757-5 | Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 272 pages | Language: English

Children's Liturgy of the Word 2024-2025 enables teachers and catechists to confidently lead children through the Liturgy of the Word.

Each liturgy guide offers:

• An overview of the season
• Weekly guides for leading and preparing the liturgy
• Suggestions for the liturgical environment
• Weekly Scripture citations and commentary on all three readings and the responsorial psalm
• Weekly Scriptural connections to Church teaching and tradition
• Weekly reflections for the children's Liturgy of the Word

Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 368 pages | Language: English

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 (Guide for Celebrating Liturgy of the Hours). Children's Daily Prayer is a form of the Liturgy of the Hours, adapted for children. It helps to guide children in a daily service of communal prayer that follows the pattern of the Church's Morning Prayer.

The heart of this annual resource is a simple order of prayer for each day or week that can be easily led by a student. Designed to fit seamlessly into your day, the entire prayer service takes no more than five to eight minutes. Daily Scripture texts have been carefully selected to help children walk through the Bible and become familiar with the great stories and themes of Salvation History.

Children's Daily Prayer 2024 through 2025 includes:

• An order of prayer for each day and week of the school year from August, 2024 June, 2025
• Prayer services, suitable for classroom or large gatherings, for solemnities, feasts, and other special occasions
• An About the Season section explaining each liturgical time, its character, and how to create conducive prayer environments for it
• Send home pages connecting children's classroom and home lives

New this year: Instructions for parents on using the book with their children at home, and how to set up a prayer space.

More pronunciation guides have been added in the Opening sections and within the Scripture passages to accommodate young readers who will be leading prayer. Teachers, catechists, and parents can use Children's Daily Prayer to instill in children the habit of prayer and help form them in the heart of Christ's Paschal Mystery, the core and center of all liturgical prayer.

Saddle Stitched | 4 1/8 x 7 1/2 | Language: English 64 Pages

Sunday Prayer for Catechists invites catechists and teachers to develop a habit of personal prayer and reflection on the Word of God. This annual resource provides Gospel texts from the Sunday Lectionary and reflections that connect the message of Scripture with working with young people in order to help catechists to grow spiritually through their ministry.

Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | Language: English

Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word provides the ongoing instruction and advice that readers need. It assists them in preparing their assigned reading on specific occasions, and when they read the resource every week as a way of reflecting on and learning about the Scriptures, it strengthens their proclamation skills and deepens their spiritual lives.

Manual para proclamadores de la palabra(Spanish Workbook for Lector) provides the ongoing instruction and advice that proclaimers need. It functions like a personal coach for each minister of the Word. Not only does it assist readers in preparing their assigned reading on a specific occasion, but when ministers of the Word read this resource every week as a way of reflecting on the readings, it strengthens their proclamation skills and deepens their spiritual lives so that they can touch the hearts of the assembly with their reading. Lector trainers can't be there during the week to help ministers of the Word practice for Sunday, but Manual para proclamadores de la palabra can be. It contains:

• the readings in large print for easy practice; words in bold are suggestions for emphasis
• commentaries that give background and explain the meaning of the reading, as well as advice on how to proclaim it
• margin notes with pronunciation guides and more tips for proclamation
• an instructive, inspiring introduction about the ministry and the role of the readings in the Mass.

If proclaiming the Word is your vocation, this is the tool you need to grow in your ministry. If training proclaimers is your responsibility, this is the tool you want to put in the hands of every minister of the Word to help them proclaim effectively.

978-1-61671-766-7| Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | 400 pages | Language: English

This trusted annual publication provides concise and helpful material to inspire and assist those who prepare the Mass for each day of the liturgical year. It includes:

• Preaching points
• Additional Scripture insights for the Proper of Saints
• Music preparation guidance and song suggestions
• Ways to connect the liturgy to the Christian life
• Original Mass texts for Sundays, solemnities, and feasts of the Lord
• Seasonal worship committee agendas
• Ideas for celebrating other rites and customs
• Online supplement for preparing the sacramental rites
• Seasonal introductions
• Daily calendar preparation guides
• Dated entries with liturgical titles, Lectionary citations, and vestment colors
• Scripture insights
• Brief biographies of the saints and blessed's
• Guidance for choosing among the options provided in the ritual texts

Paperback | 8 x 10 | Language: English

At Home with the Word ® guides you to a deeper understanding of the Sunday Scriptures, providing the readings for this liturgical year, insights from Scripture scholars, and action steps. The book also includes prayers and citations for weekday readings.

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Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | Language: English

At Home with the Word ® guides you to a deeper understanding of the Sunday Scriptures, providing the readings for this liturgical year, insights from Scripture scholars, and action steps. The book also includes prayers and citations for weekday readings.

Paperback | 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 | Language: Spanish

Palabra de Dios guides you to a deeper understanding of the Sunday Scriptures, providing the readings for this liturgical year, insights from Pastoral leaders, and action steps to strength the Catholic identity in the world. The book also includes prayers and citations for weekday readings. Readers find a treasure of teachings of the Catholic Church to ignite their everyday with the spirit of the Word, as well as questions to share their own experience of faith.

978-1-61671-762-9 | Paperback | 8 1/2 x 11 | 256 pages | Language: English

The Living Word helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers to meet teens where they are and guide them to a deeper understanding of the Gospel's role in their lives. This model of liturgical catechesis through lectionary readings enhances the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens. Each session can be easily incorporated into lessons or group activities that have already been planned. This resource includes materials for each Sunday and holyday of obligation from the first Sunday of August through the last Sunday in July.

Additionally, The Living Word includes digital resources to help the teens reflect and act on the Sunday Gospel throughout the week.

The Living Word includes the following:

• Complete but flexible 30-minute sessions to complement your current teen programs
• Connections to the liturgical calendar and to Catholic teachings
• Ritual with the proclamation of the Gospel
• Reflections to help teens understand the Gospel in the context of their own experiences and concerns
• Useful tools for integrating the New Evangelization in your teen ministry
• Digital reproducibles (in PDF or JPG format) for teens that can be printed, emailed, or shared via social media

Paperback | 6 x 9 | Language: English

The Catholic Handbook for Visiting the Sick and Homebound is the essential resource for lay ministers of care, especially extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. This portable, annual resource has been updated to include all the official rites a lay minister will need from the Book of Blessings and Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum to bring Holy Communion to as well as pray and share the Gospel with those who cannot regularly worship with their parish community.

These rites include:

• Communion in Ordinary Circumstances
• Communion in a Hospital or Institution
• Celebration of Viaticum Outside Mass
• Order for the Blessing of a person Suffering from Addiction or Substance Abuse
• Order of Blessing for the Victim of a Crime or Oppression
• Order for the Blessing of Parents after a Miscarriage
• Visits to the Sick and to a Sick Child
• Pastoral Care of the Dying

The full Gospel text from Sunday Mass is provided along with an explanation of the reading that lay ministers can read to those they visit. The explanations have been written with the needs of the sick in mind.

Paperback | 6 x 9 | Language: Spanish

This portable Manual contains all of the Rites for blessing, anointing and bringing the Holy Communion to the sick and homebound. The rites include Communion in Ordinary Circumstances, Communion in a Hospital or Institution, Celebration of Viaticum outside Mass, Orders for the Blessing of the Sick, Visits to the Sick and to a Sick Child, and Pastoral Care of the Dying. The book also provides the Gospel reading for each Sunday and day of obligation of the liturgical year, so that the Bread of the Word strength the Catholic faithful. The introduction helps ministers to prepare an environment of prayer and responding to special or unforeseen circumstances of this ministry.

A list of patron saints for those who are sick and suffering closes this important resource.

Paperback | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 128 pages | Language: English

Celebrating Sunday for Catholic Families is the perfect resource for those looking to enrich their family's life of faith! Simple and approachable, this book is designed to guide even the busiest families to more fully integrate the Sunday Gospel into their everyday lives.

Use Celebrating Sunday for Catholic Families:

• In your car
• At the dinner table
• Before bedtime

and start reflecting on the Gospel as a family!

Encouraging family attendance and participation at Sunday Mass, this invaluable resource provides parents with a guide for reflecting on the Gospel as a family. Prompts for conversation on the way to and from Mass inspire children to focus and engage with different aspects of the liturgy, while simple family activities reinforce the connection between the Gospel stories and daily family life. A wonderful tool for every family you know, this book is the perfect gift for every occasion!

Paperback | 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 | 128 pages | Language: Spanish

Las familias cat ³licas celebran el domingo 2024 €“2025 is the perfect resource for those looking to enrich their family €™s life of faith! Simple and approachable, this book is designed to help even the busiest families integrate the Sunday Gospel into their everyday lives.

Use Celebrating Sunday for Catholic Families:

• In your car
• At the dinner table
• Before bedtime

and start reflecting on the Gospel as a family!

Encouraging family attendance and participation at Sunday Mass, this resource provides parents with a guide for reflecting on the Gospel as a family. Prompts for conversation on the way to and from Mass inspire children to focus and engage with different aspects of the liturgy, and simple family activities reinforce the connection between the Gospel stories and daily family life. Bulk pricing makes this affordable, allowing you to give it to every family in your parish.

Tear Off | 22 x 17 | Language: English

This 13-month tear-off planning calendar runs from the First Sunday of Advent until the last day of the civic calendar year. It is 22" x 17" and can be used as a desk blotter or hung on the wall. Its easy-to-use format provides ample space for recording monthly plans and schedules, and it includes pertinent Roman Catholic liturgical information and secular holidays and observances. The liturgical days on this calendar are taken from the Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America, published by the Secretariat of Divine Worship, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Celebrations proper to the dioceses of Canada have also been included. The Roman Catholic titles for each day are given, along with the citations of readings for Mass, the liturgical colors, and other Catholic observances, such as First Fridays and Catholic Schools Week.

The quotations on this year's calendar are the antiphons for seasonal responsorial psalms.

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Spiral | 8 x 10 | Language: English

This calendar helps you celebrate the liturgy each day! It works like a mini-ordo each day includes the liturgical observance (such as the First Sunday of Advent or the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows), citations for the readings from the Mass of the day, the proper liturgical colors, and the Psalter for the Liturgy of the Hours.

The calendar also includes other Catholic events and observances such as holydays of obligation, First Friday and First Saturday devotions, Catechetical Sunday, and more! Common secular and other non-Christian religious observances are noted as well.

This year's quotations include the antiphons from the responsorial psalm for each Sunday.

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Note when adding this item to your cart after November 18^th, 2024, there will be a $6.00 handling fee included in the shipping cost. As our in-stock supply has been depleted.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace calendar in many ways:

• Give (or sell) one to every household in the parish and school.
• Hang one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
• Assign students to report on specific liturgical days.
• Present calendars to first communicants and Confirmation candidates.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace calendar in many ways:

• Give (or sell) one to every household in the parish and school.
• Hang one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
• Assign students to report on specific liturgical days.
• Present calendars to first communicants and Confirmation candidates.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace calendar in many ways:

• Give (or sell) one to every household in the parish and school.
• Hang one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
• Assign students to report on specific liturgical days.
• Present calendars to first communicants and Confirmation candidates.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace notebook version in many ways:

Single Sheet, Laminated | 11 x 17 | Language: English

In LTP's circular display of the liturgical year, the key features are easily understandable: the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace notebook version in many ways:

This calendar presents the cheerful, colorful art of Catherine Pape. Her illustrations of blessings in Catholic family and community life focus on some of the many blessing practices rooted in tradition and lovingly passed on through generations: the blessing of a home and of an advent wreath, of food at a soup kitchen or at a family table, of children by parents as they depart for the day, and of crops, animals, and farm equipment. All of these scenes depict little celebrations of the ways we are blessed and protected by God. Such blessings keep us mindful of God's love and guidance, and they model for our children one way that Catholics try to stay open and aware of God's presence in our ordinary lives.

The Year of Grace liturgical year follows the Sunday Year A, B, or C cycles and the Weekday Year cycle.

LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.

Use the Year of Grace notebook version in many ways:

• Use as handouts for children and adults in classrooms or in catechetical or formation sessions to teach about the liturgical year
• Give (or sell) laminated copies to households in the parish and school to use as placemats.
• Along with the poster calendar, post one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
• Present to first communicants and Confirmation candidates in preparation sessions.

This calendar presents the cheerful, colorful art of Catherine Pape. Her illustrations of blessings in Catholic family and community life focus on some of the many blessing practices rooted in tradition and lovingly passed on through generations: the blessing of a home and of an advent wreath, of food at a soup kitchen or at a family table, of children by parents as they depart for the day, and of crops, animals, and farm equipment. All of these scenes depict little celebrations of the ways we are blessed and protected by God. Such blessings keep us mindful of God's love and guidance, and they model for our children one way that Catholics try to stay open and aware of God's presence in our ordinary lives.

The Year of Grace liturgical year follows the Sunday Year A, B, or C cycles and the Weekday Year cycles.



LTP's circular display of the liturgical year makes its key features easily understandable. We can see at a glance the liturgical seasons in their characteristic colors, Sundays on the outer rim, and the days and weeks radiating from the center.



Use the Year of Grace notebook version in many ways:



Use as handouts for children and adults in classrooms or in catechetical or formation sessions to teach about the liturgical year
Give (or sell) laminated copies to households in the parish and school to use as placemats.
Along with the poster calendar, post one in every classroom, meeting room, and in the church vestibule to teach about the liturgical year.
Present to first communicants and Confirmation candidates in preparation sessions.

Inspired by her daily contemplation and meditation on the Scriptures, Carmelite Sister Mary Grace Melcher offers this book of deeply meaningful prayers of the faithful for every day of the year. Cycles A, B, and C for Sundays and the two-year cycle for weekdays are all included. These beautiful intercessions echo the grace of the day indicated by the Scripture readings and have been prayed in her monastic community for years. Enrich your community's liturgy with these beautiful and inspiring intercessions.

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780814634813

Details: 448 pgs   

Size: 7 x 10

Publication Date: 02/01/2013

General Intercessions for Years A, B, C With CD-ROM of Intercessions

"Let us bring our prayers to the Lord."

Each week when the community comes together for Mass, we gather to listen to the Word, to partake of the Eucharist, and to pray. The Prayer of the Faithful is marked by the same needs from week to week, but it is always an opportunity to approach God collectively in a way that reflects the richness of our particular celebration. This series of prayers by Father Michael Kwatera is rooted in the present moment: the liturgical season, lectionary readings, and the needs of the church. He draws on the readings, as well as the significance of feasts and of other celebrations. He is also attuned to the many ways we approach God, in language that is clear and attentive to the oral quality of the prayer.

"To place prayerful words on human lips and in human hearts is a most sacred work," writes Father Kwatera in the introduction. The fruit of this work is a set of texts that invites the community to draw near to God each week in prayer.

The Collegeville Prayer of the Faithful is a convenient compilation of the previously published volumes, with additional feasts added-includes a CD-ROM of intercessions that can be easily adapted for parish use. Each prayer is provided in a Word file that allows users to easily personalize the intercessions for their own parish.

Author: Father Michael Kwatera, OSB, PhD

Details: 504 pgs, 6 x 9 Paperback

Publication Date: 07/01/2009

Prayer of the Faithful contains sample prayers and suggestions for Sundays, holy days and other important days of the liturgical year. This large-print workbook also provides practical tips for writing and leading intercessions that reflect the particular concerns of your community.

Also included:

• Special intercessions for cluster parishes
• Intercessions for the Church and the world, reflecting today's most pressing needs
• Examples of introductions and prayers by the priest