Ritual category: 1070 books
Holy Days
Meditations on the Feasts, Fasts, and Other Solemnities of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2012
According to Pope Benedict XVI, "the liturgical year is a great voyage of faith on which the Church sets us out." The feast days in the Church's liturgical calendar follow the major events of Jesus' life as recounted in the Gospels. This cycle gives a rhythm to the life of the Church and...
by Witness Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1990
To prophesy in the sense of 1 Corinthians 14 denotes to speak for God and Christ and to speak forth God and Christ. To speak forth God and Christ is to minister and dispense God and Christ to people. This book helps us to see the basic knowledge concerning prophesying, the patterns of prophesy, the basic constituents of a prophecy, and the obstacles to prophesying.
United Methodist Altars
A Guide for the Congregation (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
This basic, fully illustrated manual for congregational leaders explains how to prepare the sanctuary and its furnishings for the celebration of worship and sacraments throughout the Christian year. This practical, informative guide is an indispensable companion for worship committees, altar guilds,...
Missel des Dimanches 2019
Lectures de l'année C
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Toute l’année liturgique du 2 décembre 2018 au 1er décembre 2019, en un volume en un volume : Liturgie de la messe - Prières liturgiques - Lectures bibliques tirées du nouveau Lectionnaire - Introductions - Indications pour les animateurs - « Chanter, prier, célébrer » - Calendrier liturgique - Fêtes à souhaiter - Textes pour la méditation - Prières du chrétien
Welcome One Another
A Handbook for Hospitality Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
We once believed that as a majority culture in North America everyone knew all there was to know about a church and its surroundings. This certainly is no longer true in a post-Christian North American culture. Most people in our towns and cities, in the neighborhoods and surrounding countryside of...
Alabadle!
Hispanic Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1996
By looking at the wide variety of Hispanic Christian worship that exists within the Hispanic community, *Alabadle! *highlights the cultural, generational, and denominational elements that comprise the spectrum of Hispanic worship.
Justo L. Gonzalez and seven other contributors provide an insightful...
by Eberhard Arnold, Richard J. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Why has God not answered my prayers? What should I be praying for? If everything I prayed for came true, would I be ready?
In this spiritual classic, Eberhard Arnold mines the riches of biblical teaching on prayer and the example of Jesus, the Hebrew prophets, and the early Christians to point...
Just in Time! Prayers for Lent and Holy Week
Just In Time Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This resource includes helpful prayers to use in public worship during Lent and Holy week. The collection includes invocations, opening prayers, prayers of confession, and pastoral prayers for the Sundays of Lent, Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday services. Drawn from a variety...
Living the Mass
A Deeper Look at the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Living the Mass presents the Holy Eucharist as the paschal mystery, the three divine Persons give themselves to us in love through the Mass as the ongoing work of redemption, and God is calling us to participate in that great work. We can live the Mass in everyday life by professing Christ, growing...
Being Christian
Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential components of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant...
Simple Guide to Attending Christian Ceremonies
Catholic and Protestant
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In today's multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to...
by Owen F. Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Explores the history, spirituality, and theology of the permanent diaconate, reflecting the new Vatican norms for the diaconate and the actual experience of deacons.
Voices for Good Friday
Worship Services with Dramatic Monologues Based on the Gospels
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
These interpretive, dramatic monologues give voice to selected minor characters from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Presented in a reproducible, copy-friendly format, the monologues provide a creative way to present Good Friday/Tenebrae services and to tell the gospel story of Jesus Christ.
The...
Sacred Cows Make Great Bbqs
Turning up the Heat on Spiritual Myths
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
What are the 'sacred cows' of the Christian life? Why are they there? And should they be challenged? For the sake of the future of the church, Dave Gilpin has become the smiling assassin of the holy cow.