Ritual category: 1070 books

A bold and refreshing vision of the role of law within the Catholic Church—not as an instrument of control, but as a guide and guarantee of freedom for individual believers.

As our aging population increasingly moves into out of home situations, there is a need to bring the church and its message of hope and faith to seniors in assisted living centers and nursing homes who otherwise are not able to attend services. Two of the leading advocates for this important service...

Jesus told stories to give people insight to life under God’s rule. Stations for Parables of Jesus contains station ideas for every one of these parables of Jesus. The station suggestions are made bearing in mind that those running church services week by week do not have endless resources of time...

Questo libro vuole essere un tributo a padre Gabriele Amorth, Presidente degli esorcisti scomparso a 91 anni nel 2016 dopo un'intensa ed infaticabile attività di esorcista, ma anche a tutti gli esorcisti che quotidianamente combattono una battaglia impari contro il demonio a beneficio delle tante...

The services and prayer texts of the Orthodox Church are ancient and inspirational, and this invaluable reference guides priests, deacons, servers, readers, and singers in the customs and practices of the church. Including serving the altar and offering worship services, the handbook explains to all...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced the practice of plural marriage in 1890. In the mid- to late nineteenth century, however--the heyday of Mormon polygamy--as many as three out of every ten Mormon women became polygamous wives. Paula Kelly Harline delves deep into the diaries...

Cit. : "[...] ni l'Eglise, ni les familles ne font une chose vaine en entourant les défunts de tant de soins religieux ; et d'un autre côté, chacun n'en est pas moins traité selon ce qu'il a fait de bien ou de mal durant la vie du corps, et le Seigneur le rend à chacun selon ses œuvres....

Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, also called Cachita, is a potent symbol of Cuban national identity. Jalane D. Schmidt shows how groups as diverse as Indians and African slaves, Spanish colonial officials, Cuban independence soldiers, Catholic authorities and laypeople, intellectuals,...

A handy, inexpensive resource, More Welcome Speeches can be used by persons frequently or rarely asked to make welcome speeches. Sample speeches and responses are included which can also be used as a prototype for creating a welcome speech. More Welcome Speeches provides a quality resource...

Inner Christianity is the first introduction to mystical and esoteric Christianity for the general reader. It speaks from a nonsectarian point of view, unearthing insights from the whole of the Christian tradition, orthodox and heretical, famous and obscure. The esoteric tradition has traditionally...

Here, in the 'Celtic' tradition, are prayers from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community for the whole of life: for starting an engine, for keeping us engaged and on the road to God's Kingdom; for taking a daily walk, for refugees travelling dangerous seas; an Iona Abbey kitchen prayer...

The most comprehensive prayer book to date for the Orthodox Western Rite. With an introduction by Metropolitan Hilarion of ROCOR. 

A book for Easter that is not about easy answers - that encourages us to seek signs of the continuing Passion of God in the world, not in abstract ideas but in our human bodies and souls.

A novena is a way of praying, often for a particular intention or need. It consists, very simply, of a prayer or prayers said for nine (usually consecutive) days. This ebook contains newly composed novena prayers asking for the intercession of various saints. The long experience of praying Christians,...