Ritual category: 1070 books
by Bishop Michael Evans
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Using key sources from scripture and tradition, Bishop Michael Evans explains how Jesus is present today when we celebrate the Mass. A highly readable and accessible ebook.
by Richard McNemar
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
An eyewitness to the Kentucky revival of the early 1800s describes how it started and how it progressed and what the people believed and the strange manifestations that were present in their services. It was the beginning of the Second Great Awakening.
Preface to the Modern Edition
I...
We Make the Road by Walking
A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
From critically acclaimed author Brian McLaren comes a brilliant retelling of the biblical story and a thrilling reintroduction to Christian faith.
This book offers everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today. It also puts tools...
The Heart of Christianity
Rediscovering a Life of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.
For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for...
The Hadith
The Sunna of Mohammed
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
The Hadith The Koran repeatedly commands every Muslim to follow the perfect example of Mohammed's life. His actions and words are called the Sunna. The Sunna is found in the Traditions of Mohammed called the Hadith. A Muslim is far more governed by the Hadith than the Koran. The Hadith give us fascinating...
The Mass
The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
An insightful and practical exploration of Catholicism’s most sacred tradition.
The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition is an engaging and authoritative guide to Catholicism’s most distinctive practice. And now, with the Church introducing revised language for the Mass, Catholics...
by Maria Montessori
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The Mass Explained to Children presents the beauty, depth, and simplicity of the traditional Latin Mass, helping to make it easily understandable for any and every child. With acute sensitivity to the purity and clarity of a child’s mind and soul, Maria Montessori wisely instructs in how to prepare...
Reconciliation
Celebrating Gods Healing Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Here is a practical, pastoral book for all Catholic Christians--laity as well as clergy--to foster renewed understanding and practive of the sacrement of reconciliation. The most thorough and informative handbook of its kind, Reconciliation is at once informative, intstructive, and pastorally sound.
The...
Celebrating the Mass
A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1999
Father McBride extends to all an earnest invitation to know and love the Mass more deeply. The Catechism calls the Eucharist "the heart and summit of the Church's life" (1407). Certainly we are called to participate as fully and enthusiastically as possible. Along with the official texts of...
The Special Service Worship Architect
Blueprints for Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, Holy Communion, and Other Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This book takes the principles found in Constance Cherry's successful The Worship Architect--in which she provided dynamic blueprints for designing worship services--and applies them to special services in the life of the church. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, offers theological reflection,...
How We Worship
The Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Hours
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
If you are new to the Catholic faith or if you are experienced in it, if you are curious about Catholic worship or if you've grown too used to it, it is time for you to read this book.
Rev. Paul Turner, author, pastor, and liturgist
Archdiocese of Kansas City, Missouri
Many people have not...
Gateways to God
Celebrating the Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Grace for Daily LivingTheologian Fr. Robert Hater explores the manifold ways sacraments work as gateways that lead us to encounters with God. All creation is sacramental because it is the gateway that reveals God's presence in the universe. Jesus described Himself as the gate to salvation and...
Silence
A Christian History
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity
We live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid...
Animating Liturgy
The Dynamics of Worship and the Human Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Liturgy forms both individuals and the community in the faith and life of the Christian gospel. Animating Liturgy invites you to consider the liturgical offering which stands at the heart of the Christian faith. It brings together essays by liturgist Stephen Platten which take us in three main directions:
the...