Liturgical Press imprint: 386 books
by Marci Alborghetti
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Advent is a frantic time for most people. It is so easy to get caught up with the trappings and traditions of Christmas, that we forget or give short shrift to the deeply spiritual and celebratory origin of this season. This series of daily reflections will make good use of these "trappings and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents is now available in the widely used study edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). This is the translation chosen for inclusion in The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the text that both students of...
Good News
The Advent of Salvation in the Gospel of Luke
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
In Good News Darrin Snyder Belousek explores the meaning of salvation in the Gospel of Luke. Through biblical reflections on the stories and songs of Luke's telling of the coming of Jesus the Messiah, this book explains the manifold message of "good news." Fully accessible to lay persons...
Church, Faith, Future
What We Face, What We Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
In this challenging but hopeful new book, Church, Faith, Future: What We Face, What We Can Do, Father Louis J. Cameli renders a carefully composed portrait of the church in North America today. Drawing on philosophy, history, cultural analysis, and sociology, he offers a sobering picture of where...
The Universal Monk
The Way of the New Monastics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The Universal Monk is about the monk in all of us. In today's fast- paced and often fractured culture we all seek inner peace and unity. The Universal Monk is a powerful way for everyone of any state of life to find it. It is written from John Michael Talbot's experience in public international ministry...
Walking God's Earth
The Environment and Catholic Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
How does the Catholic tradition understand the significance of the environment, and what are the implications for our daily lives? In Walking God’s Earth, David Cloutier provides a concise, accessible, and spiritually engaging introduction to these questions. Cloutier emphasizes the importance of...
And the Life of the World to Come
Reflections on the Biblical Notion of Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
How do worshippers understand the poetic line "and the life of the world to come" when they pray the creed? Are they thinking of a geographical destination? A celestial community they will ultimately join? A participation in the life of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
Questions...
Not By Bread Alone
Daily Reflections for Lent 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Prayerfully journey through Lent with Sister Genevieve Glen’s fresh and meaningful reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just minutes per day, the insightful meditations of Not by Bread Alone can deepen your experience of this solemn season of prayer and penance and prepare you to participate more fully in the joy of the great Easter mystery.
Prayer in the Cave of the Heart
The Universal Call to Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Prayer is an art that cannot just be taught. It must be experienced, lived, and practiced. In Prayer in the Cave of the Heart, Cyprian Consiglio draws on his experience as a Camaldolese monk to give readers an accessible reflection on prayer that is based on Bede Griffith's universal call to contemplation."...
Humility Matters
Toward Purity of Heart
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Humility Matters makes the claims that humility is for a disciple of Jesus Christ what enlightenment is for a Buddhist, realization for a Hindu, surrender for a Muslim, and righteousness for a Jew. It is the unmistakable character of one who has accepted the vocation to undertake the spiritual journey....
Lectio Matters
Before the Burning Bush
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Lectio divina is a way of praying by sustained immersion into a revelatory text. While Scripture is the classic place of encounter with God, the text could also be the book of life or the book of nature.
InLectio Matters, respected spiritual guide Meg Funk accompanies the reader in exploring...
The Diocesan Priest
Consecrated and Sent
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
In a robust and engaging manner, David Bohr offers us a thorough review and timely reanalysis of the Catholic diocesan priesthood. Biblical, historical, and sacramental voices dialogue with the relevant documents of the Second Vatican Council, other papal pronouncements, and the perspectives of some...
Jean Vanier
Logician of the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Winner of the 2015 Templeton Prize and numerous other international and prestigious honors, Jean Vanier lives a radical poverty of surrender in a time of fanatical acquisitiveness, economic disparity, and mounting bellicosity among nations. He is a philosopher of the heart, icon of wholeness, and...
Pleading, Cursing, Praising
Conversing with God through the Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Irene Nowell's work would be both impressive and important if she were only" a masterful Scripture scholar or a gifted spiritual guide or a compelling teacher. The fact that she is all three makes her an extraordinary resource for Christians today. In Pleading, Cursing, Praising, Nowell puts...