books by Liturgical Press     books:       An Adult Christ at Christmas: Essays on the Three Biblical Christmas Stories, Matthew 2 and Luke 27 reviews Raymond E. Brown Liturgical Press, 1988 Thoughtful insights from a great scholar This booklet contains an excellent summary of some of the important conclusions reached in Father Brown's comprehensive and scholarly work, "The Birth of the Messiah." Father Brown's concern in the booklet is the theological message of the evangelists--he views this as the most important aspect of the message, and something that can get lost amid modern searches to either prove or disprove each ...             Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life5 reviews Abbot Christopher Jamison Liturgical Press, 2006 Absorbing Benedict's Insights In this work, Christopher Jamison, abbot of a Benedictine monastery near London and host of the acclaimed BBC documentary series The Monastery, offers monastic steps for "people of all religious beliefs and those with none." Few will be able to simply read this book, but instead will find themselves absorbing it. Jamison explains that the Rule of Benedict is not a rule book at all, but "a book ...             RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict7 reviews Saint Benedict Liturgical Press, 1981 Two editions There seems to be some confusion over which edition these reviews are about. If the product details for the page you are looking at show less than 100 pages, this is a basic copy of the Rule of St. Benedict. If you are looking for the Rule (RB 1980), in Latin and English (with excellent notes from Timothy Fry), it should be a little less then 700 pages.             Bread in the Wilderness5 reviews Thomas Merton Liturgical Press, 1971 Among Merton's Finest Books! I commend New Directions for issuing a facsimile reprint of the original of this valuable book. Who would not say that here is a publishing company of enduring and impeccable taste? I have a copy of the original cloth bound book- it is beautiful, and easily one of my top twenty favorite books. I believe this is the book that comes most surely from Merton the poet. His consideration of ...             Saint John's Bible: Gospels and Acts17 reviews Donald Jackson Liturgical Press, 2005 This book spells deluxe Just got the book today. I was excited when I opened the package. The book was in pristine condition. Nice packaging and no nicks or scratches on the cover. But the real treasure is in the individual pages. The pages approximate the color of the original vellum used (creamy to beige). The colors are crisp and the primaries are the dominant ones: reds, greens, blues of different hues. The gold ...             Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict (Second Edition)7 reviews Esther de Waal, Kathleen Norris Liturgical Press, 2001 Elegant! Seeking God is an elegant, insightful, and extremely valuable treatment of the spirituality inherent in St. Benedict's Rule. The further into the book I read, the better I realized it was. Again and again I was impressed with the wisdom and psychological astuteness of the Rule as deWaal explained it. Benedict's way of moderation, humility, and balance, as interpreted by deWaal, seems one of ...             Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 131 reviews William A. Jurgens Liturgical Press, 1970 Catholic Church is the church founded by Jesus Christ The writings of the early church fathers leave no doubt that they are linked directly to the 12 apostles and that their beliefs in dogma which go back 1500 -2000 years ago are consistent with the teachings of the catholic church to-day.The catechism of the catholic church which sets forth what catholics are required to believe to-day is consistent with the teachings of the early fathers.Is would ...             Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church10 reviews Bishop Geoffrey Robinson Liturgical Press, 2008 An outstanding call for true Catholic Church reform, a tour de force This is a really excellent book, coming directly to grips not only with the Roman Catholic Church's clerical abuse problems, but with history's iron grip on both governance and doctrine and the Church's inability to get beyond that grip -- due to structure, resistance to paradigm shifts, and a failure of will. Clerical sexual abuse is shown as a prime example of the Church's dysfunctional ...             The Rule of Benedict for Beginners: Spirituality for Daily Life7 reviews Wil Derkse Liturgical Press, 2003 Listen! Wil Derkse's book on the Rule of Benedict for beginners is a wonderful introduction to this subject. The Rule of St. Benedict itself is a fairly short book, usually printed in fewer than 100 pages, with its 73 chapters of a few paragraphs in length at most. However, often a simple reading of the Rule leaves modern readers dis-satisfied; it is a rule in many ways of and for a different world, just ...             The Glenstal Book of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book14 reviews Monks of Glenstal Abbey Liturgical Press, 2001 EXCELLENT PRAYER BOOK BOTH FOR REFERENCE AND FOR REGULAR READING The secular prayerful person may find in this prayer book a schema of prayer accessible to and useful for the person who cannot give up their day job for contemplative purposes. I keep a copy on my prayer table at all times, and find it very useful for constant prayer. Unlike other such Books of Common Prayer or Monastic Diurnals, it is not overwhelming in its requirements. It gently and ...             Illuminating the Word: The Making of the Saint John's Bible4 reviews Christopher Calderhead Liturgical Press, 2005 Who, what, when, where why + how... This book covers all the 'W's and the 'H'. This is a remarkable book to The Saint John's bible series/collection. You learn all the behind the scenes events as Calderhead spends years interviewing the crew and the Bible's sponsors/investors. Hundreds of colored photographs accompany the book allowing you to get a better feel for the construction of the Bible and its illuminations. One of the ...             Rites of the Catholic Church4 reviews Liturgical Press Liturgical Press, 1990 The Roman Ritual This book is part of the expanded Roman Ritual and Roman Pontifical presented to the American Church. While I dont agree with many of the changes made by Vatican II, I will say that this book is a good resource for complete rites as used in the american church. I especially enjoyed the many different versions of the litany of the Saints presented herein as well as the blessing of pontifical ...             The Eucharist, Our Sanctification4 reviews Raniero Cantalamessa Liturgical Press, 1993 A life-changing, insightful little book. This is my favorite book written about the spiritual life. Cantalamessa helped me see the Eucharist from dozens of perspectives that changed the way I attended daily Mass and how I live every day. I found that reading just one short chapter gave me enough to medidtate on for close to an hour. Very, very powerful.             In solitary witness: The life and death of Franz JaÌgerstaÌtter5 reviews Gordon Charles Zahn The Liturgical Press, 1977 An important book for those in search of heroes today. Most of the well-known heroes of World War II are military figures. This book tells the story of another sort of hero, Franz Jaegerstaetter, an Austrian peasant farmer and husband and father of three daughters, who refused to perform his military service in the Nazi army on grounds of conscience. He was executed in Berlin on August 9, 1943 by the Nazis for his conscientious objection, "in ...             Papal Primacy (Theology)5 reviews The Liturgical Press, 1996 An excellent overview I strongly recommend Klaus Schatz "Papal Primacy" for any who want balanced overview of the history of primacy in the papacy. While maintaining the validity of Catholicism's current perception of the papacy, Schatz attempts to mark out the road that lead to this understanding with honesty and impartiality towards its adversaries. Of additional value are the extensive footnotes Schatz uses to ...             A Crucified Christ in Holy Week: Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives4 reviews Raymond E. Brown Liturgical Press, 1986 "the sanest possible book you could read" about this topic These are not my views, I must admit, but rather those of Rev. Mark Stanger, an Episcopal priest at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. In an interview published at salon.com in January 2004, he said, 'If people want to read something sensible about this whole thing, Raymond E. Brown -- he died about a year ago -- was a great, great Catholic scripture scholar. He wrote a mega-work called "The ...             Mary: Mirror of the Church4 reviews Raniero Cantalamessa Liturgical Press, 1992 A Traditional, Ecumenical Understanding of Mary Fr. Cantalamessa's book on Mary is unique in that he does not treat Catholic teaching on Mary defensively, as something to be protected from Protestant objections, but rather shows how Mary can be a symbol of unity, a common model of the Christian life for all Christians. And he manages to do this while explaining an orthodox, Catholic understanding of Mary's role in the Church. The book is ...             Hiding in Plain Sight: Sabbath Blessings4 reviews Molly Wolf Liturgical Press, 1998 Glistening sensitivity to God's presence in everyday life. Every Saturday, several hundred members of an internet list called Anglican eagerly anticipate the arrival in their computer mailboxes of a "Sabbath Blessing" by Molly Wolf. Since 1995 she has posted one such essay each week -- a gift of generosity born of an exquisite sensitivity to the presence of the divine in the midst of the ordinary. "Hiding in Plain Sight" presents several dozen of ...             Spiritual Direction and Meditation4 reviews Thomas Merton Liturgical Press, 1986 Sound, sensible advice on the practice of prayer As one who recives spiritual direction, I am constantly on the lookout for books that make sense of a discipline that can all too easily be shrouded in a fog of verbiage. This is one of the very few books that fits the bill; it speaks to the reader directly, in simple, straightforward prose, and its content speaks directly to the spiritual needs of beginners in meditation like me. In ...             The Need and the Blessing of Prayer4 reviews Karl Rahner Liturgical Press, 1997 Treasure to be savoured and used in meditation Each chapter in this work provides enough material for reflection to fill a month - and, perhaps, that is the way to enjoy it fully. Father Rahner's sermons on prayer, especially deep and poignant because they were originally delivered to Germans suffering the pain and deprivation following the second world war, are exquisitely beautiful. 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