Mass and Liturgy

Distractions, fatigue, boredom at Sunday worship-maybe we experience these because we don't fully appreciate what's going on at Mass. Howard's profound and practical look at the liturgy focuses our wandering minds. It reminds us that at Mass the veil separating earth and heaven lifts, so that we stand with angels and saints in the presence of God Most High."Every Catholic needs this book. I need this book."—Scott Hahn"Howard's reflective guidance is just what we need after many years of busy ways of getting into a participate mode. He shows us how to pay attention and let the wonder of the Eucharist touch our souls."—Rev. Alfred McBride, O.Praem., Author, Celebrating the Mass"A book that will be treasured by anyone who wants to get more out of Mass. A gem in any age, it is especially valuable today when people are given so few sound, practical helps for understanding and appreciating the divine gift that is the Mass." —James Akin, Author, Mass Confusion: The Do's and Don't of Catholic Worship"Howard provides an essential but missing piece in our equipment: a contemporary step by step, prayer by prayer, guide through the Mass, founded on firm orthodoxy, sensitive to the meaning of the liturgy as it has been given to us, and expressed in his vivid prose for which he is justly famous."—Steven Clark, Author, Catholics and the Eucharist

Edited by Steen Heidemann This beautiful volume presents 560 moving images of the priesthood, from masterpieces of art across fifteen centuries which vividly illustrate the vocation, call to sanctity, apostolic work, spirituality and liturgical activity of priests....[more]

Many in the Church have accepted modernity in their effort to speak to the modern world, and not nearly enough attention has been given to trying to disentangle the complex of ideas and half-formulated convictions that constitute this mind-set which is in fact contrary to Christianity. The first aim of this book is to examine the origins and present day influence of modernity, and then to argue that there is nothing in the Christian's concern for the modern world that requires accepting this damaging mind-set in connection with the highest form of worship, the Mass. The second aim of the book is to show that that the sources of a genuine liturgical renewal are to be found in a heightened sense of the centrality of the Mass and a return to a theology compatible with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. “Fr. Robinson’s book is a philosopher’s gift to the Catholic liturgy. He provides a thoroughly lucid account of the climate of ideas which handicaps the celebration of Catholic worship in the modern world. This is a diagnosis which shows just how far reaching must be the cure.” —Fr. Aidan Nichols, Author, Looking at the Liturgy

    Explaining the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI Foreword by Bishop Dominique Rey Includes an Index  In July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum , allowing for...[more]

This book presents a historical and theological argument for the common direction of liturgical prayer, known as “facing east”, and is meant as a contribution to the contemporary debate about the Catholic liturgy. Lang, a member of the London Oratory, studies the direction of liturgical prayer from a historical, theological, and pastoral point of view."I hope that this book will help the struggle for the right understanding and worthy celebration of the Sacred Liturgy. I wish the book a wide and attentive readership."—Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger