What Every Catholic Needs To Know About Lent Triduum And Easter

This booklet guides the entire congregation through the history of the of Lent, Triduum, and Easter seasons, their various rituals, and their role in the liturgy. Also included are prayers and activities for families to use at home. Great for RCIA groups, liturgy committees, and adult study groups.

For over thirty years, Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays has been a trusted resource for preparing the various liturgies of the Church. This annual resource has been revised, reorganized, and redesigned to bring you more concise and helpful material to enlighten and inspire those who prepare the liturgy, especially the Sunday Mass, the “source and summit of the Christian life.”

This exclusive English-language translation of the Manual on Indulgences explains what indulgences are and provides the many devotional prayers associated with them.

The paschal mystery of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Christian faith. The 'ninety days' of Lent, Triduum (Holy Thursday to Easter Saturday), and Easter, the liturgical celebration of this paschal mystery, comprise a unique moment of grace in the liturgical year. The purpose of this book is to help the reader more deeply appreciate the paschal mystery itself and the unique way in which it is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgical year. Although it is designed for parish ministers, especially for those just beginning to work with parish liturgy, it will be of interest to all who seek to deepen their understanding of the liturgy. Questions and answers in this book can be used as a resource to those who plan liturgical celebrations in the Roman Catholic tradition. (Adapted from Preface, p.vii).

The annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome’s most striking churches is a sacred tradition dating back almost two millennia, to the earliest days of Christianity. Along this historic spiritual pathway, today’s pilgrims confront the mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of biblical and early Christian readings amplified by some of the greatest art and architecture of western civilization. In Roman Pilgrimage, bestselling theologian and papal biographer George Weigel, art historian Elizabeth Lev, and photographer Stephen Weigel lead readers through this unique religious and aesthetic journey with magnificent photographs and revealing commentaries on the pilgrimage’s liturgies, art, and architecture. Through reflections on each day’s readings about faith and doubt, heroism and weakness, self-examination and conversion, sin and grace, Rome’s familiar sites take on a new resonance. And along that same historical path, typically unexplored treasures—artifacts of ancient history and hidden artistic wonders—appear in their original luster, revealing new dimensions of one of the world’s most intriguing and multi-layered cities. A compelling guide to the Eternal City, the Lenten Season, and the itinerary of conversion that is Christian life throughout the year, Roman Pilgrimage reminds readers that the imitation of Christ through faith, hope, and love is the template of all true discipleship, as the exquisite beauty of the Roman station churches invites reflection on the deepest truths of Christianity.