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Liturgy


"The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows"

Vatican II:
Constitution on the Liturgy



DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS

Constitution on the Liturgy Vatican II
Spiritus et Sponsa Pope John Paul II
Liturgiam authenticam: On the Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship
The Theological Vision of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Roman Missal American Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy
Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship
The Sacred Liturgy Pope Paul VI
Catechism of the Catholic Church The liturgy--Work of the Holy Trinity
Catechism of the Catholic Church Christ's Work in the Liturgy
Catechism of the Catholic Church The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy
Mediator Dei (1947) On the Sacred Liturgy Pope Pius XII
Liturgy Preserves Faith Experience of Generations Pope John Paul II
Committee on Divine Worship National Conference of Catholic Bishops



Articles in The Way, an international journal of contemporary Christian spirituality, published by the British Jesuits
The Need for Ritual Kevin Donovan
The Necessity of Ritual John Gallen
Liturgical Theology: Who's in Charge Andrew Cameron-Mowat
Liturgy and Social Action Bede Smith
Liturgy: Art or Science? Ernest Sands
Refracted Light: The Problem of the Visual in Liturgy Robin Gibbons
Discovering the Prayer of the Church Jim Cotter
The Nature and Function of the Liturgical Homily John Baldovin
Images and Worship Martin Searle
The Paradox of Liturgy Kevin Donovan
Liturgy and Pluriformity Peter E. Fink
Symbolism in Worship I David Power
Symbolism in Worship II David Power
Symbolism in Worship III David Power
Symbolism in Worship IV David Power
Liturgy and Communication Kevin Donovan
Liturgical Prayers Clifford Howell
A Relevant Liturgy Aidan Kavanagh
'Space' for Worship Madeleine Simon
Where is Catholic Liturgy Going John Baldovin
On Biblical Preaching Bonnie Thurston
Animals as Grace: On Being an Animal Liturgist Andrew Linzey
The Worship of the Church Kevin Donovan
'Come, Lord Jesus' David Stanley

Articles in Theological Studies, a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada
Can Catholic social teaching bring peace to the "liturgy wars"? Peter Jeffery
Recognizing the Presence of Christ in the Liturgical Assembly Judith Marie Kubicki
Hippolytus and the "Apostolic Tradition”: Recent Research and Commentary John F. Baldovin
The Manifold Presence of Christ in the Liturgy Michael G. Witczak
A Theologian's Challenge to Liturgy Walter J. Burghardt
Symbols, Meaning, and the Divine Presence Langdon Gilkey
Sacrificium Laudis: Content and Function of Early Eucharistic Prayers Edward J. Kilmartin
Worship and Culture: Mirror or Beacon? James F. White
American Liturgy: A Theological Locus John Gallen
The Assumption and the Jerusalem Liturgy Joseph H. Crehan in
Recent Publications in Liturgy Gerald Ellard
The Nature and Definition of Liturgy John H. Miller
The Liturgical Mysticism of Theodore of Mopsuestia Johannes Quasten
Devotion to the Holy Cross and a Dislocated Mass-text Gerald Ellard
Recent Work in Liturgy Gerald Ellard
Abel's Place in the Liturgy John Hennig
The Blessing of the Baptismal Font in the Syrian Rite of the Fourth Century Johannes Quasten
Alcuin and Some Favored Votive Masses Gerald Ellard

Articles in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
Liturgy in the Light of Jewish-Christian Dialogue Ruth Langer
Considering the Other's Tikkun: A Response to Liturgy in the Light of Jewish-Christian Dialogue Barbara Meyer
Branches of That Good Olive Tree: 21st Century Liturgical Challenges and Possibilities Audrey Doetzel
Christian Prayer and Song in a Post-Holocaust Church E. Byron Anderson

Articles in American Catholic Press
On the Name of God Cardinal Francis Arinze
Dirty Feet Father Paul Turner
How Accessible Are the New Mass Translations? Bishop Donald Trautman
Normative Liturgy Father Paul Colloton
On the Translation of Pro Multis Cardinal Francis Arinze
Active Participation and Liturgical Translations Bishop Donald Trautman
Celebrating Liturgical Renewal: Its Successes and Future Challenges Bishop Donald Trautman
Ours Is An Altar and a Pulpit! Bishop Joseph Perry
Black Catholic Worship Bishop Joseph Perry
Sacred Space: A Place Where We Show God Respect Bishop Joseph Perry
Liturgical Renewal: Two Latin Rites? Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B.
Liturgical and Biblical Texts for The Third Millennium Bishop Donald Trautman
The Quest for Liturgy: Both Catholic and Contemporary Bishop Donald Trautman
What You Can Learn from African-American Liturgy Father Anthony Vader
The Tetragrammaton Father Michael Gilligan
Pro Vobis et pro Multis Effundetur ("For you and for the many is poured out") Max Zerwick, SJ
Christological Disputes and Their Influence on the Liturgy Joseph Jungmann, S.J.

Articles from Verbum et Ecclesia, an international, South African open-access, peer reviewed and accredited, online journal
Remembrance as an optical mind-lens in the editing of memories by means of participatory listening in liturgy Ferdi P. Kruger
Fides Quaerens Corporalitatem: Perspectives on Liturgical Embodiment J H Cilliers
The Role of Worship and Ethics on the Road towards Reconciliation B A Muller
Still Because of the Weakness of Some? A Descriptive Exploration of the Lord's Supper in South Africa, 1948-2002 C Wepener

Articles in Compass Review, a Review of Topical Theology published quarterly by the Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
The Tridentine Mass Again: Can the Church Celebrate in Two Rites? Joseph Grayland
Fording the Impasse: Beyond the 'Reform of the Reform' of the Liturgy Gerard Moore SM
Ecclesia in Oceania: Liturgical Perspectives Gerard Moore SM
Liturgical translation at a crossroads Tom Elich

Articles in HTS Theological Studies
Celebrating the Feasts of the Old Testament in Christian Contexts Magdel le Roux
Ministerial Dress for Worship in Southern Africa Presbyterianism Graham A. Duncan

Articles in SIDIC Periodical, a journal of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion
A reflection on the book of blessings Lawrence E. Frizzell
The Homily in Synagogue Liturgy Maria Gallo
Jewish Family Liturgy: A source of Inspiration for the Celebration of the Lord's Day in the Home Marie-Helene Fournier
The Proclamation of the Holiness of God as a Form of Witness Carmine Di Sante
The Christian Confronts Death - Funeral Rites in Churches of the Syriac Tradition Jeanne-Ghislaine Van Over Straeten
Jewish and Christian Liturgy in the Face of Death Carmine Di Sante
Serving the Word: Suggested Guidelines for Homilists Eugene Fisher
The Christian Sunday Adrien Nocent
Anti-Jewish Elements In Liturgy: A Challenge to Christians Piet Van Boxel and Margaret Mcgrath
Christian Liturgy: Its Roots in Judaism Sofia Cavalletti
The Importance of Jewish-Christian Relations for Christian Liturgy C. A. Rijk
Consilium ad Exsequendam. Constitutionem de Sacra Liturgia Gaston Fontaine
The Work of the Liturgical Council C. A. Rijk
Commentaties in Missals Lucille Poulin
The Liturgy and Catholic-Jewish Relations Sharon MacIsaac
Ritual Crimes Elsa Pariente | M. E. Yarnitzky
Bonds between Two Liturgies -- Holland C. A. Rijk
Jews in Oriental Christian Liturgy Marie Despina
Towards the Messianic Passover Cardinal Lercaro
Liturgical Reform in Israel Marie Legrain

Articles in the McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry
Body, Dance and Worship Karen Sheil
Dance as Worship Luz Iglesias

Articles in Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America
Is there a distinct American contribution to the development of the Liturgy? Godfrey Diekmann
Does Liturgy Call for the Church? Kilian McDonnell
The liturgical dimensions of scriptural and theological studies Kieran Conley
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Maurice B. Schepers

Articles in Tertium Millennium
Encountering Jesus Christ in the Liturgy Corrado Maggioni
Devotion to Martyrs in the Roman Liturgy Mario Lessi-Ariosto

Articles in Church Life Journal, a journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life
How the Novus Ordo Mass Was Made Yves Chiron
Traditionis Custodes Challenges Everyone William Johnston
The Difference Between Liturgical Naïveté and a Eucharistic Culture of Affiliation Timothy O'Malley
Living Liturgically Brandon McGinley
A Guide Through the Poetic Theology of the Triduum Timothy O'Malley
The Relationship of the Liturgy to Time and Space Joseph Ratzinger
Liturgy and Evangelization: The Data and the Task Bob Waldrop
The Liturgy: Work of the Holy Trinity Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B.
Scapegoating Liturgical Reform Timothy P. O’Malley

Articles from Loyola University Chicago
Power and Weakness: Liturgy, Justice, and the World Susan A. Ross
Liturgy and Ethics M. Therese Lysaught

Articles in Théologiques
Enlivening Spirits: Shaker Dance Ritual as Theopraxis Kimerer L. LaMothe
Dancers of Incarnation; From Embodied Prayer to Embodied Inquiry Celeste Snowber
A Personal Relationship with the Mysteries: (Re)discovering the Enchanted Garden Through Movement and the Body Eline Kieft

Articles in Lumen at Vita
“Not There as Strangers or Silent Spectators”: Lay-led Virtual Liturgies in the Spirit of Sacrosanctum Concilium Julia Erdlen
A Christian Habitus: Wittgenstein and Liturgical Formation Austin C. Kopack
Ecstatic Hymns: The Hymn’s Role in Encountering Mystery in Liturgical Worship Megan Heeder

Articles in Communio
The Orations of the Vatican II Missal: Policies for Revision Lauren Pristas
The Catechetical Role of the Liturgy and the Quality of Liturgical Texts: The Current ICEL Translation Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

Articles from other sources
The Gift of the Liturgical Reform Mary Healy
'I Got a Crown': The Soul and Genius of Black Worship J-Glenn Murray, SJ
Unleashing the Power of Worship Ruth A Meyers
Why worship? Revisiting a Fundamental Liturgical Question Johan Cilliers
Intergenerational Worship Edward D. Seely. Scroll down to page 105
The Holy Spirit in the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom Most Rev. Kallistos Ware, Metropolitan of Diokleia
Do Freedom and Spontaneity Undermine Liturgy? Andrew Hamilton
Liturgy Matters: Liturgy and Scripture as the Mirror of Catholicity Damien Casey
Feasting and Fasting in the German Lutheran Church in Every Day Life and in the Liturgy Dompastor Wolfgang Grusnick
Lex orandi lex credendi: Liturgy as Locus Theologicus in the Fifth Century? Daniel G. Van Slyke
Worship as High Art: The Liturgy as the Epiphany of Beauty and Truth Lecture by Tristram Engelhardt
Removing Anti-Jewish Polemic from Our Christian Lectionaries: A Proposal Norman A. Beck
God's Special Presence in Worship John W. (Jack) Carter
Parousia and Liturgy Margaret Barker
Towards Asian Liturgical Inculturation Jonathan Yun-Ka Tan
The Worth of Worship Michael Knowles
From Study of Scripture to a Reenactment of Sinai: The Emergence of the Synagogue Torah Service Ruth Langer
The Ways We Worship Avery Dulles, SJ
The Spirit of the Liturgy Romano Guardini
Origins and Meaning of the Christian Altar Peter J. Riga
Liturgy and Sociology Dorothy Day
The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Adrian Fortescue


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