Living Liturgy™: Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities Year A (2014) - Softcover

Zimmerman CPPS, Joyce Ann; Harmon SNDdeN, Kathleen; Conlon SM, Christopher W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814635032 ISBN 13: 9780814635032

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2013

Synopsis

Living Liturgy™ is the indispensable resource that supports parish ministers of all types in preparing well for the celebration of Mass for Sundays, solemnities, and select other days, so that celebrating the liturgy and living a liturgical spirituality go hand-in-hand.

Written by a pastorally experienced team with expertise in Scripture, spiritual direction, liturgy, and liturgical music, Living Liturgy™ integrates daily living, prayer, and study.

Featured Liturgical Texts:

·         Collect

·         Gospel Acclamation

·         Gospel

·         Responsorial Psalm

·         First Reading

·         Second Reading

 

Supports for Ministry:

·         Reflecting on the Gospel

·         Living the Paschal Mystery

·         Focusing the Gospel

·         Connecting the Gospel

·         Connecting the Responsorial Psalm

·         About Liturgy

·         About Liturgical Music

·         Reflections for various ministers and groups

·         Model Penitential Act

·         Homily Points

·         Model Universal Prayer (Prayer of the Faithful)

·         Clip art drawn from the Gospel message

 

Anyone involved with liturgical planning and preparation will benefit from this comprehensive resource, including pastoral ministers, liturgy directors, musicians, and liturgy committee members. Living Liturgy™ also assists those who serve the community in the visible liturgical ministries—presiders, deacons, music ministers, hospitality ministers, altar ministers, lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion—because it clearly shows that each ministry deserves not only practical preparation but, even more important, spiritual preparation.

Catechumens, candidates, and sponsors use Living Liturgy™ to support and deepen their liturgical journey within the RCIA. Members of faith-sharing groups use this resource as the focus of weekly prayer and reflection. Parents and teachers will find that Living Liturgy™ can be simplified and shared with younger members of the liturgical community.

 

Utility Features:

·         Pronunciation guide

·         Calendar-dated

·         Perfect-bound

·         Readings in sense lines

·         Index of liturgical topics

 

About this title

About the Author:

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS, is the director of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio and is an adjunct professor of liturgy, liturgical consultant, and frequent facilitator of workshops. She has published numerous scholarly and pastoral liturgical works. She holds civil and pontifical doctorates of theology.

Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, is a noted liturgical theologian and musician, author and composer, presenter and teacher. She holds a graduate degree in music and a doctorate in theology.

 

Christopher W. Conlon, SM, is a Marianist priest who works with faculty and staff and has taught Scripture at the University of Dayton. He has been an educator for over a half century and is a highly respected homilist, a workshop presenter, and a spiritual director. He holds a graduate degree in religious education and the licentiate in theology.

Review:

“The comprehensive content and inviting layout of Living LiturgyTM make it a premier liturgical resource.”

            Writing Works

“Living LiturgyTM is a magnificent resource that helps liturgy come alive and present in the parish. The set-up creates a user-friendly guide to understanding the message of each Sunday through the lens of the paschal mystery, which deepens the faith of all the ministers. This has been a great foundation and teaching tool for training our ministers. I have seen a big improvement in our liturgies since we began using Living LiturgyTM.”

            Timothy Johnston

            Quincy, Illinois

About this edition

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0814635032
• ISBN 13: 9780814635032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320