In Shining Splendor: Fifty Eastertime Meditations on the Exsultet

"Something cosmic happens at Easter. Under a full moon and a starry sky, the whole earth erupts into praise. Heaven and earth narrate the wonderful works of God, and all is music. The Risen One sets the rhythm, and all celestial and terrestrial voices are tuned for the song" With these words, Father Richard Fragomeni sets the tone for fifty days of meditations on the great Easter vigil song of praise, the Exsultet. Together with exquisite art by Jane Pitz, you can make these your daily prayerful reflections throughout the Easter season. Exult with all creation as you pray the Exsultet all Easter season long! Hardcover book with dustjacket includes a CD with a recording of the chanted Exsultet and more Easter music to accompany your daily meditations.

Richard N. Fragomeni, a priest of the diocese of Albany, New York, is associate professor of liturgy and homiletics and chair of the Department of Word and Worship at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He has written widely on topics of liturgy, music, symbolism, the Catechumenate, the Eucharist, and liturgies with children, among other subjects. His newest collaboration is with Brother Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS in the work BLESSED ART THOU: MOTHER, LADY, MYSTIC, QUEEN which recently won three Catholic Press awards. In addition to his teaching, preaching, and writing duties, Father Fragomeni serves as spiritual director at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, an Italian-American spiritual center in Chicago's Little Italy.