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Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
Liturgical Press, 2008
An outstanding call for true Catholic Church reform, a tour de force
This is a really excellent book, coming directly to grips not only with the Roman Catholic Church's clerical abuse problems, but with history's iron grip on both governance and doctrine and the Church's inability to get beyond that grip -- due to structure, resistance ...
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Rule of Saint Benedict in English
Timothy Fry
Liturgical Press, 1982
Two editions
There seems to be some confusion over which edition these reviews are about. If the product details for the page you are looking at show less than 100 pages, this is a basic copy of the Rule of St. Benedict. If you are looking for the Rule (RB 1980), in Latin and ...
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Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict (Second Edition)
Esther de Waal, Kathleen Norris
Liturgical Press, 2001
Elegant!
Seeking God is an elegant, insightful, and extremely valuable treatment of the spirituality inherent in St. Benedict's Rule. The further into the book I read, the better I realized it was. Again and again I was impressed with the wisdom and psychological astuteness of ...
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Praying the Psalms (By Thomas Merton)
Thomas Merton
Liturgical Press, 1956
Beyond the Liturgy of the Hours
As one who has recently discovered the beauty of praying the Liturgy of the Hours, I have found Thomas Merton's little treatise on praying the Psalms to be both enriching and encouraging... encouraging me to look to the whole Psalm for the fullness of the meaning ...
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Faith of the Early Fathers: Three-Volume Set
William A. Jurgens
Liturgical Press, 1980
Catholic Church is the church founded by Jesus Christ
The writings of the early church fathers leave no doubt that they are linked directly to the 12 apostles and that their beliefs in dogma which go back 1500 -2000 years ago are consistent with the teachings of the catholic church to-day.The catechism of the catholic ...
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The Gospel and Epistles of John: A Concise Commentary
Raymond E. Brown
Liturgical Press, 1988
Concise and Probing Examination of the New Testament John Tradition
A clear and concise exploration of the New Testament Traditon of John in the exegetical method through exploration of themes and overarching messages of the Jesus tradition as portrayed in John. Primarily using accurate historical consideration (ie. geographic, class, ...
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The Shape of Catholic Theology: An Introduction to Its Sources, Principles, and History
Aidan Nichols
Liturgical Press, 1991
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Rites of the Catholic Church
Liturgical Press
Liturgical Press, 1990
The Roman Ritual
This book is part of the expanded Roman Ritual and Roman Pontifical presented to the American Church. While I dont agree with many of the changes made by Vatican II, I will say that this book is a good resource for complete rites as used in the american church. I ...
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Spiritual Direction and Meditation
Thomas Merton
Liturgical Press, 1986
Sound, sensible advice on the practice of prayer
As one who recives spiritual direction, I am constantly on the lookout for books that make sense of a discipline that can all too easily be shrouded in a fog of verbiage. This is one of the very few books that fits the bill; it speaks to the reader directly, in ...
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Genesis (Collegeville Bible Commentary)
Pauline A. Viviano
Liturgical Press, 1985
Insightful and refreshing
I was well pleased by the depth of interpretation given in this commentary. The aurthors insights are unique and refreshing. Although I haven't had the priviledged of taking any of Dr. Viviano's courses at the Univ. of Lyola, Chicago, her reputation extends far ...
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The Scripture Documents: An Anthology of Official Catholic Teachings
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Liturgical Press, 2002
In order to promote the Church's ongoing efforts "to share the boundless riches of the divine Word with the faithful entrusted to its care" (Dei Verbum 25), The Scripture Documents reproduces in one volume, key documents that record recent Catholic teaching on the interpretation of the Bible. Intended as a reference work, this collection of ...
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Introduction to the Bible: A Catholic Guide to Studying Scripture
Stephen J. Binz
Liturgical Press, 2007
Highly recommended for Catholics new to the enlightening labor of love that is Biblical and scriptural study.
Catholic biblical scholar, speaker, and counselor Stephen J. Binz presents Introduction to the Bible: A Catholic Guide to Studying Scripture. A brief yet solid primer covering how the Bible came to be, how to choose a Bible translation, how to interpret the Bible in ...
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Saint John's Bible: Gospels and Acts
Donald Jackson
Liturgical Press, 2005
This book spells deluxe
Just got the book today. I was excited when I opened the package. The book was in pristine condition. Nice packaging and no nicks or scratches on the cover. But the real treasure is in the individual pages. The pages approximate the color of the original vellum used ...
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Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood
George B. Wilson
Liturgical Press, 2008
This one is a keeper
Clericalism:The Death of Priesthood is the book that Catholics need to read. The Pope comes to America and says "I am deeply ashamed of the sex scandal": now what? George Wilson shows what the next step has to be. There is no point in thinking that the bishops or the ...
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The Gospel of Mark (Sacra Pagina)
John R. Donahue
Liturgical Press, 2005
A welcome addition to an excellent series
As the final gospel commentary in this series (Sacra Pagina) this volume will serve as a very helpful commentary to many who are pursuing a study of the Marcan text. This series stands between the highly critical, scholarly commentaries which many find intimidating or ...
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