Product Description

Now in its fifteenth edition, this volume is an important, revised and updated ceremonial manual, published to guide and assist in celebrating the traditional liturgy today.Today as the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite enjoys its resurgence amongst Catholics, young and old, the need for an up-to-date ceremonial manual for the celebration of the traditional liturgy according to the liturgical books in use in 1962 is greater than ever in the past forty years.This volume in its fifteenth revised, corrected and expanded edition is published to guide and to assist this celebrating the tradition liturgy today. The ceremonies covered in this manual include pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers, Holy Week and the liturgical years, the sacraments, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more. This revised edition contains the text of the recent motu proprio by Pope Benedict XVI, a new chapter on music in the liturgy among other things.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #165232 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 511 pages

About the Author
Adrian Fortescue (1874-1923) was a Roman Catholic priest and Englishman who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer. He has been described by Michael Davies as, 'the greatest authority on the liturgy of the Roman Rite the English speaking world has ever known'. Canon J.B.O'Connell (d. 1977). Ceremonial and rubrics were his life's work and on the death of Adrian Fortescue in 1923, he was asked to prepare the third edition of this book. Over the next forty years he prepared a further nine editions. Canon O'Connell was a secular priest of the Menevia Diocese. Dr Alcuin Reid is a former Benedictine monk. He is a leading liturgy scholar and the author of The Organic Development of the Liturgy.

Customer Reviews

Essential for the Modern Traditional Catholic
This book is a must for any devotee of the Tridentine Rite. It gives essential information on every possible service you could imagine (Low Mass, Missa Cantata, High Mass, Pontifical High Mass, Solemn Vespers, even Tenenbrae).

The book is aimed at those involved in the celebration of these ceremonies (i.e. the ordained ministers and altar servers) but has a wealth of information that would appeal to any lay person.

Written in an accesible style it proves that the Tridentine Mass is not just a relic of the past but appeals to people of all ages.

The foreward by H.E. Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos is immensly interesting and proves that the old Mass is lawful and here to stay.

Expensive- but worth every penny.

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described
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