The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described

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This volume is an important, revised and
updated ceremonial manual, published to guide and assist in celebrating
the tradition liturgy today.

‘This
book, a classic guide to the celebration of the Church’s ancient
Gregorian Rite in the English-speaking world, will serve priests and
seminarians of the twenty-first century―just as it served so many
priests of the twentieth―in their pastoral mission, which now
necessarily includes familiarity with and openness to the use of the
older form of the sacred liturgy. I happily commend it to the clergy,
seminarians and laity as a reliable tool for the preparation and
celebration of the liturgical rites authoritatively granted by the Holy
Father in Summorum Pontificum.

‘I
congratulate the distinguished liturgical scholar, Dr. Alcuin Reid, for
his care and precision in ensuring that this revised edition conforms
to the latest authoritative decisions with regard to these liturgical
rites. As Pope Benedict
XVI wrote in his letter which accompanied Summorum Pontificum: «In the
history of the liturgy there is growth and progress, but no rupture.»
The Gregorian Rite is today a living liturgical rite which will continue
its progress without losing any of its riches handed on in tradition.
For as the Holy Father continued, «What earlier generations held as
sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a
sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful. It behoves all of
us to preserve the riches which have developed in the Church’s faith and
prayer, and to give them their proper place.» May this book assist the
Church of today and of tomorrow in realising Pope Benedict’s vision.’ – Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, President, Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei

This
fifteenth edition, revised in the light of Pope Benedict XVI’s reforms
and expanded and corrected throughout, includes a new chapter on the
music of solemn and sung Mass as well as clarifications of questions
that have arisen in the light of recent experience. It gives
descriptions of the rites of pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers,
the liturgical year including Holy Week, the sacraments, Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more.

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