LITURGICAL STUDIES Resources on the Net    

• Anaphora of Addai and Mari ("Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles"). Nestorian.

• Apostolic Constitutions (late 3rd or early 4th C.). Syrian. Book 8 of the Apostolic Constitutions [124K] may be of particular interest, as it contains details of the so-called "Clementine" liturgy.

• Apostles' Creed (c. 200). Latin text, English translation.

• Fernand Cabrol, The Mass of the Western Rites (1934). Historical, chiefly fifth through twelfth centuries. 440K plain text file.

• Church Calendar for Liturgy of the Hours Good through the end of Ordinary Time, before Advent, in 2004.

• Congregation for Worship

  • Directory for Masses with Children (1973).
  • Directory for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest (1988).
  • General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (1971).

  • Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani

    • General Instruction of the Roman Missal. (2003). English translation of the editio typica tertia, approved for use in the United States.

  • Liturgiam authenticam (2001). Principles governing the translation of liturgical texts, including Scripture, into vernacular languages.

    • Liturgiam authenticam, English translation.

• The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil. [52K].

• The Coptic Orthodox Book of Hours (Agpeya).

• Gerald Darring, Theology Library: Liturgical Year. [12K text, 77K graphics]. Directory of Internet resources. Darring teaches high school religion.

• A brief description of The Divine Liturgies used in the Byzantine Rite.

• The Divine Liturgy of St. James (2nd C.?). Jerusalem. Forerunner of some Syriac, Armenian, and Greek liturgies. [58K].

• The Divine Liturgy of St. Mark (2nd C.?). Alexandrian. Influenced Greek and Ethiopian liturgies.

• Eastern Liturgical Customs.

• Egeria (4th/5th C.)

  • Egeria and the Fourth Century Liturgy of Jerusalem. Latin text and English translation of the final third of Egeria's Itinerarium. With bibliography. Prepared by Michael Fraser.

  • The Pilgrimage of Etheria. 1919 SPCK edition, translated by M.L. McClure and C.L. Feltoe. Preserves pagination of printed version. "Much is wanting," as the editors themselves note, but this is the most complete version of Egeria yet available online.

• Ruth Fox, Women in the Bible and the Lectionary (1996).

• General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar  (1969).

• General Roman Calendar  With observances proper to the U.S. Best viewed with a browser that supports tables.

• John Paul II

  • Dominicae Cenae (1980). One of a series of annual letters to priests for Holy Thursday. This one deals with Eucharistic worship in both senses--inside and outside of the Mass. Also touches on the role of the priest.

    • Dominicae Cenae, English translation. [71K].

  • Redemptoris Mater (1987). Encyclical. On the role of Mary in the life of the Church.

    • Redemptoris Mater, English. Each chapter in its own file. With concordances and word frequency lists.

• Felix Just, Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass. Tables of all the readings in several editions of the lectionary, comparisons between the 1970 and 1998 U.S. editions and the 1992 Canadian lectionary.

• Justin Martyr (d. c. 165), First Apology

  • Chapter 61. Christian Baptism. [138K text, 5K graphics].

  • Chapters 65ff. Administration of the Sacraments. (Baptism and Eucharist). [138K text, 5K graphics].

• Lectionary Resource for Catholics popular and best liturgical homily resource.

• Lecturas. Scripture readings for Sunday Mass, and some solemnities, in Spanish. From Spain--uses the vosotros form. Size varies.

• Lecturas de la Misa. Readings for Sunday Mass. Latin American Spanish--uses ustedes rather than vosotros.

• Lift Up Your Hearts. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Many valuable resources for liturgy.

• John Lilburne, RomanRite.com. News of recent developments in Latin Rite liturgical law, and essays by an Australian student of theology.

• Liturgical Vestments in use in the Byzantine Rite.

• The Liturgy section from the Order of St. Benedict home page. One of the best liturgical pages on the Net.

• Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. [60K text, 48K graphics]. Traditionally ascribed to Gregory the Great, and used by Eastern rites and by the Orthodox on Wednesdays and Fridays of the Great Lent.

• Roger Mahony, "Gather Faithfully Together": A Guide for Sunday Mass (1997). [167K]. Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles shares his vision of Sunday Eucharist in the parish. Long. Must reading for parish ministers.

• Mission of the Sacred Heart, Scripture readings for daily and Sunday Mass, in Chinese

  • Chinese Mass readings, Big 5 coding.

  • Chinese Mass readings, GB coding.

• NAB Lectionary Watch. Of chiefly historical interest now, but also has references to a number of interesting articles on inclusive language.

• Paul VI

  • Marialis Cultus (1974)

    • Marialis Cultus, English. [109K].

  • Mysterium Fidei (1965)

    • Mysterium Fidei, English. [51K].

  • Sacram Unctionem (1972)

    • Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

• Quicumque vult, also known as the "Athanasian Creed." Probably 5th C., with affinities to Vincent of Lérins.

  • Quicumque. Introduction, Latin text, and English translation.

  • Le symbole d'Athanase. French translation.

• Revised Common Lectionary readings. NRSV.

• Saints: Autobiography, Biography, Hagiography

  • Hippolyte Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography. Full text of 1907 edition, 517K. Thoughtful, interesting consideration of the principles and process of medieval hagiography.

  • The ECOLE Initiative: Vitæ.

  • Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives. [96K text, 20K graphics]. New Testament era through the Middle Ages, and helpful links for hagiography.

  • Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1229-1298), The Golden Legend. Full text of the immensely popular Legenda Aurea. Each of 7 volumes of Temple Classics edition (1900) in its own file; some chapters available separately.

  • Terry Jones, Patron Saints Index. Brief profiles of 2000 saints, often with links to other sources of information, and sometimes excerpts from the saint's writings.

  • James Kiefer's Hagiographies. Anglican. Uses frames. James Kiefer's Christian Biographies is the no-frames table of contents.

  • Rafael María López-Melús, Los Santos Carmelitas. Carmelite saints. Calendar and biographical essays, in Spanish.

  • Ed LoPresti, Saints' Lives. Directory. A very good starting point. Also links to related resources.

  • Orthodox Calendar. With brief hagiographies. From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. Best viewed with a browser that supports tables.

  • Kathy Rabenstein, For All the Saints [85K text, 21K graphics]. Rabenstein has drawn on mainly public-domain hagiographical works in compiling this index of about 11,000 saints and beati. Notes whether the person is included in the Roman Martyrology, has an approved cultus, or is a center of popular devotion. Sometimes too sanitized for my taste, but certainly worth a look.

  • Société des Bollandistes, Christian Hagiography. No direct links to primary texts, but tells where to look. Excellent bibliographies.

  • Synexarion. Coptic Orthodox.

  • David Woods, The Military Martyrs. If you have any interest in the soldier saints of late antiquity and the early medieval period, this is a "must see" site. English translations of the Latin and Greek primary sources, bibliographies. Woods' doctoral thesis was on the Christianization of the fourth-century Roman army.

• Willibald Sandler, Josef Andreas Jungmann. Brief biography, in German.

• Sanctoral Table. In Spanish, from the Chilean bishops' conference. Server is often down.

• Selections from the Assyrian Liturgy.

• Textweek - Scripture study and worship links

• Typikon (Ukrainian Rite).

• Ukrainian Rite Resources. Sacramental rites, devotions, tropars and kondaks. Zipped Word 6.0 files.

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

  • Adaptations of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia. Policy for the dioceses of the United States in matters which the GIRM entrusts to bishops' conferences, such as posture, gesture, materials for sacred furnishings.

  • Liturgical Calendar 2004. In PDF. [513K]. Prepared by the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy. Includes Scripture citations and lectionary numbers for Mass readings.

  • Readings and Psalms for the Month. Scripture readings for daily Mass. Uses the New American Bible.

• Universalis. Liturgy of the Hours. Latin Rite Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Compline, (partial) Office of Readings; and supplementary information. Also has a general calendar, and local calendars for many English-speaking countries.

• Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, 1963).

  • Sacrosanctum Concilium, English [82K text, 28K graphics].

• We Believe! U.S. organization promotes the liturgical reform envisioned by Vatican II. Supports ICEL. News related to liturgy, quarterly newsletter, analysis and commentary on liturgical matters of current concern.

• Tzvee Zahavy, Studies in Jewish Prayer (1990). [388K]. Covers period from 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.

LITURGICAL MUSIC Resources on the Net   

• Ben Chi, Pipe Organs and Related Topics. Archives for the PIPORG-L Internet mailing list, plus many links of interest to organists.

• Choral Archives. Small but interesting collection of MIDI, finale (.fnl), and Quicktime movie files. Some plain text files for lyrics.

• ChoralNet. Home page for several discussion groups, and points to other online resources for choral music. Available in English, German, French, and Spanish.

• The Church Music & the Kinetic Arts section from Lift Up Your Hearts. A goldmine of categorized links. Sparse annotations, though. [47K text, 12K graphics].

• A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876). [118K]. Hymn texts only.

• The Cyber Hymnal. Hymn texts and MIDI files, together on one page. Organ sound. Listed by title. There are also indexes for special topics. Some pages offer the option of reading a brief biography of the composer.

• Nigel Day, Hymns. Historical background on texts and tunes of selected hymns.

• The Exsultet. Text and RealAudio file, both in English.

• Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), Hymns. Hymn texts only, in German and English, from one of the great Lutheran hymnwriters.

• William Graeber, Classical Midi Organ Stop! [28K text, 50K graphics]. MIDI files, mostly hymnody. Uses frames, which make it more difficult to find the resources unique to this site. "Pipe Organ" has sequences: most for MIDI organ, a few for sound cards. "Midiscan for Fun" is the primary section for MIDI hymntunes for sound card; these sound like piano. Hymns are listed by title. Also worth investigating is the "Religious MIDI Links" page, which includes the Baptist Hymnal, the Lutheran Hymnal, and the Methodist Hymnal. Most pages automatically begin playing a MIDI file, but a console is provided so that you can adjust the volume or turn the sound off.

• Tad Inoue, Church Music Research Tools. English and Japanese. Frames-dependent. Featuring an extensive bibliography: titles in original languages, annotations in Japanese. Site also has directories of Internet resources related to the study of church music. Inoue, who has earned both the M.Div. and the M.M.--Church Music, is pastor of Hekinan Bible Church, Aichi, Japan.

• Sherman Isbell, How to Use a Split-Leaf Psalter (1997). Review of The Psalms in Metre (Oxford University Press, 1990), 316 pp.

• Rick Kephart, Gregorian Chant Notation. Explains how to read Gregorian chant. Must have graphics capability.

• Martin Luther (1483-1546)

  • The Hymns of Martin Luther (New York, 1883). English and German.

  • Selected Hymns of Martin Luther. English, German, and Latin.

• Music for the Church of God. Virtual hymnal with texts and MIDI files, complete contents of three metrical psalters online, articles related to metrical psalm singing.

• Music from Taizé. RealAudio and .wav sound files.

• National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Membership organization. Web site features news, job listings, and an electronic mailing list.

• The "O" Antiphons, from the Dominican Antiphonarium, with the Christmas Proclamation. For each of the Great O Antiphons, this site provides an image of Gregorian chant notation with Latin text, an (unfortunately unsingable) English translation, and a RealAudio file of the Latin.

• Thomas Ravenscroft, The Whole Booke of Psalmes: With the Hymnes Evangelicall, and Songs Spiritvall. Scanned page images of Ravenscroft's psalter of 1621.

• Sacred Congregation of Rites, Musicam sacram (Instruction on Music in the Liturgy). 5 Mar. 1967.

• Willy Schuyesmans, Gregorian Chant. Of particular interest are the bibliography (which includes a discography) and "Gregorian chant on the Net." In Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese.

• William Walker, Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New ed. (1847). The classic of American shape-note singing. Scores scanned in .gif format, in two sizes. Includes texts and MIDI files (organ sound), so that you can see the lyrics or the score while listening to the music. Can search by hymn tune, first line, last name of composer, or meter.

Catholic

• Lectionary Resource for Catholics - best resource on liturgical homily
• SJ Spiritual Reflection on Sunday Readings - from Center for Liturgy
• Light A Candle Munachi's Homepage of African Christian Inspiration 
• Preaching - from Order of Preacher
• Catholic Homilies and Sermons
• Over 300 Catholic Doors Ministry homilies
• Homilies Net
• Homilies Alive
• The Holy See - The Holy Father - John Paul II - Homilies
• Sundays Into Silence By Gerry Pierse, Claretian Publications, Pastoral Resources
• Deacon Sil's Homilitic Resources
• Vision 2000 Praying Scripture in a Contemporary Way
• Homily for Next Sunday - from the Archdiocese of Dublin
• St. Anthony Biblical Exposition and his Opus Dominacale  - St. Paul Center Biblical Theology
• Monastery of Christ in the Desert
• 2004 Andrew Greeley Homily Index
• Catholic Homilies  A B C Fr. Phil Bloom
• Homilies and Sermons for Preachers - Fr. Tommy Lane
• Catholic Homilies   - Fr. Joseph Benitez, Diocese of Marbel, Philippines
• Treasures of the Heart  - Notes and reflection on Sunday Gospels by Fr. Noel C.T. Ello

Non-Catholic included

• Textweek - Scripture study and worship links
• SermonCentral.com - 50,000 Free Sermons, Illustrations and Outlines
• Sermons and sermon Lectionary Resources - Rev. Richard J. Fairchild
• Lectionary Preaching - General Board of Worship
• The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible
• Desperate Preachers
• The Living Pulpit
• Well Spring on the Web
• Sermon.org
• Preacher's Page

Weekdays

• Presentation Ministries
• Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations
• Daily Gospel 2004 and Bible Diary
• 365 Days with the Lord, St. Paul
• A Voice in the Desert
• Daily Reflection Calendar
• Weekday Homilies
• CIN Daily Word
• Gospel Reflection Guide - Archdiocese of Manila
• The Monastery of Christ in the Desert
• Daily Reflection from Don Talafous OSB

Preacher's Resources

• Catholic Liturgical Library
• Textweek - Scripture study and worship links
• Collection of Homilies of some Fathers of the Church and Saints
• Daily Catholic Reflection on Mass Readings from EWTN
• Online Preachers Resources --- From Aquinas Institute
• Greg Heille, OP et. al.: A Preacher’s Library for Biblical Interpretation
• Scripture commentary from justpeace
• National Institute for the Word of God. NIWG
• Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics. CATH
• Catholic Homilies and Sermons
• Catholic Coalition on Preaching (CCOP)
• Catholic Preaching Resources
• Sermons & Sermon-Lectionary Resources - from Rev. Richard J. Fairchild
• World Wide Study Bible
• Sermon and Bible Study Database from Theology Website
• Bible Message Biblical Reflections
• Preaching Peace
• Sermon Illustrator
• Sermon Resources - from HIS NET
• RCL Preaching and Related Helps  for the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) or Roman Lectionary for Mass (RLM) from the "Lift up your hearts" site
• Sermon humor and other Dr. Harold White Sermons sites

Constitution on the Liturgy Vatican II

Liturgiam authenticam: On the Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy 2001 document of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines 2001 document of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal 2002 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

The Theological Vision of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Roman Missal From the American Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy

Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy Issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on March 29, 1994

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal 1975 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

The Sacred Liturgy Motu Proprio of Pope Paul VI issued on January 25, 1964

Reading the Liturgical Documents By Rev. Jan R. Larson, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in Snoqualmie, WA, and a liturgy consultant for the Archdiocese of Seattle

Catechism of the Catholic Church The liturgy--Work of the Holy Trinity

Catechism of the Catholic Church Celebrating the Church's Liturgy, I

Catechism of the Catholic Church Celebrating the Church's Liturgy, II

On the Sacred Liturgy Pius XII: Mediator Dei (1947)

Liturgy Preserves Faith Experience of Generations Pope John Paul II's address to those taking part in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on May 3, 1996

Sunday Communion without Mass Pastoral message issued in 1995 by the Kansas bishops

Committee on the Liturgy A standing committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Includes official documents

Egeria and The Fourth Century Liturgy of Jerusalem

Digital Liturgy Our purpose is to contribute to Roman Catholic liturgies around the world by sharing resources of interest to the professional liturgist, parish liturgy committee, presider, liturgical musician, building construction committee, parish librarian, and to all other parish ministers

Extremely Necessary - Proceeding with the Renewal By James O’Regan, Liturgy Consultant

Catholic Liturgical Reform 1986 Article by German Martinez in Theology Today

Adoremus The agenda for liturgical renewal put forward by some Catholics who believe that "the Church has suffered greviously at the hands of some misguided liturgists."

The Roman Liturgy Texts, documents, and commentary

Liturgical Diagnosis of a Parish By James O’Regan, Liturgy Consultant

The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University The Center warmly invites ALL members of the assembly to prepare for Sunday Mass by using this site

How Is the Word of God Celebrated in Your Parish? A checklist of concerns and questions prepared by Pastoral Arts Associates of North America

Lift Up Your Hearts Worship & Spirituality Site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Histories and Guides to the Medieval Liturgy: A Bibliography

Meeting Christ in the Liturgy Weekly reflections by Fr. K. M. Cusick on the Scriptures of the sacred Liturgy and the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Liturgical Studies A number of articles by Thomas J. Reese, S.J., in America, usually as part of his covering of the work of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Liturgy and Sociology Article by Dorothy Day in The Catholic Worker, December 1935

The Bishops, the Bible and Liturgical Language Article by Richard J. Clifford, S.J. First published in America, May 1995

The Catholic Liturgical Library An ambitious site that will eventually contain documents as well as information on liturgical art, architecture, music, and practices

Ritual is Essential Article by Dolores LaChapelle in In Context. Seeing ritual and ceremony as sophisticated social and spiritual technology

Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions

Towards Asian Liturgical Inculturation An essay by Jonathan Yun-Ka Tan

Lectionary Resource for Catholics

Love Songs to the Dead: The Liturgical Voice as Mentor and Reminder Article by Catherine Madsen in CrossCurrents, 1998

Mrs Murphy's Arising from the Pew Article by Ninna Edgardh Beckman in Ecumenical Review, 2001

Liturgy via Electronic Communication: Is It Possible? Article by Christopher Kiesling in Spirituality Today, 1983

Liturgy and Common Ground Article by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland in America, 1999

Frank Henderson's Page on Liturgy and Medieval Women Henderson is editor of the Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy. He includes a number of his writings in sections entitled Liturgical Studies, Liturgical Resources, Medieval Bidding Prayers, Women and Worship in the Middle Ages, Medieval Religious Rules for Women, and Liturgy, Music & Culture in Early Canada

Liturgy, Justice and the Reign of God: Integrating Vision and Practice Complete text of the book by J. Frank Henderson, Stephen Larson, Kathleen Quinn

Liturgy Reflections by Benjamin J. Urmston, SJ

Liturgy Produced under the auspices of the "On-Line Ministries," sponsored by the Collaborative Ministries Office of Creighton University

Lectionary Page

Lectionaries Old and New Kevin P. Edgecomb's page listing early western, east Syrian, Armenian, modern eastern and modern western lectionaries

Liturgy Monastic Topics links from the Benedictines

Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Music College of Saint Benedict | Saint John's University

Liturgy Resources for Catholic Educators

Liturgy Irish Theological Association

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census  - "This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601... RELICS now includes information on over 8,890 titles. This information is based upon personal inspections of books in most of the major research libraries of the United States and also libraries in a few selected European cities. Some additional information derives from published bibliographies and library catalogs."

Roman Catholic Lectionary Website

Revised Common Lectionary - A Vanderbilt Divinity Online Library

Textweek - Extensive and most popular Scripture study and worship links.