The Order of Saint Benedict

Monastic Topics: Liturgy

Liturgical Texts:

Eastern Texts
Western Music Texts | Western Texts

Liturgical Commentary

Web Resources:

The Calendar | Eastern
General/Western | Music

Liturgical Publishers

Liturgical Texts

Eastern Texts

American Apostolic Church. St. Nersess Armenian Seminary.
Armenian Divine Liturgy, in Cl. Armenian, English, and transliteration, music, notation and sound files, talking dictionary with each word, concordance, explanatory notes on each phase of the liturgy in Armenian and English. Biblical references for phrases in the Divine Liturgy, Cl. Armenian Language Primer.
Armenian Hymnal, Armenian liturgical calendar, hymns, with words, music, transliteration, and background on major feast days and hymn writers, Cl. Armenian, English and transliteration, concordance.
Byzantine Catholic Daily Prayer and Lectionary (current and comprehensive)
The Coptic Liturgy of Saint Basil

The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil: Ruthenian Recension, a Study Text (PDF)
The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (Ukranian Catholic Church)
The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: Ruthenian Recension, a Study Text (PDF)
The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (Orthodox page, 58K)
The Divine Music Project (6000 pages of Byzantine music in Western and Byzantine notation)

The Kaddish (ORIGIN)
The Liturgy of Saint James (New Advent)
Monumenta Musicae Byzantina Univ. Copenhagen

Western Texts

Western Music Texts

Canto Ambrosiano (free files in PDF format)
CANTUS (a database for Latin ecclesiastical chant found in over 130 manuscripts and early printed books)
The Cyber Hymnal (over 10,400 Christian hymns & Gospel songs)
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (an archive of music theory in Latin, Indiana U.)

Western Liturgical Texts

Archivum Liturgicam Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesia (pre-1963 Latin texts only)
Benedictine Daily Prayer: a short breviary (Liturgical Press)
The Book of Common Prayer (several dozen Books of Common Prayer, and related works, from all over the Anglican Communion, Charles Wohlers, ed., Anglican Resource Collection)

The Catholic Lectionary Website (Felix Just SJ; overview of seasonal readings)
DivineOffice.org. Daily podcasts with online texts.
eBreviary (daily Liturgy of the Hours prayers in PDF format)
Episcopal. The Daily Office (missionstclare.com)
Daily Readings for Mass (USCCB / NAB)
Gemma caelestis, hymn for second vespers for the feast of Saint Benedict, 11 July, text only in Latin and English
Give Us This Day (Daily prayer for today's Catholic from Liturgical Press)

The Lectionary Page (Episcopal; NRSV)
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (liturgies.net)
Liturgia della settimana (San Vincenzo, Italy)
Liturgical Press. (Official editions of the Sacramentary and Lectionary; the Loose-Leaf Lectionary, and Missles for Mass)
The Liturgy of the Hours. Universalis (daily prayer)
Liturgy of the Hours (.pdf files for daily group prayer in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French; English by subscription)

Messale Romano | Liturgia delle ore (Mobile) (Maranatha.it; multi-language official texts)
Monastery Podcast (Liturgy of the Hours from OSB Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
New American Bible Revised Edition (2011): Books of the Bible (alphabetical order); Readings and Psalms for the Day (USCCB, Wash., DC)
Patrologia Latina: The Full Text Database that comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. (ProQuest; authorized users at subscribing institutions only.)

Readings, Psalm Cycle for the Liturgy of the Hours and Daily Reflections from (Mount St. Scholastica, KS)
RELICS (Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census of pre-1601 books)
The Roman Missal, Third Edition (USCCB)
Roman Missal Resources (Liturgical Press)

The Text This Week (Excellent Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources indexed according to the Revised Common Lectionary and by Scriptural Text)
The Traditional Roman Breviary Online (pre-Vatican II; Confraternity of Sts. Peter and Paul, $2.50/month)
Tridentine Mass in Latin and English (1962) (Paul Halsall)
See also "Bible"

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Liturgical Commentary

101 Liturgical Suggestions: Practical Ideas for Those who Prepare the Liturgy by Columba McCann OSB (Glenstal Abbey). Eire: Veritas, 2014.
American-Cassinese Congregation. Monastic Ritual (PDF)
Benedict of Nursia, St. Regula. Benedict's Liturgical Code (chapters 8-20) set and continues to inform the shape of liturgical prayer in common
Benedict XVI, Pope. Apostolic Letter "Motu Proprio" Summorum Pontificum (2007) Latin - Documents Related to the Extraordinary Form (USCCB)

Encaenia in the Eastern Empire of the 4th and 5th c., The Rite and Feast of. (Michael A. Fraser, PhD thesis)
Egeria's Pilgrimage: latin & English (Michael A. Fraser)

Monastic Worship Forum (created 2009; permission needed to participate).
Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents, Vol. I and Vol. II. Austin Flannery OP's translation, used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
"Women in the Bible and the Lectionary" by Ruth Fox OSB. Liturgy 90 (May/June 1996), © Archdiocese of Chicago.

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Liturgical Sites

The Calendar | Eastern | General | Musical | Publishers

The Calendar

Benedictine Saints and A Benedictine Martyrology (Lechner's menology, 1855; Engl. 1922)
Calculate the Date of Easter Sunday (ASSA)
Calendar Templates (for printing as Win MS docs)
Calendar Zone (comprehensive)
CalenWeb (free printable calendars)
The Catholic Calendar (Universalis)

Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the USA (USCCB)
Liturgical Seasons (Resources for Catholic Educators)
Namenstagkalender / Heilige und Namenspatrone (search by name, saint, date, patronage, or visual attribute; in German)
Ordo for liturgical services in the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation.
OSB Calendar of Feasts (1975)
Printable Calendar - Free PDF and JPEG Calendars
Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendars (to 2040 by Rev. Kevin M. Laughery)
Roman Table of Liturgical Days according to their order of precedence

Eastern

Byzantine Catholic Church in Slovakia (History, rite, spirituality, chant, icons, texts, saints, etc.)
Byzantine Rite (Wikipedia)
The Divine Liturgy (Wikipedia)
Encyclopedia Coptica (The Coptic Network)
From East To West: Introducing Byzantine Catholicism
Greek and Roman Materials (Perseus)
Liddel and Scott. A Greek - English Lexicon.
Liturgica.com - Liturgics, books and music (with web store; uses Flash 4)

General/Western

Alberigo, Giuseppe, ed. History of Vatican II. (Google Books)
Architecture (Theology Library)
The Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission (Anglicans)
Archival resources (search: "Liturg*" - Notre Dame)
Bibliographia: Liturgia Horarum in Generale (S. Aquinata Böckmann OSB)
Bibliographia: Ritus in generale (S. Aquinata Böckmann OSB)
Books on Liturgy (Liturgical Press)

Catholic Encyclopedia (1903-12).
Catholic Homilies /Homilías Católicas
Catholic Liturgical Library (pro-Tridentine)
The Center for Sunday Liturgy (Saint Louis University)
Clerical Headgear and Accoutrements (Dieter Phillipi, in German, with list of suppliers)
Collegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy, and the Arts (annual)
Congregation for Divine Worship. General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours (EWTN)
Crosby, Vincent MFA. Fabric Artist

Deutsches Liturgisches Institut
Ecumenical Altarbread Recipes (Notes and Web Resources)
Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC).
Gaspard Inc. (handcrafted liturgical vestments, albs, cassocks, clergy shirts, choir robes, metal-ware, etc.)

G.R. Hoelzeman Studios. (liturgical spaces and artworks)
Greek and Roman Materials (Perseus)
Liddel and Scott. A Latin Dictionary.
Henderson, Frank. Liturgy and Medieval Women
Hermanoleon Clipart (Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross)

The Latin Liturgy Association
Lift Up Your Hearts (Canadian Lutheran Community)
The Liturgical Institute (University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL)
Liturgical Studies (Liz Knuth MA MDiv, Collegeville)

Liturgiewissenschaft, Universität Bamberg.
Liturgiewissenschaft, Universität Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Andreas Odenthal).
Liturgiewissenschaft, Universität Würzburg.

Liturgy. (Catholic Church in England & Wales)
Liturgy. (Theology Library; Gerald Darring)
Liturgy: Worship That Works (New Zealand. Anglican and ecumenical)
Liturgy Institute: For a detailed and peaceful study of liturgy, England, UK.

Maranatha (in Italian; complete text of Missal & Liturgy of the Hours for PC and handhelds)
Mass Times: a ministry to traveling Catholics
Mobile Gabriel (Weekly download of daily Mass readings and reflections for PDA's)
Monastery Podcast (Liturgy of the Hours from OSB Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (München, DE)
The New Liturgical Movement (Pro-Tridentine-Rite Blog)
North American Academy of Liturgy (ecumenical association of liturgical scholars)
Notre Dame. Center for Liturgy

Pontificium Athenaeum S. Anselmi, Rome
Pontifico Istituto Liturgico
Pray Tell: Worship, Wit, and Wisdom (Blog at Liturgical Press, MN)
Prayer and Song a la Taizé

Roman Missal Resources (Liturgical Press)
Sacraments, Liturgical Seasons, & Prayer: Resources for Catholic Educators (Gilles Côté)
Saint John's Abbey, Minnesota. Live and archived Sunday Mass broadcasts.
Sankt Ottilien Archabbey, Germany. Live Internet Broadcast of Hours and Mass with Chant in German and Latin.
Selected Resources for Latin (Collegeville)
Theology Library at Spring Hill College (with a comprehensive Liturgy section)

US Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, 3211 Fourth St., Washington, DC 20017-1194.
Committee on Divine Worship. General instruction of the Roman Missal, Third Edition.

Music Resources

Armenian Hymnal, Armenian liturgical calendar, hymns, with words, music, transliteration, and background on major feast days and hymn writers, Cl. Armenian, English and transliteration, concordance.
Calm Radio. Gregorian Chant.
Canto Ambrosiano (free files in PDF format)
ChantCD.com (Matthew McDevitt)
Church Music Association of America. Musica Sacra (with Forum)
Contemporary Catholic Music (Karl Kohlhase)
The Cyber Hymnal. over 10,400 Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations; biggest site of its kind on the Internet.

The Divine Music Project (Eastern)
Eternity Music (Jane Chifley, Australian Catholic contemporary music)
Gregorian Chant (Peter Jeffery, Princeton)
Gregorian Chant. Bibliography and Chant websites (OSB)

LicenSING.com™ (download and print congretional music by subscription from OCP)
Liturgica.com - Liturgics, books and music (with web store; uses Flash 4)
Liturgical Music (Liz Knuth MA MDiv, Collegeville)

Il Mondo della Cetra (The World of the Cither; website and magazine)
Music for Church Choirs (Colin Mawby, Vivace newsletter and more)
Nicholas Wilton: Sacred Choral Music
Nicholas-Maria Publishers. The Cantus Project (restoring Gregorian Chant to Catholic worship)
Pontificium Athenaeum S. Anselmi, Rome
Musica Liturgica
Psallité: Sacred Song for Liturgy and Life by The Collegeville Composers Group (Liturgical Press)
Roman Missal Resources (Liturgical Press)

Publishers

CanticaNOVA Publishers (Traditional music for the contemporary church)
GIA Publications: Sacred Music
Liturgical Press including Celebrating the Eucharist: Mass guides; Worship magazine
Liturgy Training Publications (Archdiocese of Chicago)

Ministry & Liturgy (continues Modern Liturgy magazine)
Oregon Catholic Press (liturgy aids and monographs)
USCCB Publishing (Wash., DC)
Veritas (art, books, resources, etc., Eire)
www.liturgy.com™ (OCP's online liturgy preparation service)

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