The Order of Saint Benedict Monastic Topics: Liturgy
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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 comprhensive)
• The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (Catholic Byzantine pages)
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (Orthodox page, 58K)
  
• The Kaddish (ORIGIN)
• Liturgies (byzantines.net)
• The Liturgy of Saint James (New Advent)
• Monumenta Musicae Byzantina U Copenhagen

Western Texts

Western Music Texts

• Canto Ambrosiano (free files in PDF format)
• CANTUS (A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant)
• The Cyber Hymnal (over 5,500 hymns)
• Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (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 (Charles Wohlers, Anglican Resource Collection)
• Episcopal. The Daily Office (missionstclare.com)
• Gemma caelestis, hymn for second vespers for the feast of Saint Benedict, 11 July, text only in Latin and English

• The Lectionary Page (Episcopal; NRSV)
• Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (EWTN)
• Liturgia della settimana (San Vincenzo, Italy)
• Messale Romano | Liturgia delle ore  (Mobile) (Maranatha.it; multi-language official texts)
• Liturgical Press. (Official editions of the Sacramentary and Lectionary; the Loose-Leaf Lectionary, Mass guides and Liturgy Planner CD)
• 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)

• Monastery Podcast (Liturgy of the Hours from OSB Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
• New American Bible: Books of the Bible (alphabetical order); Readings and Psalms for the Week (USCCB, Wash., DC)
• Ordo Missae (White Book, 2008; PDF)
• Patrologia Latina: The Full Text Database (ProQuest; authorized users at subscribing institutions only.)
• Pray the Psalms Daily with the Monks (Blue Cloud Abbey)

• Readings, Psalm Cycle for the Liturgy of the Hours and Daily Reflections (Mount St. Scholastica, KS)
• Readings for Upcoming Sunday's Liturgy (year, cycle, Gospel, Easter, etc.)
• RELICS (Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census of pre-1601 books)
• The Roman Breviary (pre-Vatican II) with The Roman Martyrology
• Roman Catholic Lectionary Website (Felix Just SJ; overview of seasonal readings)

• The Text This Week (Excellent Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources indexed according to the Revised Common Lectionary and by Scriptural Text)
• Tridentine Mass in Latin and English (1962) (Paul Halsall)
• See also "Bible"

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Liturgical Commentary

• Agnellus of Ravenna. Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis
• American-Cassinese Congregation. Monastic Ritual (4467kb; MS .doc)
• 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: Latin - English (PDF; USCCB trans., Letter to the Bishops, and BCL commentary)

• Clifford, Richard J., SJ. The Bishops, the Bible and Liturgical Language, America (May 1995).
• A Commentary on the Sunday Mass Readings in English and Spanish is available by regular or electronic mail from St. Benedict's Farm, Waelder, TX
• 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 Liturgy Forum. Newsletter (quarterly). $7/year USA; v.1:1-7:4, $1.50 each.
• Monumenta Germaniae Historica (München, DE)
• 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

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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)
• Calendar Templates (for printing as Win MS docs)
• Calendar Zone (comprehensive)
• The Catholic Calendar and its excellent Links Page

• Liturgical Calendar/Ephemeris/Easter Calculation: year, cycle, Gospel, Easter, etc. (Dr. M.J. Montes)
• Liturgical Seasons
• Namen und Feste: ein Kalender (by date of feast; in German)
• Ordo for liturgical services in the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation.
• OSB Calendar of Feasts (1975)
• Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendars (to 2031 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.)
• Encyclopedia Coptica (The Coptic Network)
• From East To West: Introducing Byzantine Catholicism
• Liddell-Scott-Jones. Greek and Roman Materials (Perseus)
• Liturgica.com - Liturgics, books and music (with web store; uses Flash 4)

General/Western

• Alberigo, Giuseppe, ed. History of Vatican II. Search: "Liturgical Reform." (Google Books)
• Architecture (Theology Library)
• The Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission (Anglicans)
• Archival resources ("Liturg*" - Notre Dame)
• Bibliographia: Liturgia Horarum in Generale (S. Aquinata Böckmann OSB)
• Bibliographia: Ritus in generale  (S. Aquinata Böckmann OSB)
• Bosch, Pastor Paul. Worship Workbench (www.worship.ca/)

• Catholic Encyclopedia (1903-12).
• Catholic Homilies /Homilías Católicas
• Catholic Liturgical Library (pro-Tridentine)
• The Center for Sunday Liturgy (Saint Louis University)
• Civitas Dei (Fr. Chadwick's "ritualist" Anglican point of view)
• CIN Roman (restorationist discussion of the post-Vatican II reform and renewal of the Roman Rite)
• Congregation for Divine Worship.  General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours
• Crosby, Vincent MFA. Fabric Artist

• Deutsches Liturgisches Institut
• Ecumenical Altarbread Recipes (Notes and Web Resources)
• Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC).

• G.R. Hoelzeman Studios. (liturgical spaces and artworks)
• Henderson, Frank. Liturgy and Medieval Women
• Hermanoleon Clipart (Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross)
• Keller, Theo. Short Breviaries in 20th c. America (new URL)

• The Latin Liturgy Association
• Lift Up Your Hearts (Canadian Lutheran Community) Comprehensive; practical; ecumenical!
      * Worship & Liturgy Scholarship
• Liturgical Brocades and Fabrics (Dustin LaBrasseur, owner)
• Liturgical Institute (University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL)
• Liturgical Resources for Catholic Educators (Gilles Côté)
• Liturgical Resources on the Internet (complied by composer Michael Lynch)
• Liturgical Studies (Liz Knuth MA MDiv, Collegeville)

• Liturgie / Liturgy (Christians on the Net)
• Liturgiewissenschaft Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Andreas Odenthal)
• Liturgiewissenschaftlich relevante Informationsquelle im WWW (Internet Resources)
• Liturgiewissenschaftliche Lehrstühle (German academic departments of Liturgy)

• Liturgy (Irish Theological Society)
• Liturgy (New Zealand. Anglican and ecumenical)
• Liturgy (Theology Library)
• Liturgy Office (England & Wales)
• Liturgy Planner (CD powered by Labora; Catholic Community Software)
• Maranatha (in Italian; complete text of Missal & Liturgy of the Hours for PC and handhelds)
• Ministry Scheduler (CD powered by Labora; Catholic Community Software)
• 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)
• The New Liturgical Movement (Shawn Tribe's Pro-Tridentine Blog with excellent sidebar resources)
• North American Academy of Liturgy (ecumenical association of liturgical scholars)
• Notre Dame. Center for Pastoral Liturgy

• Pontificium Athenaeum S. Anselmi, Rome
    Pontifico Istituto Liturgico
• Prayer and Song a la Taizé
• Saint John's Abbey, Minnesota. Live and archived Sunday Mass Real Media broadcasts.
• Saint John's Abbey, Minnesota. Albs and Mass Vestments.
• 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. Roman Missal Formational Materials (4 August 2008-).

• We Believe: a website for Roman Catholic liturgical reform (pro-Vatican II!)
• Witzmann, Father Hugh OSB (sacred artist).
• Word of God Hour (preparation for Sunday Liturgy)
• Worship & Music (features from Christianity Today).
• Worship That Works. Selected Sermons (ECUSA)

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.
• Canto Ambrosiano (free files in PDF format)
• ChantCD.com (Matthew McDevitt)
• Church Music Association of America. Musica Sacra (new forums)
• Contemporary Catholic Music (Karl Kohlhase)
• The Cyber Hymnal. 5,800 Christian hymns and Gospel songs from many denominations; iggest site of its kind on the Internet.

• Eternity Music (Jane Chifley, Australian Catholic contemporary music)
• Gregorian Chant (Peter Jeffery, Princeton)
• Gregorian Chant. Bibliography and Chant websites (OSB)
• Gregorian Chant on the 'Net * Listen to Plainchant * (Willy Schuyesmans, NL)

• Institute for Liturgy, Christian Arts and Hymnology (Graz, Austria)
• Joyful Noise (Leo J. Laughlin)
• Kapelle Music with Catholic Music Jukebox (RealAudio)
• Liturgica.com - Liturgics, books and music (with web store; uses Flash 4)
• Liturgical Music (Liz Knuth MA MDiv, Collegeville)

• The Music Page (for organists, choir directors and choirs; free downloads)
• Musical and Kinetic Artss (Lift Up Your Hearts)
• 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)
• PRINTandPRAISE.com™ (download and print music by subscription from OCP)
• Psallité: Sacred Song for Liturgy and Life by The Collegeville Composers Group (Liturgical Press)
• Worship & Sing! (Small Talent Music)

Publishers

• CanticaNOVA Publishers (Traditional)
• GIA Publications (sacred music with HymnPrint.net and LiturgyHelp.com)
• Liturgical Press including Celebrating the Eucharist: Mass guides;
  Worship magazine; and liturgy planning software
• Liturgy Training Publications (Archdiocese of Chicago)

• Ministry & Liturgy (continues Modern Liturgy magazine)
• Oregon Catholic Press (liturgy aids and monographs)
• Peregrina
• Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Liturgical Music Office (Music, Chant and Melody fonts)
• www.liturgy.com™ (OCP's online liturgy preparation you can trust.)

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