“Inner Dynamics of Divine Worship: Joseph Ratzinger on Liturgical Development” / “Wewnętrzny dynamizm kultu Bożego. Joseph Ratzinger o rozwoju liturgii”, by Mariusz Biliniewicz, Ph.D., Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2014): pp. 21-36. Text in English. Available in pdf format at Czasopisma humanistyczne.
A Pastoral Letter to the Reverend Clergy, Devoted Religious and Faithful Laity of the Diocese of Rockford on the Most Holy Eucharist, by the Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Rockford (2006). Available in pdf format at the Diocese of Rockford.
“The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? For we being many, are one bread, one body, all who partake of one bread…
“For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord until he come.
“Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord… not discerning the body of the Lord.
See these online texts and ebooks (I) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI and (II) about him and his thought, previously indexed on the Project.
I. Texts and ebooks by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI:Continue reading →
Religion as a Virtue: Thomas Aquinas on Worship through Justice, Law, and Charity, by Prof. Robert Jared Staudt, Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctorate in Theology, Ave Maria University, 2008. Available in pdf format on this page, listed on the Reading Toolbox & Student Resources page, of Dr. Scott Hahn’s website.
Ritual in the Age of Authenticity: An Ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics, by Dr. Nathaniel Marx (2013). Dissertation submitted to the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Available in pdf format at CurateND.
“The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church”, Lineamenta by the Tenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops General Secretariat, 25 February 2004. May be read online at the Holy See.
See also the texts under sub-list IV “On the Blessed Eucharist and the Sacrifice of the Mass” on the page Sacraments, and under sub-list III.B “About the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass” on the page Liturgy; as well as: Continue reading →
“The Mystery of the Ascension and the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar” by Andrew Meszaros, Ph.D., Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, Vol. 19, No. 3 (2015): pp. 243-264. Available in pdf format at Maynooth University.
Instructions on the Doctrines, Duties, and Resources, of the Catholic Religion, by [C. F.] L’Homond, translated by James Appleton (Philadelphia: Michael Kelly, 1841). With episcopal approbation. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
“Holy Saturday”, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, on pages 520 – 644, beginning on this page, of his larger work, The Liturgical Year: [Volume VI] Passiontide and Holy Week, translated by Dom James Laurence Shepherd (London: Burns & Oates, R. & T. Washbourne, Art & Book Company; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1911), which is available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive.