The Church's Year of Grace - Volume 3

The Church's Year of Grace

Volume 3 - Easter to Pentecost

Dr. Pius Parsch; 5.5 x 7.5 x 0.75in; Hardcover, 358 pages with 2 ribbon markers

Republished after a half of a century! Pius Parsch’s seminal reflections on the Liturgy of the Church are collected once again, exclusively here at Biretta Books.

In five volumes, Fr. Parsch leads our journey through the Church’s Year of Her Scripture, of Her Saints’ lives, and even folk traditions. This first of five volumes guides you from Advent through Christmastide. It is a 358 page black hardcover tome that handsomely turns your bookshelf into a home library. Two reinforced ribbon markers help you keep your place along the year and facilitate daily prayer.

I. The Solemn Feast of Easter

• • Easter - Holy Springtime
  • Living the Easter Mystery
  • A Christian Walks on Earth But Lives in Heaven
  • Cross and Resurrection
  • Laying Aside the Baptismal Garments
  • Saturday and the Blessed Virgin
  • Sacred Heart Devotion in the Ancient Church
  • Alleluia: Our Easter Song
  • Alleluia and Parousia

II. New Orientation

• • A Message, a Challenge, and Grace
  • The Second Letter (Apoc. 2:8-11)
  • The Last Letter (Apoc. 3:14-22)
  • Patience
  • The Work of the Holy Spirit: A Meditation
  • The Rogation Liturgy
  • What Petitions Will Surely be Answered
  • Reflections of the Nature of True Prayer
  • The Ascension of Christ
  • A Feast to Honor Our King
  • Christ's Return to Heaven: A Meditation
  • Longing for Heaven

III. The Glorious Feast of Pentecost

• • The Pentecost Story
  • The "Veni, Sancte Spiritus"
  • The Sequence of Pentecost
  • The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • The Feast's Finale

IV. Proper of the Saints

• • St. George, Martyr
  • St. Mark, Evangelist
    • The Rogation Mass (Exaudivit)
  • St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor
  • St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin
  • St. Joseph the Workman
  • St. Monica, Widow
    • The Death of St. Monica
  • St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
    • The Sacrifice of Mass and Our Daily Life
  • St. Pascal Baylon
  • St. Augustine, Bishop and Confessor
  • The Queenship of Mary

V. The Common of Martyrs in Paschaltide

VI. The Common of Sovereign Pontiffs

VII. Mass of Our Lady on Saturday

Fr. Parsch invites you to enter more deeply into the practice of the Faith with The Church’s Year of Grace.  

About the Author:

Pius Parsch, born John Bruno Parsch (May 18, 1884 – March 11, 1954) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. Parsch was born in Neustift near Olmutz, Moravia, in what is now the Czech Republic. He was given the name Pius when he entered the community of Canons Regular in Klosterneuburg Abbey. He was a leading figure in the Liturgical Movement.