A New Edition of the Monastic Breviary from Farnborough Abbey

We are glad to share this notice from the abbey of St Michael in Farnborough, England, about their new republication of the Monastic Breviary. It may be purchased at a special pre-order price at this link: https://www.theabbeyshop.com/product/breviarium-monasticum. Orders will ship in February of next year.

Many readers of the NLM will be familiar with the extremely popular Monastic Diurnal in Latin & English. The St Michael’s Abbey Press has been publishing that title for about 20 years now, and it is now in its 8th edition. We are therefore delighted to announce that, after some years of preparation, we are publishing a full Breviarium Monasticum - the 1962 Monastic Breviary in two volumes in Latin only. These volumes contain everything necessary to follow the entire Monastic Office including the Office of Matins, which is not given in the diurnal.

The St Michael’s Monastic Breviary is a reprint of the Marietti edition of 1962. Marietti were a very high quality Italian liturgical publishers founded in 1820. They were known both for the quality of their bindings, and also the beauty of the text itself. The 1962 Breviarium Monasticum is an excellent example of the quality of their work: the text is clear and readable, including “Liturgical Movement” style titles, arguably the breviary’s most distinctive feature.

As well as its beauty, another feature of this edition is its practicality: it reduces flipping backwards and forwards to a minimum- each office in the psalter gives all the texts necessary. For example, the daily psalms 66, 50, and 148-150, together with the Benedictus are printed in full for Lauds each day. Other editions would constantly (and sometimes frustratingly) refer you to different pages. It also includes several appendices, such as preparation & thanksgiving for Mass, various useful blessings, litanies, brief formulas for the sacraments, the last rites, &c.

Printed on bible paper, in black and red throughout and with gilt edges and six marker ribbons, our edition builds on the original Marietti beauty with several touches: custom endpapers unique to our publications, raised bands on the spine, the arms of the Abbey together with the title and volume number stamped in gold, and covers embossed with the medal of St Benedict. It is of a size that sits comfortably in the hand, sits open easily, not too heavy, and a generally pleasant book to handle and use.

The Breviary is available in two versions: with a zip case closing, or a traditional binding with a hard slipcase included. Both editions are leather bound, and extremely robust. A monk would traditionally spend several hours of his day praying the breviary, and so these volumes are intended to stand up to that level of daily wear and tear.

In buying the Breviarium Monasticum (and other titles) from the St. Michael’s Abbey Press you are also supporting a flourishing 140-year-old contemplative Benedictine Community of ten monks, in full Communion with the Church, celebrating the monastic liturgy in Latin, with a proud tradition of Gregorian chant. Buying our produce enables us to continue our life of prayer and work within the monastic enclosure. Thank you.

Books on Liturgy and the Sacraments for Sale

Fr Thomas Simons of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Comstock Park, Michigan, has a second list of books for sale, this time books about the liturgy, for which he is hoping to find good homes where they will be used and studied. This list includes several rare and out-of-print titles and original editions. The proceeds from the sale of these titles will go to benefit his parish school; you can contact him directly for more information about the books, and arrangements for purchase, shipping and handling at the following email address: frtsimons@holytrinitycp.org. Only U.S. orders can be handled; postage will vary depending on the number of books purchased. Larger orders are sent by FedEx, smaller ones by USPS priority rate (2 days).

Josef A. Jungmann

1. The Early Liturgy, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN, 1959, 314 pages, $45.

2. Pastoral Liturgy, Herder & Herder, NY, 1962, 430 pages, $50.

3. Public Worship: A Survey, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1957, 249 pages, $40.

4. The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development (2 volumes), Benziger Brothers, NY, 1949, 494/531 pages, $85.

5. Liturgical Worship: An Inquiry into its Fundamental Principles, Frederick Pustet Co, New York, 1941, 141 pages, $35.

Archdale A. King

6. Liturgy of the Roman Church, Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, WI, 1957, 476 pages, $60.

7. Liturgies of the Past, Longmans, London, 1959, 487 pages, $60.

8. Liturgies of the Religious Orders, Longmans, London, 1955, 431 pages, $60.

9. Eucharistic Reservation in the Western Church, Sheed & Ward, NY, 1965, 258 pages, $50.

10. The Rites of Eastern Christendom (2 volumes), Catholic Book Agency, Rome, Italy, 1947/1948, 678/668 pages, $85.

11. Concelebration in the Christian Church, A.R. Mowbray & Co, London, 1966, 149 pages, $45.

Various Authors

12. The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy, Adrian Fortescue, Longmans, London, 1922, 429 pages, $45.

13. Christian Worship: Its Origin and Evolution, Msgr. L. Duchesne, SPCK, London, 1931, 593 pages, $50.

14. The Roman Pontifical: A History and Commentary, Dom Pierre De Puniet, OSB, Longmans, London, 1932, 279 pages, $55.

15. The Origins of the Modern Roman Liturgy, S.J.P. Van Dijk, OFM & J. Hazelden Walker, Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 1958, 586 pages, $50.

16. Essays in Early Roman Liturgy, Alcuin Club Collections No 46, G. G. Willis, SPCK, 1964, 147 pages, $40.

17. Further Essays in Early Roman Liturgy, Alcuin Club Collections No 50, G. G. Willis, SPCK, London, 1968, 267 pages, $45.

18. The Eighth-Century Gelasian Sacramentary: A Study in Tradition, Bernard Moreton, Oxford University Press, London, 1976, 222 pages, $45.

19. The Leonine Sacramentary: A Reassessment of its Nature and Purpose, D. M. Hope, Oxford University Press, London, 1971, 164 pages, $45.

20. Comparative Liturgy, Anton Baumstark, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, 1958, 249 pages, $45.

21. The Progress of the Liturgy, Dom Olivier Rousseau, OSB, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, 1951, 219 pages, $30.

22. The Shape of the Liturgy, Dom Gregory Dix, The Seabury Press, NY, 1945/1982, 777 pages, $35.

23. The Use of Lights in Christian Worship, Alcuin Club Collections No 51, D. R. Dendy, SPCK, London, 1959, 197 pages, $45.

24. The Ancient Liturgies of the Gallican Church, J. M. Neale, AMS Press, NY, 1970 (reprinted from the 1855 London edition), 368 pages, $40.

25. The Early History of the Liturgy, J. H. Srawley, Cambridge University Press, London, 1949, 240 pages, $35.

26. Fundamentals of the Liturgy, Rev. John H. Miller, CSC, Fides Publishers, Inc., Notre Dame, IN, 1959, 531 pages, $40.

27. The Influence of the Synagogue upon the Divine Office, Alcuin Club Collections No 45, C. W. Dugmore, The Faith Press Ltd, Westminster, London, 1964, 151 pages, $35.

28. History of the Roman Breviary, Msgr. Pierre Batiffol, Longmans, London, 1912, 341 pages, $70.

29. A Handbook of the Liturgy, Rudolf Peil, Herder & Herder, NY, 1960, 317 pages, $40.

30. The Liturgy of the Roman Rite, Ludwig Eisenhofer & Joseph Lechner, Herder, Freiburg & Nelson, Edinburgh-London, 1961, 507 pages, $45.

31. Catholic Liturgies, translated and adapted from the German of Richard Stapper, STD, Professor of Liturgy at the University of Muenster by David Baier, OFM, STD, St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, 1935, 379 pages, $40.

32. Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage, Ancient Christian Writers, translated by George E. Gingas, Newman Press, NY, 1970, 287 pages, $40.

33. Christian Worship in East and West: A Study Guide to Liturgical History, Herman A.J. Wegman, Pueblo Publishing Company, NY, 1985, 390 pages, $35.

34. The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus, translated into English with Introduction and Notes by Burton Scott Easton, Archon Books (with permission of Cambridge University Press, London), 1962, 112 pages, $35.

35. Medieval Liturgy: An Introduction to the Sources, Cyrille Vogel (translated and revised by William Storey and Niels Rasmussen, OP), The Pastoral Press, Washington, DC, 1986, 443 pages, $35.

36. Theological Dimensions of the Liturgy, Dom Cyprian Vagaggini, OSB, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1976, 996 pages, $55.

37. The Sacrament Reserved, Alcuin Club Collections No 21, W. H. Freestone, A.R. Mowbray & Co, London & Oxford, 1917, 281 pages, $90.

38. The Theologies of the Eucharist in the Early Scholastic Period, Gary Macy, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984, 248 pages, $35.

39. The Liturgy and the Word of God, Martimort, Jounel, Danielou, von Balthasar, Bouyer, Roguet, Gelineau, Coudreau, Moeller, Lecuyer, Spuelbeck, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1959, 183 pages, $30.

40. Liturgy and Spirituality, Gabriel M. Braso, OSB, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1971, 297 pages, $30.

41. The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century, John Harper, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991, 337 pages, $40.

42. Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer, Louis Bouyer, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1968, 484 pages, $45.

43. The Eucharist in the Primitive Church, Edward J. Kilmartin, SJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1965, 181 pages, $40.

44. The Rite of Concelebration of Mass and of Communion under Both Species, Pierre Jounel, Desclee Company, New York, 1967, 197 pages, $35.

45. Concelebration: Sign of the Unity of the Church, Jean Carroll McGowan, RSCJ, Herder & Herder, New York, 1964, 128 pages, $30.

46. Proclaiming God’s Message: A Study in the Theology of Preaching, Domenico Grasso, SJ, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1965, 272 pages, $35.

47. Liturgical Piety, Louis Bouyer, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1955, 284 pages, $35.

48. Rite & Man: Natural Sacredness and Christian Liturgy, Louis Bouyer, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1963, 220 pages, $35.

49. The Bible and the Liturgy, Jean Danielou, SJ, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1956, 372 pages, $35.

50. Basic Liturgy: A Study in the Structure of the Eucharistic Prayer, Bro. George Every, SSM, The Faith Press, London, 1961, 126 pages, $35.

51. Early Christian Worship, Oscar Cullmann, The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1953, 126 pages, $30.

52. The Canon of the Mass and Liturgical Reform, Cipriano Vagaggini, Alba House, Staten Island, NY, 1967, 200 pages, $35.

53. A Commentary on the Prefaces and the Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Missal, Msgr. Louis Soubigou, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1971, 340 pages, $40.

54. Rome and the Vernacular, Angelus A. De Marco, OFM, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, 1961, 191 pages, $35.

55. Bread and the Liturgy: The Symbolism of Early Christian and Byzantine Bread Stamps, George Galavaris, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1970, 235 pages, $40.

56. Baptism and Confirmation, Burkhard Neunheuser, OSB, Herder, Freiburg, 1964, 252 pages, $40.

57. Christian Initiation: The Reformation Period, Alcuin Club Collections no 51, J. D. C. Fisher, SPCK, London, 1970, 271 pages, $40.

58. Christian Initiation 1552-1969: Rites of Baptism and Confirmation since the Reformation Period, Alcuin Club Collections No 52, Peter J. Jagger, 1970, 321 pages, $40.

59. The Seal of the Spirit: A Study in the Doctrine of Baptism and Confirmation in the New Testament and the Fathers (2nd Edition), G. W. H. Lampe, SPCK, London, 1967, 344 pages, $45.

60. Christian Initiation in Spain: c. 300-1100, T. C. Akeley, OGS, Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 1967, 223 pages, $40.

Liturgical Books for Sale: Update

Fr Thomas Simons of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Comstock Park, Michigan, has asked me to post this list of liturgical books which he has for sale, hoping to find them good homes where they will be used and studied. The proceeds from the sale of these titles will go to benefit the parish school; you can contact him directly for more information about the books, and arrangements for purchase, shipping and handling at the following email address: frtsimons@holytrinitycp.org. Only U.S. orders can be handled; postage will vary depending on the number of books purchased.

UPDATE ON OCTOBER 12: Of the titles listed below, only 5 and A are still available. I have removed the titles already sold. Another list of titles which Fr Simons has available will be published very shortly.

5.  Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae Instauratus, Mame Publisher (Printed in France), 1956, 126 pages, embossed, red edges, ribbon, good condition, $175.

A. The Roman Missal in Latin and English for Masses for Holy Week and Easter, Collegeville, The Liturgical Press, 1966, 268 pages, red leatherette binding, gold stamped, 3 ribbons, excellent condition, $75.

Book Sale - Chant, Liturgy, Liturgical Arts, Rare Historic Items [UPDATED]

Update on 8/10/16: Highlighted titles are still available. Will accept best offers.

This sale includes books in the areas of chant, liturgy, and theology, as well as some rare historic items. Several are in German and Latin. Many are out-of-print. I will start with a list of titles, and if you're interested in seeing photos and details, click "Read more..." below. Shipping is additional to the listed prices; I prefer to ship domestic with Priority flat-rate mailers because of durable boxes, insurance, and tracking. To ask about a book, contact me at pkwasniewski@newliturgicalmovement.org.

CHANT

• SOLD Canti per la Messa Ambrosiana. Antiphonale Missarum Schuster-Sunol. Ristampa anastatica parziale. Milano, 2012. Brand new. $40.
• SOLD Graduale Novum. Editio magis critica, iuxta SC 117. Tomus 1. De Dominicis et Festis. Conbrio Verlagsgesellschaft Regensburg/Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2011. Brand new. $50.
• SOLD Palmer-Burgess, Plainchant Gradual, vols. 1-4 (printed in two paperback books). $30 for the set.
• SOLD Guide to the Graduale Romanum. Preface, Rubrics, and Titles in English to assist in using the Graduale. 6 copies. $10.
• SOLD Chrysogonus Waddell, O.C.S.O. The Twelfth-Century Cistercian Hymnal. Vol. 1: Introduction and Commentary. Vol. 2: Edition. This is available online as a PDF, but original printed copies are extremely rare. $50 for the set.
• SOLD Green and Koch, The Complete Proper of the  Mass, Set to Gregorian Themes and Psalm Tones for Sundays and Feasts of the Liturgical Year. 1957. $50

LITURGICAL

• SOLD Dom Columba Marmion, O.S.B. Words of Life on the Margin of the Missal. Ed. Dom Thibaut, trans. Mother M. St. Thomas. St. Louis: Herder, 1952. 488 pp., hardcover. Mint condition. $40.
• Benedictionale, seu Ritus Servandus in Expositione et Benedictione Sanctissimi Sacramenti. Cui adjunctae sunt quaedam preces in piis exercitiis per annum occurrentibus adhibendae. Cura Rev. J. B. O'Connell. New York/Turnhout: Brepols' Catholic Press, 1950. $100
• SOLD Caeremoniale Episcoporum. Ex decreto Sacrosancti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II Instauratum Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgatum. Editio typica. Vatican, 1985. It's not even clear whether this is still in print. $80.
• SOLD Marion P. Ireland, Textile Art in the Church: Vestments, Paraments, and Hangings in Contemporary Worship, Art, and Architecture. Nashville/New York: Abingdon Press, 1971. Large format book. $50.
• SOLD Devotions for Holy Communion. Ed. Hubert McEvoy, S.J. Burns & Oates, 1964. Order of Mass (usus antiquior), followed by 30 sets of preparation and thanksgiving prayers and meditations drawn from Scripture, the Fathers, and the mystics. $35.
• SOLD James Monti, A Sense of the Sacred: Roman Catholic Worship in the Middle Ages. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012. New copy. $19. 

HISTORICAL

• SOLD The Story of the Twenty-Eighth International Eucharistic Congress held at Chicago, Illnois, United States of America, from June 20-24, 1926. Compiled by Rev. C. F. Donovan. The Official Record published by The Committee in Charge at Chicago. 1927. 529 pp. with many illustrations and fold-outs. $50.
• SOLD F. O'Nelis, Rome. The Holy Year 1950. Printed in Italy in 1949 in a limited edition for pilgrims. $30.
• SOLD Carthusiana lot: a set of 18 booklets on a large variety of Carthusian subjects, including the history of the houses and illustrious members, certain letters of Saint Bruno and Guigo, papal documents, meditations by former and current monks, etc. $18.

THEOLOGICAL

• SOLD Johannes Quasten. Patrology. 3 vols. (1950, 1953, 1963), hardcover. Excellent condition. $160. (This same set in a garish paperback edition costs $112.)
• SOLD Fernand Prat, S.J. The Theology of St. Paul. 2 vols. (1956, 1958), hardcover, with dustjackets, not ex-library, excellent condition. $120. (Wipf & Stock wants $119 for a paperback reprint of this work.)
• Summa Theologiae Moralis by H. Noldin, S.J., ed. A. Schmitt, S.J., in 3 hardcover volumes, 1934-36. I: De Principiis; De Censuriis; De Sexto (1936). II: De praeceptis. III: De Sacramentis. Bindings strong, pages a bit fragile. Lovingly and neatly annotated by a cleric and filled with typewritten addenda. $150 or b/o. 
• Saint Thomas Aquinas Meditations for Every Day, drawn from the Summa theologiae and arranged according to the liturgical year. Father E.C. McEniry. Columbus: College Book Company, 1941. 536 pp., hardcover. Very good+. $50.
• Gallus Manser, O.P. Das Wesen des Thomismus. Freiburg: Paulusverlag, 1949. 728 pp., hardcover. $100.
• Otto Hermann Pesch. Die Theologie der Rechtfertigung bei Martin Luther und Thomas von Aquin. Mainz: Matthias-Grunewald Verlag, 1967. 1010 pp., hardcover. $50.
• Josephus Fuchs, S.J. Theologia Moralis Generalis. Pars Prima: Conspectus praelectionum ad usum auditorum. Rome: Universita Gregoriana, 1971. 218 pp., paperback. $30.

IN DETAIL

SOLD Canti per la Messa Ambrosiana. Antiphonale Missarum Schuster-Sunol. Ristampa anastatica parziale. Milano, 2012. Brand new. $40.

Graduale Novum. Editio magis critica, iuxta SC 117. Tomus 1. De Dominicis et Festis. Conbrio Verlagsgesellschaft Regensburg/Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2011. Brand new. $50.

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Liturgical Books for Sale (Updated)

Fr Thomas Simons of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Comstock Park, Michigan, has asked me to post this list of liturgical books which he has for sale, hoping to find them good homes where they will be used and studied. The proceeds from the sale of these titles will aid several parish projects in need; you can contact him directly for more information about the books, and arrangements for purchase, shipping and handling at the following email address: frtsimons@holytrinitycp.org. There is a very wide selection of titles for both the EF and OF; be sure to click the “Continue Reading This Article” link to see the full list.

UPDATE: Most of the items have already been sold, and have now been removed from this post.

Tridentine / Pre-Vatican II liturgical books

2. Ritus Solemnis Impositionis Primarii Lapidis (Pontificalis Romani)
Frederic Pustet: Ratisbon, New York and Cincinnati, 1892, 96 pages,
large size, red leather, gold stamped and edged, good condition, $150

4. Missale Romanum, Editio XXIX Post Typicam, Frederic Pustet: Ratisbon 1953
large altar size, red leather, gold stamped and edged, tabs, ribbons, excellent condition, $250

11. Rituale Romanum, Benziger Brothers, New York, 1944, 579 pages plus index, red leather, gold stamped and edged, ribbons, excellent condition, $50

12. Missae Defunctorum, Missale Romano, Casa Editrice Marietti, Turin, 1940, 53 pages, black leather, gold stamped and edged, tabs, slip case, excellent condition, $80

13. Missale Romanum, Benziger Brothers, New York, 1944, green leather, gold stamped and edged, ribbons and tabs, excellent condition, $175

16. The Hymns of the Breviary and Missal (revised edition), Rev. Matthew Britt, OSB, Benziger Brothers, New York, 1936, 384 pages, excellent condition, $40

17. History of the Roman Breviary, Pierre Batiffol, Longmans, Green, & Co, London, 1898, 392 pages, good condition, $60

18. The Roman Breviary, Dom Jules Baudot, Catholic Truth Society, London, 1910, 260 pages, good condition, $50

19. A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, 1930 (new edition), 832 pages, imitation leather, gold stamped and edged, excellent condition, $40

Post-Conciliar liturgical books

48. Book of the Gospels (Jerusalem Bible text), Geoffrey Chapman/Collins, London, approved for use in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and the United States (Supplement & Index included), 1982, 662 pages, green binding and gold stamped, ribbon, brand new, $50

Dominican Breviary Volumes (Latin and English) for Sale

Dominican Liturgy Publications is making individual volumes of the Dominican Rite Breviary in Latin (1962) and English (1967) available for purchase by the general readership.

Go to the  ORDER PAGE!

This offering is being made in response to inquiries as to where used Dominican Rite books may be acquired.  We may eventually add other offering to these breviary volumes, so bookmark the Order Page!