This volume assembles in one place many of the documents needed by pastoral ministers and students of the liturgy. Each document is preceded by an outline of the text; also included is a cumulative index of material found in this volume and in The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource, volume 2.

Includes:

• Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963)
• General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2003)
• Lectionary for Mass: Introduction (1981, 1998)
• General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar (1969)
• Christian Initiation: General Introduction (1969, 1974)
• Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Introduction (1972; emended 1974; U.S. adaptation 1988)
• National Statutes for the Catechumenate (1986)
• Order of Christian Funerals: General Introduction (1985, 1989)
• Directory for Masses with Children (1973)
• Ceremonial of Bishops (1984, excerpts)
• Music in Catholic Worship (1972, 1983)
• Liturgical Music Today (1982)
• Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly (1982)
• Built of Living Stones (2000)
• Norms for the Celebration and Reception of Holy Communion Under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America (2001)

Paperback, 7 x 10, 500 pages