Liturgical Resources

The following links provide resources to assist you in a better understanding of the liturgical celebrations of our Church:

"Liturgical Calendars Approved for the U.S. for 2025, 2026, and 2027" (USCCB)

"Liturgical Year and Calendar" (USCCB)

Daily Readings" (USCCB)

Saint of the Day (Franciscans)

"General Instruction of the Roman Missal" (USCCB)

"Order of the Mass" (USCCB)

"Rediscovering the Mass" (USCCB)>

"Celebrating the Lord's Day" (USCCB)

The Eucharistic Liturgy - Formed, Transformed and Sent” (USCCB)

"Liturgical Participation" (USCCB)

"Liturgy and Life" (USCCB)

"The Roman Missal" (USCCB)

"The Priest at Mass" (USCCB)

"Praying With Body, Mind, and Voice" (USCCB)

Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosantum Concilium)

"Votive Masses and Various Needs" (USCCB)

"Other Liturgical Celebrations" (See CCC, nos. 1667-1690)

"Catholic Calisthenics: Gestures, Postures and Symbolic Movements Used in the Mass" (EWTN)

"The Eucharist" (USCCB)

"Biblical Texts related to Catholic Liturgy" (Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.)

"The Catholic Mass is Profoundly Biblical (Karlo Broussard)

"Understanding the Liturgical Colors" (USCCB)

Videos

"From Mass to Mission #1 - Why is Going to Mass Important"

"From Mass to Mission #2 - The Introductory Rites"

"From Mass to Mission #3 - The Liturgy of the Word"

"From Mass to Mission #4 - The Liturgy of the Eucharist"

"From Mass to Mission #5 - The Concluding Rites"

"Draw Near" - A Video Guide to the Catholic Mass

"The Entire Mass is From Scripture" (Breaking In the Habit)

(See also the various  links pertaining to Sacrament of the Eucharist, listed under "Sacrament Resources")