The Liturgical Year: Volume 5, Lent

The Liturgical Year #5

by Prosper Guéranger

Includes many texts that appear in Latin and English side-by-side.

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Prayer

524 pages, Hardcover

First published December 7, 1845

About the author

Dom Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger, Servant of God, was a Benedictine priest, abbot of Solesmes Abbey (which he founded in the disused priory of Solesmes) and founder of the French Benedictine Congregation (now the Solesmes Congregation). Dom Guéranger was the author of The Liturgical Year, which covers every day of the Catholic Church's Liturgical Cycle in 15 volumes. He was well regarded by Pope Pius IX, and was a proponent of the dogmas of papal infallibility and the Immaculate Conception. Dom Guéranger is credited with reviving the Benedictine Order in France, and revitalizing the Tridentine Mass.

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Reviews

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great daily devotional during the first four weeks of Lent. It's also very informative about the background of each of the day's readings, for the 1962 calendar, anyway.

[Galicius · Rating 3 out of 5]

A thorough history of practice during Lent from early Centuries to more recent time.

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! My daughter and I are both reading it and find it's changed how we think about Lent, helping us to have a meaningful, sacrificial Lent.

All the books in this series are indispensable for families / individuals who seek to understand and live out our traditional Catholic faith. So much of the common store of knowledge and practice has been forgotten, but Dom Gueranger can help us bring it back!