Liturgy: The Life of the Church

Author: Lambert Beauduin of the order of Saint Benedict

Liturgy, the Life of the Church, first appeared in 1914, with an English translation following in 1926. Here Lambert Beauduin proposes a theological vision of the liturgy and a slate of practical measures for liturgical renewal in both worship and piety, including encouragement of engaged participation in the Mass and sacraments, establishment of parish celebrations of Sunday Vespers and Compline, and emphasis on the importance of the High Mass and popular use of Gregorian chant, as well as the restoration to places of honor for the Church’s seasons and feasts and the recovery of domestic liturgical traditions which affirm the bond made by Christ between heaven and earth.