Journey from the Church’s traditional preparation for Lent through the forty days of penance and into the sacred mysteries of Passiontide and Holy Week.

This three-volume bundle brings together Volumes 4–6 of The Liturgical Year, forming a complete spiritual companion for the Church’s great penitential season.

Beginning with Septuagesima, the Church gradually turns away from the festal joy of Christmastide and prepares the faithful for Lent. From there, Dom Prosper Guéranger leads the reader through the first four weeks of Lent and finally into Passiontide and Holy Week, where the liturgy becomes entirely centered on the suffering, death, and burial of Our Lord.

Included in this bundle:

• Volume 4: Septuagesima — The traditional pre-Lenten season, including Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Sundays and the transition toward Ash Wednesday

• Volume 5: Lent — The first four weeks of Lent, with daily liturgical commentary, prayers, Ember Days, and the spiritual disciplines of fasting, penance, and conversion

• Volume 6: Passiontide & Holy Week — Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and the solemn ceremonies leading to Easter

Together, these three volumes reveal the remarkable spiritual progression built into the traditional Catholic calendar.

Septuagesima begins the preparation gradually, calling the faithful to recognize the seriousness of sin and ready themselves for the discipline of Lent.

Lent then deepens that call through prayer, fasting, penance, and conversion. Dom Guéranger explains the Masses and Scripture readings appointed for the season, showing how the Church leads the soul step by step toward the Passion of Christ.

Finally, Passiontide and Holy Week bring the reader into the most solemn days of the year. The palms of Palm Sunday, the darkness of Tenebrae, the institution of the Holy Eucharist on Maundy Thursday, the Cross of Good Friday, and the silence of Holy Saturday are all explored through the Church’s ancient prayers and ceremonies.

Throughout all three volumes, Scripture, Catholic doctrine, Church history, ancient hymns, devotional prayers, and detailed liturgical commentary are woven together to explain not merely what the Church does during these seasons, but why she does it.

The result is a powerful guide for Catholics who want to experience Lent as more than a forty-day observance and instead follow the full traditional movement of the Church from preparation and penance all the way to Calvary and the tomb.

This bundle is ideal for Catholics who want to:

• Recover the traditional season of Septuagesima

• Prepare more intentionally for Lent before Ash Wednesday

• Understand the traditional Masses and prayers of Lent

• Deepen their practice of fasting, penance, and conversion

• Follow Passiontide and Holy Week with greater understanding

• Learn the meaning behind Palm Sunday, Tenebrae, the Sacred Triduum, and other ancient ceremonies

• Keep a permanent liturgical reference for the Church’s penitential season

Whether read day by day or kept as a reference, these three volumes form a natural set for accompanying the faithful from the first preparation for Lent through the final hours before Easter.

Bundle Includes

Volume 4 — Septuagesima
The traditional pre-Lenten season and the Church’s gradual preparation for penance.

Volume 5 — Lent
The first four weeks of Lent, with daily liturgical and spiritual commentary.

Volume 6 — Passiontide & Holy Week
The final two weeks before Easter, including Palm Sunday, Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.

Series: The Liturgical Year
Bundle: Volumes 4–6 of 15
Primary Seasons: Septuagesima, Lent, Passiontide & Holy Week