Journey through some of the great summer feasts of the Catholic Church, from Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Mary Magdalene to the Transfiguration and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Volume 13 of The Liturgical Year is Time After Pentecost, Book IV, continuing the Proper of the Saints through the heart of summer, from July 8 through August 22.
This volume brings together an especially remarkable succession of saints, martyrs, founders, Doctors of the Church, and Marian feasts. Rather than presenting them merely as historical biographies, the work places each saint within the prayer and worship of the Church, drawing from the traditional Mass, Divine Office, hymns, Scripture, and Catholic tradition to reveal the meaning of each feast.
Readers will encounter:
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St. Bonaventure, Cardinal and Doctor of the Church
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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St. Vincent de Paul
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St. Mary Magdalene
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St. James the Greater, Apostle
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St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
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St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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St. Dominic
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord
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St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
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St. Clare of Assisi
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
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And numerous other popes, martyrs, virgins, confessors, and saints of the ancient Church
One of the highlights of this volume is the Feast of the Transfiguration, when Christ reveals His divine glory before Peter, James, and John. The traditional liturgy presents this mystery as both a confirmation of Christ’s divinity and a glimpse of the glory promised to those who remain faithful to Him.
The volume also gives substantial attention to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, including its First Vespers, Mass, and Second Vespers. This great Marian feast celebrates Our Lady being taken body and soul into heavenly glory and stands as one of the principal celebrations of the summer liturgical calendar.
Other beloved feasts reveal the remarkable variety of Catholic sanctity: the contemplative wisdom of St. Bonaventure, the devotion associated with Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the apostolic witness of St. James, the preaching of St. Dominic, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the martyrdom of St. Lawrence, and the monastic spirituality of St. Bernard.
Together, these celebrations show what the Time After Pentecost is ultimately meant to produce: the sanctification of ordinary men and women through the grace of the Holy Ghost.
Throughout The Liturgical Year, the reader is invited not merely to learn about the saints but to pray with the Church as she honors them—discovering how their lives illuminate Catholic doctrine, virtue, sacrifice, and the path toward Heaven.
Volume 13: Time After Pentecost IV is an especially valuable companion for Catholics who want to follow the traditional summer calendar and deepen their devotion to the saints and Marian feasts celebrated throughout July and August.
Series: The Liturgical Year, Volume 13 of 15
Season: Time After Pentecost — Book IV
Primary Focus: Proper of the Saints, July 8–August 22
Major Feasts: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Transfiguration & Assumption
