The Liturgical Year Collection (15 Vols.)

by Louis Pascal Guéranger

Publisher:

Stanbrook Abbey

, 1900–1912

Overview

Dom Guéranger, abbot of Solesmes from 1837–1875, was one of the leading monastics and liturgists of his generation. His writings were highly influential both in France and abroad. He is perhaps best known today through the pages of his L’Année Liturgique, translated into English as The Liturgical Year. Guéranger began writing this great work in 1841 in order to make the riches of the liturgy more widely available for the Church. In fifteen volumes, he follows the cycle of the liturgical year, illuminating the traditional liturgy with interpretations, commentaries, and riches collected from other liturgies both of Eastern and Western Christendom.

About Prosper Guéranger

Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger (1805 – 1875) was a priest and Benedictine monk, who served for nearly 40 years as the Abbot of the monastery of Solesmes, France. He founded the monestary there among the ruins of the previous priory at Solesmes. At this new Abbey of Solesmes, he founded the French Benedictine Congregation, which is, today, known as the Solesmes Congregation. His efforts re-established Benedictine monastic life in France after being wiped out by the French Revolution. Guéranger was the author of The Liturgical Year, a popular commentary which covers every day of the Catholic Church's Liturgical cycles across 15 volumes.