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Books by Fr. Thomas M Kocik
Singing His Song: A Short Introduction to the Liturgical Movement. Revised and expanded edition. Chorabooks, 2019.
A brief history of the Liturgical Movement in Roman Catholicism, revised and expanded from the fi... more A brief history of the Liturgical Movement in Roman Catholicism, revised and expanded from the first edition (2016 Kindle).
The Fullness of Truth: Catholicism and the World’s Major Religions. Newman House Press, 2013.
This book aims to demonstrate Catholicism as the fullness of divinely revealed truth from within ... more This book aims to demonstrate Catholicism as the fullness of divinely revealed truth from within the study of the world's major religions and other Christian traditions. Available from the publisher (NewmanHouseCatholicBooks.org) and Amazon.com.
The Reform of the Reform? A Liturgical Debate: Reform or Return. Ignatius Press, 2003.
Published four years before Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum," the bulk of t... more Published four years before Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum," the bulk of this work presents an imaginary debate between a "traditionalist" who advocates a return to the older, pre-Vatican II Roman Rite, and a "reformer" (of the reform) who argues that the reformed liturgy imposed in the wake of the Council be realigned with both the actual teachings of the Council Fathers and the rich, organically developed liturgical tradition that the Council inherited. Appendices provide the 1962 and 1969 orders of Mass, plus contributions by (among others) Fr Aidan Nichols OP, Fr Brian W. Harrison OS, and Msgr (now Bishop) Peter J. Elliott.
Apostolic Succession in an Ecumenical Context. Alba House, 1996.
Apostolic succession through episcopal ordination is, in Catholic theology, essential to the life... more Apostolic succession through episcopal ordination is, in Catholic theology, essential to the life of the Church. Where the various Christian communions — Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox — stand on the doctrine of apostolic succession, as they study it in an ecumenical context with an eye to the Christian unity for which Jesus prayed on the night before He died, is the subject of this book.
Book Chapters by Fr. Thomas M Kocik
Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives, 2016
The origins of the “Reform of the Reform” as a distinct liturgical agenda; the question of contin... more The origins of the “Reform of the Reform” as a distinct liturgical agenda; the question of continuity or rupture in respect of the liturgical rites imposed after Vatican II; the use of existing liturgical norms and options to further the Reform of the Reform; and, beyond what is presently permissible, what an official, future Reform of the Reform might entail, taking into account the groundwork needed for such an endeavor as well as its theoretical and practical challenges.
T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy, 2016
An anatomy of the “Reform of the Reform” movement: its origins and key figures, its possible meth... more An anatomy of the “Reform of the Reform” movement: its origins and key figures, its possible methodologies and the specific proposals advanced in its interests (if not explicitly in its name), and its place among other strategies (some competing, some overlapping) for liturgical renewal post-Vatican II. Criticisms leveled against the movement are also addressed, before concluding with a consideration of the movement’s practical feasibility.
Book Reviews by Fr. Thomas M Kocik
AB Insight (website), Jun 24, 2024
Review of the original (1952) edition of Fr. Howell's book, reprinted in 2022 by Romanitas Press
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2021
The Holy Decalogue is not a treatise in moral theology, says its author, but a treatment of the T... more The Holy Decalogue is not a treatise in moral theology, says its author, but a treatment of the Ten Commandments "from the standpoint of liturgical, sacramental celebration" (11). It is, in other words, mystagogical catechesis-the ninth in a series of volumes in that genre by Father Robert Slesinski (b. 1950), a Byzantine Catholic priest and philosopher specializing in Russian religious thought. The book is divided into two parts: "Mystagogy and Morality" (chapters 1-3) and "The Wheel of Sevens" (chapters 4-5). Facing the rst page of each chapter is a color reproduction of a religious icon related to the chapter's theme. Slesinski quotes in the Introduction two apostolic epistles in order to demonstrate the harmony between orthodoxy, understood as both right belief and right worship (1 Tim 2:1-8), and "orthopraxis," right action (Jas 1:18-22). The true faith is both right worship (doxa=glory) and right doctrine (doxa=opinion), but without the "lived gospel" or "lived liturgy" it is dead faith (Jas 2:14): Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi, to augment the simpli ed dictum of Prosper of Aquitaine. The unity of prayer, belief, and life is deducible from "a true philosophical insight about life in general," an insight expressed by the Scholastic maxim: agere sequitur esse (15). The "being" of the human being is "oriented beyond itself and towards others" in action, meaning "a process of self-communication, which necessarily entails commitment toward truth and goodness" (15). But why "necessarily"? Slesinski elaborates in chapter 1, taking as his point of departure the prologue of John's Gospel. God, who is boundless life, is Light and creates light, the rst created good without which nothing else could be, or be good. By the Incarnation, the divine Logos of creation has visited us and manifested his love, the love he himself is in eternity. Love, then, is "a sign of life. .. an energy of being" (21), at one with goodness and light, all three being self-diffusive; luminosity nds its analogy in truth, particularly moral truth, which "vanquishes the darkness of error in the intellec
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2020
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2019
First published in Italian as "Con i sacramenti non si scherza" (2016), this book (to quote David... more First published in Italian as "Con i sacramenti non si scherza" (2016), this book (to quote David Fagerberg's blurb) "lays at our feet the provocative charge that, in truth, we no longer believe in the efficacy of the sacraments," which is why they are often treated as merely symbolic rites or teaching props. In a style both learned and popular, Bux explains the purpose, significance, history and spirituality of each of the seven sacraments.
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2018
[book review]
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2018
[book review]
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2018
[book review]
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2015
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2014
Usus Antiquior: A Journal Dedicated to the Sacred Liturgy, Jan 2011
John F. Baldwin, SJ, “Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics.” Pueblo Books, 2008.
New Liturgical Movement (website), Feb 25, 2009
Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 2007
[book review]
Articles by Fr. Thomas M Kocik
Adoremus Bulletin, Nov 2024
An introduction to the life and work—with critical observations—of the Belgian Benedictine monk L... more An introduction to the life and work—with critical observations—of the Belgian Benedictine monk Lambert Beauduin (1873-1960), who is widely recognized as both the father of the 20th-century Liturgical Movement and a pioneer of Catholic ecumenism.
Adoremus Bulletin, Nov 2023
The Roman Martyrology is one of the official liturgical books of the Roman Rite. This article is ... more The Roman Martyrology is one of the official liturgical books of the Roman Rite. This article is a basic introduction to its origins, contents, and use in the liturgy. A CLARIFICATION: I mistakenly state that Prime is the first of the canonical hours of the Divine Office, whereas in fact Matins and Lauds together form the first hour. Prime is the first of the "little hours" of the Divine Office, the others being Terce, Sext, and None.