Thousands of readers have found Fr. Mark Boyer's The Liturgical Environment:
What the Documents Say to be a useful compendium of the church's law and
guidelines on the liturgical environment. Rooted in the norm of active participation
as the guiding principle for all liturgical celebration, each chapter considers
the ecclesial documents that pertain to the particular objects under discussion, the
theology found in the documents, and the praxis that flows from the theology.
Now in its third edition, The Liturgical Environment has proven to be an essential
resource for all those involved in planning, building, renovating, decorating, and
worshiping in a sacred environment.
This new edition is significantly expanded and revised to take into account
important material from the third edition of The Roman Missal, the new General
Instruction of the Roman Missal, Pope Benedict's apostolic exhortation Sacramentum
Caritatis, and the Vatican's Instruction on the Eucharist, Redemptionis Sacramentum.
