The Deacon's Ministry of the Liturgy

Frederick Bauerschmidt is professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to Corpus Christi parish.

Contents
Chapter 1
The Deacon and the Liturgy in Scripture and Tradition   1
     Liturgy and Deacons in Scripture   1
     Deacons in the Liturgy of the Early Church   4
     Deacons in the Liturgy of the Middle Ages   9
     Deacons in the Liturgy from the Reformation to Vatican II and Beyond   13
Chapter 2
Building Blocks of Liturgical Ministry   17
     Ritual and Sign   17
     Serving   19
     Presiding   20
     Moving   22
     Speaking   24
     Singing   26
     Secondary Matters: Positioning, Vesting, Censing   28
Chapter 3
The Eucharist   31
     The Introductory Rites   32
     The Liturgy of the Word   35
     The Liturgy of the Eucharist   40
     The Concluding Rites   48
Chapter 4
Christian Initiation   50
     Christian Initiation of Adults   50
     The Baptism of Children   58 
Chapter 5
Making Holy Our Days   69
     The Liturgy of the Hours   69
     Sunday (and Other) Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest   72
     Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction   76
Chapter 6
Making Holy Our Years   79
     Advent-Christmas   80
     Lent-Easter   81
     Saints’ Days   90
Chapter 7
Making Holy Our Lives   92
     Weddings   92
     Ordinations   98
     Ministry to the Sick and Dying   99
     Rites for the Dead   101
Chapter 8
Liturgy and the Spiritual Life of the Deacon   107
     The Spirituality of Liturgical Ministry   107
     Praying the Liturgy of the Hours   109
     A Liturgically Shaped Space Within   112
Notes   115