Religious Customs in the Family: The Radiation of the Liturgy Into Catholic Homes

by Francis X. Weiser

Many beautiful; traditional religious customs that will give Catholic homes a truly Catholic spirit year round: E.g.; blessing of children; name days; feast days; Advent and Christmas customs; etc. Great reading for all. Essential to help every Catholic family overcome secularism. Shows the religious source of even such common things as pretzels; hot cross buns; the Easter ham; Thanksgiving Day; Spring Cleaning; etc. What parts of the Christmas Tree...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895556138
• ISBN13: 9780895556134
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The perfect gift for a newly-married couple

My husband bought this book for us several weeks before we were married. Fr. Weiser explains how we can truly live our Catholic heritage within our families and raise our children in the Faith. Attending Mass and obtaining religious instruction for our children is only a small part of what we can do to establish our children in the Faith; we must live it fully at home and realize every year the riches of our liturgical year. Every year I marvel at how there are more aspects of the liturgy I have yet to learn, and there is nothing I would wish to pass on to my children more. This book has provided invaluable suggestions in practical ways to teach the Church's liturgy to our children. We are so grateful that TAN Books and Publishers was able to republish this book.

Classic Booklet on the Liturgical Year in the Home

Every Catholic should have at least one book by Father Francis Weiser. His area of expertise was the devotions and customs of the Liturgical Year in the Catholic Church. This booklet is the reprint of his "Religious Customs in the Family" which was also printed under the title of "The Year of the Lord in the Christian Home." Father Weiser briefly touches on the major feasts and liturgical seasons of the Church and gives solid advice on how to implement devotions that will reinforce the liturgy of the Church into the home. A must read for the Domestic-Church library.