This volume assembles in one place many of the documents needed by pastoral ministers and students of the liturgy. It provides ready access to the following:
- Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963)
- General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2003)
- Lectionary for Mass: Introduction (1981, 1998)
- General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar (1969)
- Christian Initiation: General Introduction (1969, 1974)
- Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Introduction (1972; emended 1974; U.S. adaptation 1988)
- National Statutes for the Catechumenate (1986)
- Order of Christian Funerals: General Introduction (1985, 1989)
- Directory for Masses with Children (1973)
- Ceremonial of Bishops (1984, excerpts)
- Music in Catholic Worship (1972, 1983)
- Liturgical Music Today (1982)
- Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly (1982)
- Built of Living Stones (2000)
- Norms for the Celebration and Reception of Holy Communion Under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America (2001).
Each document is preceded by an outline of the text; also included is a cumulative index of material found in this volume and in 'The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource', volume two.