Gail Ramshaw studies and crafts liturgical language from her home outside of Washington, DC. A Lutheran laywoman, a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and recipient of its Berakah award, and professor emerita of religion at La Salle University, she has published extensively about biblical metaphors, the Revised Common Lectionary, and parish liturgical practice.

• ContentsPreface vii1 Assembling on Sunday with Justin 12 Acclaiming the Trinity with Catherine of Siena 83 Speaking of Christ with Ambrose 144 Invoking the Spirit with Symeon the New Theologian 205 Renouncing the Devil with Perpetua 276 Confessing Sin with Martin Luther 347 Welcoming All Genders with Margaret Fell 418 Assessing Emotion with Julian of Norwich 499 Worshiping in Translation with Catherine Winkworth 5610 Comprehending the Readings with Jerome 6311 Chanting the Psalms with Benedict 7012 Preaching the Faith with Mary Magdalene 7613 Revering the Cross with Radegund 8314 Singing Hymns with Philipp Nicolai 9015 Honoring Images with John of Damascus 9716 Reciting the Creed with Johannes Kepler 10517 Praying the Intercessions with Dorothy Day 11218 Presenting the Offerings with Lawrence 12019 Passing the Peace with Francis of Assisi 12320 Fostering Ecumenism with Brother Roger 13021 Praising and Thanking with Thomas Cranmer 13722 Greening Our Communion with Hildegard 14323 Recessing for Service with Amy Carmichael 15024 Treasuring the Triduum with Egeria 157Afterword 165Acknowledgments 169Notes 171

"Here is a book to make us think—with Gail Ramshaw, in the company of saints, and for ourselves—about what `Sunday' could be if we took to heart the wisdom from the past assembled in these pages. As sagacious as ever, and in the most personal voice in her own writing since Under the Tree of Life twenty years ago, Gail Ramshaw continues to offers us vivid, winsome, lively reading. A wonderful book."Stephen Burns, Professor of Liturgical and Practical Theology, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia