We’ve listed several sites and publications on this page. As we become more aware of them we’ll add more references and citations to these lists. Let us know if you have a favorite preparation aid (site or publication) so we can share this information with others.

Audio-Visual Aids

Great Themes of Paul: Life as Participation
Richard Rohr
(St. Anthony Messenger Press) [CD]

New Great Themes of Scripture
Richard Rohr
(St. Anthony Messenger Press) [CD]

Proclaiming the Word:
Formation for Readers in the Liturgy
Aelred Rosser
(Liturgy Training Publications) [VHS}

Lector and Gospel Reader Workshop
A Resource for Bringing God’s Word to Life
Audrey Sommers
(Liturgy Training Publications) [DVD]
 

BOOKS

The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
Raymond E. Brown, (Editor)
(Prentice Hall)

When Jesus Came to Harvard:
Making Moral Choices Today
Harvey Cox
(Mariner/Houghton Mifflin)

In Search of Paul
(A New Vision of Paul’s Words & World)
J. D. Crossan & J. L. Reed
(HarperSanFrancisco)

The Joy of Being a Lector
Mitch Finley
(Resurrection Press)

Lay Ministers/Lay Disciples:
Evangelizing Power in the Parish
S B Gerding & Frank DeSiano

Becoming Word for One Another
Richard R. Gaillardetz
(Ligouri Publications)

Myths of Religion
Andrew M. Greeley
(Warner Books)

Spiritual Quest:
A Guide to the Changing Landscape
Thomas Hart
(Paulist Press)

Truly Our Sister:
A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints
Elizabeth A. Johnson
(Continuum)
 

On the Web
America Magazine
www.americamagazine.org
(Magazine devoted to questions and issues confronting Christians, today.)

CRI/Voice
www.crivoice.org
(Biblical and Theological Resources)

HyperHistory Online
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
(An abbreviated look at Ancient History as it may impact the Scriptures)

Lectors’ Notes
www.lectorprep.org
(Source for Scripture background and understanding)

Liturgical Training Publications
www.ltp.org

ProclaimNet
www.proclaimnet.net
(Great for pronouncing those
“hard” names and words)

U S Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.usccb.org
[click on the READINGS tab]
(Daily Scripture readings as they
appear in most Lectionaries)
 

...more BOOKS

Stop Reading and Start Proclaiming
Douglas Leal
(Resource Publications)

What Every Catholic Needs to
Know About the Bible
Kay Murdy
(Resource Publications)

Breaking Open the Lectionary
[Separate Volumes: Cycle A, B, C]
Margaret Nutting Ralph
(Paulist Press)

His Word is Among Us:
Personal Encounters with God in Scripture
Louise Perrotta (Editor)
(Word Among Us Press)

An Experience of Spirit:
Spirituality and Storytelling
John Shea
(Ligouri Press)

Church History in Plain Language
B L Shelley

Faith is a Verb:
Dynamics of Adult Faith Development
Kenneth Stokes

Nine Steps to Becoming a
Better Lector
Nick Wagner