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Jay Cormier is the author of eight other books on prayer, scripture, and preaching. He is the editor of "Connections, " a newsletter of ideas and resources for homilists. Jay lives in New Hampshire where he also teaches at St. Anselm College.

With Jesus preaching and parables as the model for proclaiming the Good News, Heaven is Like demonstrates how a good homily includes the elements of story, connection, and invitation. More than a how-to-manual, each chapter includes several sample homilies and practical suggestions and tips for conceiving, writing, and preaching. The book discusses body language, attitudes of innovation and welcome, and ways the homilist can prepare to communi...

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Seed Sown is a practical and reproducible resource book for anyone who seeks to break openO the Word of God: from those who preach every week to those who plan and lead Scripture courses and discussion groups based on the Sunday lectionary. Includes brief commentary for every Sunday and solemnity in the three-year lectionary.

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The Deacon's Ministry of the Word offers both scriptural and theological resources, as well as strategies and approaches, for effectively communicating the word of God. The book focuses primarily on the homily-but the ideas and skills can be readily applied by deacons in any presentation in which the word of God is central including RCIA meetings and retreat conferences.

The Sower's Book has been written for homilists and preachers who believe that preaching is a ministry--indeed, the most important communication they have with the communities they serve. It is designed to provide a framework by which homilists can think through and develop the Sunday homily over an entire Liturgical year.

Features a pilgrim who shares his attempt to grasp the "Gospel of Luke", based on his own journeys through the lectionary as a writer, teacher and disciple. This work follows the pericopes of both the Roman Catholic lectionary and the common lectionary used by many Protestant churches.

Jay Cormier's helpful reflections will spark the Sunday conversation around the parish table about the Gospel of Matthew. He follows the pericopes of both the Roman Catholic lectionary and the common lectionary used by many Protestant churches.

This collection of texts for the Prayers of the Faithful covers Sundays and major feasts for all three cycles of the liturgical year as well as Prayers of the Faithful for ritual Masses. Reflecting the themes and language of the Sunday or feast's Lectionary readings, each prayer text includes an introduction for the presider, petitions for both the universal and local Church, for those who lead and serve the Church, the nation, and the communi...

The Season of Light is a guide for families, households, communities, and parishes who wish to make the lighting of the Advent candles a daily prayer. From the first Sunday of Advent until Christmas Day, The Season of Light provides a brief liturgy that is based on the structure of Vespers or Evening Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours. The liturgy includes the lighting of the candles (the lucernarium), a reading from the Advent Scriptures, pet...