Available printed books
Available e-books
Books to read
Reading and Reflection · Resurrection Is Now · Revelations of Divine Love
Yearly and half-yearly liturgy
Readings at Mass · Liturgy of the Hours · Liturgia Horarum (Latin)
Personalised liturgy
Create your own books for the readings at Mass, or for the Liturgy of the Hours, or both – Choose your own local calendar and selection of pages. Each e-book is free, but you need a Universalis registration code to be able to create them.
Reading and Reflection
Jerusalem Bible edition - New American Bible edition
This book contains the readings at Mass according to the official lectionary of the Catholic Church, for every day of every year. Each and every reading is accompanied by an accessible and scholarly commentary by Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB.
“Reading and Reflection” is not intended for use in church. Rather, it takes the Lectionary as the basis for a systematic course of scripture reading, together with commentaries to deepen understanding and stimulate thought. It works equally well if you have been to Mass that day or haven’t; or whether or not you ever go to Mass at all.
The readings include the full 3-year cycle of Sunday readings and the full 2-year cycle of weekday readings.
Dom Henry Wansbrough, the author of the commentaries, is a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a noted biblical scholar. He is the editor of the New Jerusalem Bible and the Revised New Jerusalem Bible. An introduction by Martin Kochanski sets the context of the readings and explains the logic of the liturgical year. Martin Kochanski is the creator and editor of Universalis and the author of “The Creed in Slow Motion”.
- Rich linking lets you get quickly to the readings for any day you want, and get from one day to another.
- An index of bible passages lets you find the day on which a passage is used and read its commentary.
- An index of dates gives you the answer to “Which liturgical day is this?” for any date between 2023 and 2034 and takes you directly to the day’s readings.
- Your e-book reader’s search function lets you find any phrase across the whole Lectionary, and find the reading which it belongs to.
Jerusalem Bible edition
The Jerusalem Bible is used at Mass in most parts of the English-speaking world.
Price: £9.99 (UK) and similar prices worldwide. For copyright reasons this book is not available in the United States or Canada.
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New American Bible edition
The New American Bible is used at Mass in the United States.
Price: $10.99. This book is available in the United States only.
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Resurrection Is Now
This book, by Dom Ælred Watkin, Head Master of Downside, tells how death is not only an end but a beginning, and how to live life as a preparation for death and resurrection.
Available as an e-book and as a printed book.
See this page for full details.
Revelations of Divine Love
“Revelations of Divine Love” is the greatest work of spirituality ever written in English.
When its author, Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), was 30 years old, she received a series of sixteen visions of the Passion of Christ. She spent the next twenty years in meditation on them and in deep study of the theological vistas which they opened up. “Revelations of Divine Love” is the result. It presents the visions in all their physical detail; it contemplates the joy of the Passion and redemption from sin, the hidden depths of the Incarnation and the Motherhood of Christ. While reaching to the heights of heaven it keeps its feet firmly on the ground. It speaks with simplicity and directness, and it is ideal material for reading as a daily meditation.
This edition is an updating of Grace Warrack’s renowned adaptation of 1901, edited by Martin Kochanski. It preserves Julian’s language while replacing obsolete words and constructions. This makes it possible for Julian’s actual voice to be heard, while still making her comprehensible to the modern reader.
Price: £5.99 (UK), $7.99 (USA). Available worldwide.
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Readings at Mass
Do it yourself
This page tells you how to create these e-books for yourself. In the simplest case, this service is free. For more specialised requirements, all you need is a Universalis registration code.
Liturgy of the Hours
Do it yourself
This page tells you how to create these e-books for yourself. In the simplest case, this service is free. For more specialised requirements, all you need is a Universalis registration code.
Liturgia Horarum (Latin)
The Latin Liturgy of the Hours is available as a free download from our web site in both Kindle and ePub format. Visit this page.