Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Preaching and the liturgical renewal -- Building up the church and the world -- Preaching and the upbuilding of the church -- The reality of the liturgical renewal -- Liturgical contributions to the renewal of preaching --

Chapter 2. Preaching and the shape of the sermon -- Portrait of the preacher -- The shape of the sermon -- A questionable Panacea for homiletics -- The liturgical renewal and the shape of the sermon -- Some changes that must be made in the traditional sermon -- The language of the sermon -- A system that is celebration --

Chapter 3. Christ and his year -- The rediscovery of the Christian year -- The reconstruction of the Christian year -- Reorientation in the Christian year -- The perspective for preaching -- The recovery of Sunday --

Chapter 4. Advent and the coming Lord -- The relationship of advent and Christmas -- Advent: the beginning or the end? -- Advent and the flexible lectionary -- Advent: themes and the theme -- The Sundays of advent -- The symbols of advent --

Chapter 5. Christmas ad Epiphany: a liturgical dilemma -- Christmas and worship -- Liturgical reorientation of Christmas for preaching -- Preaching: an essential to Christmas celebration -- Christmas lessons and Propers -- The related festivals -- The Epiphany of Christ -- The Encumbrances of Epiphany -- A clue for preachers -- The eschatological element of epiphany -- A suggestion for epiphany preaching --

Chapter 6. The way of redemption: pre-lent to Easter -- Redemption and reform -- Pre-lent: a liturgical relic -- The relevance of pre-lent today -- The character of pre-Lenten preaching -- Lent in perspective -- The distortion of lent -- The quest for the meaning of lent -- The emerging shape of lent -- Lent and pertinent preaching -- Preaching on the Sundays in lent -- "Other" preaching in lent --

Chapter 7. Easter: the Passover of Christ -- The recovery of Easter -- Easter in perspective -- Easter and Christian preaching -- Easter: the essential season -- The subdivision of Easter-tide -- Easter and the Parousia --

Chapter 8. Pentecost and the Parousia -- The season with two names -- The rival festivals -- The shape of the Pentecost season -- The gospels in Pentecost preaching -- Pentecost: life in Christ -- Suggested reforms of the Pentecost-trinity season -- Homiletical variety and biblical inclusiveness in Pentecost --

Chapter 9. All the saints -- Saints' days are "may" days in the calendar -- Saints and sermons -- Saints and remembrance -- Saints' days are days of the Lord -- The Saints, worship, and the week --