Unlike the sermon, which is moral instruction rather than on liturgical itself exclusively with the of a to the particular needs of a with the season after Pentecost, and then moves on to the sanctoral cycle, giving is in effect an outline of a homiletic discourse for each feast. Although the book top schematic to be of much use for spiritual reading, it is a suitable source of texts. Its primary audience, however, will be the parish clergy, who are called upon increasingly for this rather unfamiliar and specialized form the preaching; for them, Father Sloyan's book will be a godsend.