| AAS | Acta Apostolicae Sedis |
| ASS | Acta Sanctae Sedis |
| BCL | Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy |
| BCLN | Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy Newsletter |
| CCC | Catechism of the Catholic Church, revised edition 1997 and 2000 |
| CCL | Code of Canon Law 1983 |
| CD | Christus Dominus. Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops |
| CDF | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| CDW | Congregation for Divine Worship |
| CFLR | Committee for Franciscan Liturgical Research |
| CIC | Codex Juris Canonici 1917 |
| CLSA | Canon Law Society of America |
| Commentary CLSA | The New Commentary on the Code of Cannon Law, 2000 |
| CDWDS | Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
| CSL | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy |
| CSR | Congregation of Sacred Rites |
| DMC | Directory for Masses with Children |
| Documents Flannery | Vatican Council II: Conciliar & Post Conciliar Documents |
| DOL | Documents on the Liturgy 1963-1969 |
| EOM | Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass |
| FDLC | Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions |
| GCD | General Catechetical Directory, Sacred Congregation for the Clergy (1971), based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. |
| GICI | General Introduction to Christian Initiation |
| GILH | General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours |
| GIRM | General Instruction of the Roman Missal |
| GNLYC | General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar |
| ICEL | International Commission on English in the Liturgy |
| ICET | International Consultation on English Texts |
| ISL | Institut Supérieur de Liturgie, Paris |
| LG | Lumen Gentium. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church |
| LLT | Liturgical Law Today: New Style, New Spirit |
| LMD | La Maison-Dieu |
| LMT | Liturgical Music Today |
| MCW | Music in Catholic Worship |
| NAAL | North American Academy of Liturgy |
| NCE | New Catholic Encyclopedia |
| NCWC | National Catholic Welfare Conference |
| Not | Notitia |
| NPM | National Association of Pastoral Musicians |
| OCF | Order of Christian Funerals |
| RBC | Rite of Baptism for Children |
| RC | Rite of Confirmation |
| RCIA | Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults |
| RCIC | Rite of Christian Initiation of Children |
| RCIT | Rite of Christian Initiation of Teenagers (USA invention) |
| RM | Roman Missal |
| RP | Rite of Penance |
| SC | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium |
| SOS | Standing Order Service / USCCB | B
| TLD | Simcoe. The Liturgy Documents. Chicago |
| USCC | The United States Catholic Conference |
| USCCB | The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |