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The Mass
By: Donald W. Archbishop Wuerl , Mike AquilinaeBook Publisher: Random House
Imprint: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
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An insightful and practical exploration of Catholicism’s most sacred tradition.
The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition is an engaging and authoritative guide to Catholicism’s most distinctive practice. And now, with the Church introducing revised language for the Mass, Catholics have a perfect opportunity to renew their understanding of this beautiful and beloved celebration.
With eloquent prose and elegant black-and-white photography, bestselling authors Archbishop Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina guide readers through the different parts of the Mass, from the entrance procession to the blessing and dismissal, capturing the deep meaning of elements that are at once ordinary and mysterious: bread and wine, water and candles, altar cloths and ceremonial books.
Step by step, they explain the specifics, such as the order of the Mass, the vessels used, the unique clothing worn, the prayers and responses, the postures and the gestures. Then they explore the rich historical, spiritual and theological background to each. Prayerful but practical, fact-filled but readable, The Mass prepares readers to participate more fully and appreciatively in the sacred rite at the heart of Catholic life.
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| Title of Religion eBook: The Mass | |
| Release Date: 02-01-2011 | |
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| Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group |
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The Mass
Introduction
The Mass Is What We Do
The Mass is what Catholics do. It’s the heart of Catholic life, for individuals and for the community.
A Catholic may fill up hours with devotional prayers and volunteer service, public witness, and almsgiving.
A parish may sponsor a school and a soup kitchen, a scouting troop and several Bible study groups.
The Mass, however, is the heart that gives life to all of it. Our tradition describes the Mass beautifully as “the source and summit of the whole Christian life.” Catholicism means many things to the world. It has inspired the art and architecture of the great masters. Our sanctuaries have echoed with masterworks of music. Our saints have served the poorest of the poor. Yet all these things we trace back to a single source: the Mass.
Catholics think of the Mass as synonymous with the parish church. Whether we say “I went to church” or “I went to Mass,” we mean the same thing. Even if we do many other things at our church, the Mass is what the building was made for. To “go to church” is to go to Mass. This is true for every Catholic. When the pope travels to distant lands, the news media pay close attention— and the world watches as he simply does what Catholics do: he celebrates
Mass, sometimes for a congregation of hundreds of thousands of people.
Yet such a large-scale event is no greater than the usual Mass in an ordinary parish. It is the same, in its essence, as
a Mass that a military chaplain offers on the hood of a Jeep during a lull in a battle.
The Mass is the most familiar and recognizable element of the Catholic faith; and still it is also the most en...
The Mass Is What We Do
The Mass is what Catholics do. It’s the heart of Catholic life, for individuals and for the community.
A Catholic may fill up hours with devotional prayers and volunteer service, public witness, and almsgiving.
A parish may sponsor a school and a soup kitchen, a scouting troop and several Bible study groups.
The Mass, however, is the heart that gives life to all of it. Our tradition describes the Mass beautifully as “the source and summit of the whole Christian life.” Catholicism means many things to the world. It has inspired the art and architecture of the great masters. Our sanctuaries have echoed with masterworks of music. Our saints have served the poorest of the poor. Yet all these things we trace back to a single source: the Mass.
Catholics think of the Mass as synonymous with the parish church. Whether we say “I went to church” or “I went to Mass,” we mean the same thing. Even if we do many other things at our church, the Mass is what the building was made for. To “go to church” is to go to Mass. This is true for every Catholic. When the pope travels to distant lands, the news media pay close attention— and the world watches as he simply does what Catholics do: he celebrates
Mass, sometimes for a congregation of hundreds of thousands of people.
Yet such a large-scale event is no greater than the usual Mass in an ordinary parish. It is the same, in its essence, as
a Mass that a military chaplain offers on the hood of a Jeep during a lull in a battle.
The Mass is the most familiar and recognizable element of the Catholic faith; and still it is also the most en...
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