For Catholics, the Mass is the "source and summit of the Christian life," as the documents of the Church put it. Yet many Catholics might confess to not understand in any depth what goes on in an "ordinary" celebration of the Eucharist. In perhaps her most compelling and original book to date, novelist and spiritual writer Paula Huston guides us through a Mass on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time at her home parish in Arroyo Grande, California. Huston's personal and spiritual reflections offer fresh and often unexpected insights into the profound mystery at the heart of the Catholic faith.
A natural storyteller, Huston deftly illuminates what might seem either mysterious to those unfamiliar with the Mass or overly familiar to those who have lost an appreciation of its mystery. In the Mass "we are healed and restored and spiritually fed," she writes. "We are handed strong armor against evil. We are unified and made whole as a people and as a Church. We get a little taste of heaven."
- how our confession of sins at the beginning of the Mass differs from the sacrament of Penance
- what it means to say that the Mass is a sacrifice
- why the prayers of the Mass, especially the Gloria, are full of scriptural allusions
- what the purpose of the Eucharistic Prayer is
- what happens at the consecration of bread and wine and how it is the most profound mystery and miracle of the Mass.
Product Details:
- 256 Pages
- English
- Size 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
