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The Holy Mass (Paperback)
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The Holy Mass (Paperback)
Series: Sayings of the Fathers of the Church
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The Catholic University of America Press is proud to present the
third volume in its Sayings of the Fathers of the Church series.
Featuring esteemed scholars and writers compiling material from our
acclaimed Fathers of the Church volumes, each title is devoted to
select areas of theology. The inaugural volumes covered the Seven
Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, and now we turn to The Holy
Mass. The documents of early Christianity are rich in mentions of
the Mass and its component parts. Sometimes they're detailed
descriptions, sometimes quick allusions. In this volume Mike
Aquilina, a popular author on early Christianity, takes readers
step by step through the Mass, from the Sign of the Cross through
the Dismissal, illuminating the way with the words of the Fathers.
Along the way readers encounter familiar rites, words, and
gestures, but also familiar complaints - about long homilies, bad
singing, liturgical abuses, and distracted congregations. The Holy
Mass is divided into chapters based on the parts of the Mass known
to modern Catholics of the Roman Rite. The Mass did not follow this
sequence through the entirety of the era of the Fathers. Gregory
the Great moved the position of the Lord's Prayer. There were
geographic variants for the placement of the Sign of Peace. Some
ancient liturgies lacked a specific penitential rite - though all
the liturgies had a penitential dimension to their prayers. Mike
Aquilina's introduction provides historical context and describes
the rich development of the liturgy through the Church's first few
centuries. A foreword by Thomas Weinandy, OFM, Cap., a member of
the Vatican's International Theological Commission, speaks of the
relevance of this material for worshipers today.
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