An Explanation of the Mass: The Traditional Latin Mass

An Explanation of the Mass: The Traditional Latin MassIn this masterful exposition of the sacred liturgy, Dom Prosper Guranger, Abbot of Solesmes and towering figure of the nineteenth century Catholic revival, unfolds with rare clarity the meaning and purpose of the prayers and ceremonies of the Traditional Latin Mass. Drawing upon the wisdom of the Churchs tradition, he traces each rite to its doctrinal foundations giving both the historical origins of these venerable practices and their enduring

and tender personal insight

It is ideal for those drawn to the path of prayer

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The narrative follows Saint Gerard (The Mothers’ Saint — Wonderworker — Champion of Children) from his early years at Muro Lucano through his admission to the Congregation

and the spiritual clarity of St

and the Elizabethan martyrs

to limit Christianity to private devotion or mere “personal morality” — is to accept the desacralization of society

Russell offers gentle guidance for those seeking to grow in Eucharistic love

offering every torment as a sacrifice to God

ordered it

and manual work as both necessity and spiritual exercise

insists that when the State or civil institutions abandon the recognition of Christ’s sovereign kingship