Celebrating the Mass: A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879731850
• ISBN-13: 978-0879731854
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,096,407 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent teaching / learning aid on Eucharist, February 15, 2007

By	Peter Barbernitz (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Celebrating the Mass: A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply (Paperback)

I have used this book for several years now when working with adults learning about the Eucharist. It has everything I want: solid theology, pictures and explanations, and all of the parts of the mass. I use this with RCIA (new Catholics) and with adults who have been away from the church for a long time. I recommend it highly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A helpful guide for following the Mass, June 3, 2005

By	P. Collins (Dallas, Texas USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Celebrating the Mass: A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply (Paperback)

This book was very helpful to me as a convert to Catholicism in following the order of the Divine Liturgy. It gives the terms for the priest and deacon's vestments and for objects used during the Liturgy. It also includes illustrations for clarity. It has explanations sufficiently basic that an older child could understand, but it is written for adults. The most common prayers are provided in order of the Mass, but of course without the Scripture readings for particular days interspersed. For that reason, this book was easier for me to use to participate in the Mass than the regular missal.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Broad but not deep, May 25, 2007

By	Jude (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celebrating the Mass: A Guide for Understanding and Loving the Mass More Deeply (Paperback)

Basic and well done. Great reading for an RCIA program or for a high school confirmation class. Anyone looking for the theology or scriptural basis of the Mass, however, would be much better served by Dr. Hahn's book on the Mass, I believe it is called "Heaven on Earth". In all, though, I am glad I bought this book.