“The
most sublime act in the history of Christ was His Death. Death is
always important for it seals a destiny.”
“Any dying man
is a scene. Any dying scene is a sacred place. That is why the great
literature of the past, which has touched on the emotions surrounding
death, has never passed out of date. But of all deaths in the record
of man, none was more important than the death of Christ. Everyone
else who was ever born into the world, came into it to live; our Lord
came into it to die. Death was a stumbling block to the life of
Socrates, but it was the crown to the life of Christ. He Himself told
us that He came ‘to give his life a redemption for many’; that no
one could take away His life; but He would lay it down of Himself.”
—from the
Prologue
The primary act of Christian worship is the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass—the death of Our Lord on Calvary re-enacted
daily on our altars. Archbishop Fulton Sheen here gives us a series
of sublime meditations on Calvary and the Mass. They are arranged in
seven sections. Each section of the Mass is paired with the seven
last words of Our Lord from the Cross. The book is subtitled A Missal
Companion. You will find by using it that way, that your devotion to
the Holy Sacrifice will be deepened and your prayer life enriched.
Contents
- Prologue:
- Calvary
and the Mass
- Part
One:
- The
Confietor
- Part
Two:
- The
Offertory
- Part
Three:
- The
Sanctus
- Part
Four:
- The
Consecration
- Part
Five:
- The
Communion
- Part
Six:
- The
Ite, Missa Est
- Part
Seven:
- The
Last Gospel
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