Meditations before Mass

by Romano Guardini

Overview

A treasury of spiritual wisdom on how to prepare your mind, body, and heart for Mass from one of the twentieth century's great theologians, Meditations before Mass is Romano Guardini's smart and beautiful guide to spiritual preparation for the source and summit of Christian worship.

Meditations before Mass is a wise, pastoral, and timeless classic on preparing for Mass—it is an example of twentieth-century theologian Romano Guardini at his very best. Meditations before Mass was written before Vatican II, but its relevance has endured over the past sixty years. Not a "how to" book for either the old or the new Roman Rite, it is instead a spiritual feast for the mind and heart, and a guide for modern people who wish to make sense of the Church's feasts and liturgies. Meditations before Mass has helped thousands of readers participate more fully in Christian liturgy and continues to do so today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870612855
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	04/28/2014
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.80(d)

What People are Saying About This

Msgr., Walter J. Schmitz Chair of Liturgical Studies, The Catholic University of America - Kevin Irwin

"Like fine wines, some books get better as they age. Placed alongside the reformed Eucharistic liturgy of Vatican II this veritable classic will continue to instruct, inspire, and enrich the present and future generations of Catholics for whom the liturgy is the summit and source of our lives."

Rev., Author of At the Supper of the Lamb - Paul Turner

"With these meditations you can sense the active participation of the people already coming to birth in the 1950s. Guardini promotes not just a renewed liturgy, but a renewed people."