The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-20
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Brief Reviews and Notices

The Mass, Every Day In the Year:
Arranged by Very Rev. Edward
Pace, D. D., and Rev John Wynne,
81 Published by the Home Pres,
"a East Forty-first Street, New York.
During the past few years there has
been apparent revival OF interest in
| the ceremonies and liturgy of the
Catholic Church. Many oriental
studies published in English have
tended to give English-speaking Cath
olics an insight into the liturgies Of
early Christianity. The ceremonies of
the Mass as practiced in the Latin
rite have often been explained in
learned and technical works. The re,
suit has been that not few Mass
books or translations of the Roman
| Missal have appeared. We do not
hesitate to state that 1.-THE Mass,
| Every Day in the Year." is the best
prayer book that we have yet seen.
All other prayer books contain the
thoughts and prayers of pious writer's,
but they do not always present the
original prayers as used by the
Church. In this work the Reverend
editors have given us a translation Of
each part of every Mass said during
the year. The arrangement follows
that Of the Roman MissaI, but every
| thing is in English. Each Mass is
complete in itself, and where certain
parts taken from the Common are
| found in different Masses, the place is
clearly and simply indicated by the
page number. Besides the Masses
for each feast day, we find also those
| of all the Sundays Of the year. In
addition to these are the Votive
Masses, Mass for the dead, Nuptial
Mass, etc, together with prayers
sanctioned by the Church for Holy
| Communion. When it is remembered
that the prayers for nearly all the
Masses have come down to us from
the remotest antiquity, it is evident
that assisting at Mass and following
these prayers as the priest recites
them at the altar cannot but stimulate
devotion and inspire one with the
same feeling which the early Chris
tians experienced in praying in the
same terms.
| This Missal contains about fifteen
hundred pages, but is so compact that
it is scarcely larger than an ordinary
prayer book. 1t measures only by
| 4 by IL inches. The binding is OF
the best workmanship, and the type
is large and legible and printed on
fine India paper. We cannot too
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Catholics as a constant companion
while assisting at the Holy Sacrifice.
1t not only gives one an opportunity
to pray at Mass, but it also places in
our hearts and minds the self-same
words and sentiments which are being
uttered by the priest at the altar.
Prophetic Biography of Jesus Christ:
| By Rev. Vigilius II. Krull, c.. PIP. S.
| Second Edition. Published by NJ.
| A. Donohue Company, Chicago, III.
| Price so cents
| This little work is intended to
present a tribute of love and affection
to our Divine Lord The author takes
us through the Old and the New
Testaments, pointing out in the former
the various prophetic signs and
utterances referring to the coming Of
the Messiah; in the latter, he indi-
Gates the fulflment Of the prophecies
of old The miracles of our Lord are
shown in the chronological order, and
the supremacy of Christ as the su-
preme Prophet is shown from scrip
ture Various texts are brought in
that fore-shadow the coming OF Christ
as our God and Judge. The work is
written clearly, and cannot but prove
an incentive to the development OF in
telligent piety.