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Award-winning writer Paula Huston offers a rich spiritual reflection on the origin and meaning of the Catholic Mass.
For Catholics, the Mass is the "source and summit of the Christian life," as the documents of the Church put it. Yet many Catholics might confess to not understand in any depth what goes on in a typical celebration of the Eucharist. In One Ordinary Sunday Paula Huston guides us through a Mass at her home parish in a rural California town. Huston's personal and spiritual reflections offer fresh and often unexpected insights into the profound mystery at the heart of the Catholic faith.
A natural storyteller, Huston deftly illuminates what might seem either mysterious to those unfamiliar with the Mass or overly familiar to those who have lost an appreciation of its mystery. In the Mass "we are healed and restored and spiritually fed," she writes. "We are unified and made whole as a people and as a Church. We get a little taste of heaven."
Contents
Contents
Preface xiii
Introduction xix
Part I: The Story
Prologue 3
Gathering 13
The Opening Processional, the Sign of the Cross, the Greeting
Preparing 27
The Confiteor, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Collect
Remembering 37
The First Reading
Responding 47
The Responsorial Psalm
Reconnecting 57
The Second Reading
Resurrecting 67
The Alleluia, the Gospel Reading
Listening 79
The Homily
Declaring 89
The Profession of Faith
Interceding 101
The Universal Prayer, or Prayer of the Faithful
Part II: The Sacrament
Prologue 113
Offering 121
The Preparation of the Altar, the Presentation of the Gifts, the Blessing of the
Bread and Wine, the Prayer over the Offerings
Praising 133
The Sursum Corda, the Preface, the Sanctus
Kneeling 143
The Eucharistic Prayer, the Epiclesis, the Institution Narrative and
Consecration, the Mystery of Faith, the Memorial Acclamation
Assenting 153
The Intercessions, the Doxology, the Great Amen
Praying 167
The Lord's Prayer, the Passing of the Peace
Communing 179
The Co-Mingling; the Agnus Dei; Lord, I Am Not Worthy; Holy Communion
Going Forth 193
The Prayer after Communion, the Final Blessing and Sending Forth, the Recessional
Epilogue 201
Appendix I: OCIA Study Guide for
One Ordinary Sunday 209
Appendix II: Book Group Study Guide for
One Ordinary Sunday 221
Appendix III: Individual Study Guide for
One Ordinary Sunday 227
Acknowledgments 231
Notes 233
Bibliography 241
Index 247
