Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: The Lord Be with You: Welcome to Mass 7
Chapter 1: Understanding the Mass 9
Chapter 2: The Foundations of Mass 21
Chapter 3: The Liturgical Year 31
Chapter 4: Meet the Players: Liturgical Ministers 51
Part II: Forms of Catholic Worship 61
Chapter 5: Ordinary Form of the Mass 63
Chapter 6: Extraordinary Form: Traditional Latin Mass 81
Chapter 7: Variations in the Ordinary Form 117
Chapter 8: Extending the Mass: Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharistic Devotions 133
Chapter 9: Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy 143
Chapter 10: Other Catholic Rites 181
Part III: Tools of the Trade 193
Chapter 11: Liturgical Books 195
Chapter 12: Liturgical Vestments 201
Chapter 13: Liturgical Vessels, Altar Linens, and Artifacts 213
Chapter 14: Architecture, Art, and Music 225
Part IV: The Part of Tens 245
Chapter 15: Ten Special Places of Eucharistic Miracles 247
Chapter 16: Ten Saintly Commentaries on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 255
Index 263