Excerpt from The Ceremonies of the Holy Mass Explained: A Short Explanation of the Meaning of the Ceremonies of the Mass, Useful to All Who Take Part in the Sacred Mysteries The translation of these admirable studies of the great Jesuit, although done in moments snatched from the time of a Visitation of a large parish, has brought the translator much pleasure and instruc tion. He humbly trusts that both the clergy and laity will hail with delight the publication of this little treasure. Of mod ern Catholic literature. Intended as it is to increase loye and reverence for the great central act and feature of Catholic worship, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, its ceremonies and symbols. A distin guished author not of the household of faith, seeing but dimly and as through a glass, considered the Holy Sacrifice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.